The eastbound Denver to Chicago Z-Train (led by BNSF 4979 with NS 7503 and NS 9053 along for the ride) enters the siding at Tonville to meet with a very late-running Amtrak 5. Tonville is nearly a 7200-foot siding and the Z-Train stretched nearly from east signal to west signal!
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The SD70MAC not-so-affectionately known as the "vomit-bonnet" is the first of two DPU units on the back of this coal empty.
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The morning started out rather cloudy, but has cleared up nicely in the afternoon. BNSF 5909 east parallels I-76 as it approaches the small town of Hudson.
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On the move, this coal train moves along at 50 MPH over the gentle hills of the eastern Colorado plains.
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With an eastbound coal empty in the hole, an eastbound coal load moves swiftly past on the main at Tonville.
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