It is a cold, overcast January afternoon as this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest passes by C&S Junction. No shortage of power on this trackage rights train! It breaks down to five C44-9Ws, an ES44DC, and an SD75M.
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Coming around the wye from Prospect Jct, a trio of C44-9W's lead the eastbound MPVODEN. The train just came across the Moffat from Provo, UT and is about to pull into the yard at Denver, the sun getting low in the afternoon sky.
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This is one of those Warbonnets that you almost hope gets repainted sooner rather than later! The red in particular has faded out to a pinkish color.
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A badly washed out Warbonnet sits on the service track near the diesel shop in Denver. Unfortunately, the majority of Warbonnets look more like this these days. Closer to white and pink rather than silver and red!
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A Norfolk Southern C40-9W was hanging out with BNSF power near the diesel shops. Norfolk Southern ordered their Dash-9s from GE with 4,000 HP instead of 4,400 HP, hence the C40-9W designation instead of the typical C44-9W designation.
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One of the originally painted Heritage Units hangs out on the ready track at BNSF's Diesel Shop. With the yard shut down, it probably won't be going anywhere for a few days!
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Coming past the crossovers at Pecos, the MRONY is on the North Yard siding heading for the yard. Due to the New Year holiday, this is the last eastbound to run between Roper and North Yard until January 3rd.
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I came around the bend on Brighton Blvd (the road in the foreground) and came face to face with the eastbound HLINDEN (Lincoln, NE to Denver, CO) manifest. I pulled over to the shoulder to grab a few shots.
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The first picture of the Ski Train for the 2008-2009 Winter Season! The first run for the Ski Train this season is just four days away (as of this picture) on December 27th. The train is assembled and idling at Union Station, waiting to start its runs.
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The California Zephyr backs into Union Station to make its station stop on a very cold December morning.
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Running about 20 minutes late, Amtrak #5 is backing up on the Buck and is headed for Track One at Union Station. The conductor stands in the back door of the last Superliner, communicating with the engineer about switches and clearance.
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The north end of the Joint Line parallels I-25 for about a half a mile, roughly between Kalamath Street and 6th Avenue. Kalamath Street is a good place to capture trains heading south.
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The two main tracks between the yards and South Denver tend to be run following a left-hand rule. Now this is CTC, so anything is possible, but more often then not, northbounds seem to run on Main One and southbounds on Main Two. Such is the case here on this snowy November day.
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A southbound coal load rolls south on Main Two and a coal empty heads north on Main One. All the while, I stand at MP 2 in the lightly falling snow!
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The second extremely clean warbonnet that I've seen in the past week was sitting near the shops in BNSF's yard. Not sure where it would be off to next, but here's hopping it stays looking this good for awhile to come.
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