At the east switch of Troublesome, a Herzog work train has just picked up some track and time to head east to Flat. The train has been working to tidy up the railroad by picking up discarded ties along the right of way. Once reaching Flat, the train will tie down in the house track for the day.
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Most of the C44-9Ws on BNSF's roster that wear the Warbonnet scheme are in the 600-series (BNSF 600-799). However, twenty units did make it into the 4000-series (BNSF 4000-5532) mix. Here is a roster shot of BNSF 4702, one of the somewhat rare units.
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BNSF's Denver to Stockton (QDNSTJ) trackage rights train is facing a diverging approach (red over yellow) signal at the east end of Troublesome. After a good run up the hill from Denver, the train has to meet some maintenance equipment at Troublesome before continuing to Kremmling for a crew change.
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This coal empty, which is shuttling power to Grand Junction to be used in DPU's for eastbound coal loads, is on the approach to Radium. The Colorado River runs on the right side of the image, and Gore Canyon is actually visible just off of center to the right in the distance.
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A UP coal empty with eight units (only of which three are actually active and working) makes it way west out of Little Gore Canyon west of Azure. The train will wrap around the mountain in the foreground and head through the siding of Radium about two miles ahead of the train.
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The head end of the train is about a half mile ahead of the hoppers in the foreground. The hopper are about to be pulled into Tunnel 40 in Little Gore Canyon.
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At the mouth of Little Gore Canyon, UP 5933 leads and westbound coal empty into Tunnel 39 along the Colorado River. At Bond, this train will leave the Colorado River behind and head up the Craig branch the 39 miles to Phippsburg.
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This Energy-bound coal empty is coming out the west end of Azure and headed toward Little Gore Canyon. All the power is on the front of the train, and the crew will have to setup DPU in Phippsburg before the train continues to Energy.
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Crews work at the east end of Azure, just west of Gore Canyon, to install new signals. The MOW is holding the main track while this BNSF westbound makes its way into the siding using plenty of "bell and whistle" to make sure the maintenance crews are safely off the tracks.
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