UP 7843 is one of two ES44ACs that make up the "supporting cast" for UP 844's trip to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. The GEVO is just six days shy of celebrating its five month birthday! By comparison, UP 844 is getting close to its 64th birthday. It was built in December 1944.
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UP 7710 is one of two ES44ACs that make up the "supporting cast" for UP 844's trip to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. This is a particularly patriotic unit, having been delivered to UP on July 4, 2007.
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Just outside of UP's 36th Street Yard, UP 844 and train use a bit of the Limon Subdivision to wye the train. This will allow the train to back through the yard and into Union Station.
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UP 844 and train, the SCYDV-20, sit on the Inbound Main just north of York Street. As the train was waiting to use the wye on the Limon Subdivision, about two dozen local residents came out of their houses with cameras (or even just camera phones) to check out the commotion and get a few pictures.
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UP 844 puts up a bit of smoke as it slows to a stop on the Inbound Main just north of York Street and UP's 36th Street Yard. The train will have to hold to wait for authority to use a bit of the Limon Subdivision to wye the train and back into Union Station.
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Just north of York Street on the Inbound Main, UP 844 leads two new ES44ACs and 34 cars headed for Union Station. The equipment will be on display for the week during the Democratic National Convention being held in Denver.
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Power for the Denver, CO to Green River, WY freight has just coupled onto the train. An SD70ACe delivered in May 2007, UP 8564, will be leading two cousin SD70Ms for the trip north up the Greeley Subdivision.
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A company in Kanapolis, KS builds wind turbines. The bases for the turbines are shipped via rail from California. The bases are sent in the form of unit trains every couple of weeks (give or take). Here is one such train near the York Street grade crossing. It awaits a fresh crew to take it east on the KP into Kansas.
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This coal train loaded at the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch a few days earlier. In fact, after taking this picture, I realized I shot the exact same train three days earlier at Granby, heading west. You can see the picture here.
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A five month old ES44AC sits in the yards awaiting its next assignment. Later in the day the unit would be assigned to the ADVFGR which moved some empty auto racks to Griffin, IN.
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A trio of C44-9Ws sit near the House in BNSF's yard in Denver. It was really nice seeing such a clean Heritage I unit. A definite advantage to all the rain from the morning!
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BNSF's New Image is slowly but surely being applied to more and more existing units (in addition to new units). Noted this GP38-2 working on the "Salt Mine" switch job at BNSF's 31st Street Yard.
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For about a half mile along "Hogan's Alley", the Joint Line parallels I-25. An empty UP rail train, coming from Mason City, IA, heads south Main 1 after meeting BNSF's "Kick-Den" (Kansas City to Denver manifest) on Main 2 a mile or so back.
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This is the northern start of the 120-mile Joint Line in Colorado. MP 0.0 at 20th Street. An empty UP rail train comes down from Prospect Junction at North Yard, preparing to enter Main 1 to proceed south. Curving off to the right, BNSF tracks head toward their own 31st Street Yard.
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At Kalamath (pronounced "Cal-uh-math") Street, a freshly recrewed northbound coal empty comes across the grade crossing on Main 2. After making its way through the yard, it'll continue north on the Brush Sub toward the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
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