Green and cream SD70MACs are still pretty common on coal train on BNSF, but it isn't very common to find five such units on a single train! The last four units here are idling, apparently in a power move. UP does this quite often, particularly on the Moffat, but I haven't seen it on BNSF very often.
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About 20 miles northeast of Denver, this coal empty is taking the siding at Tonville for a meet with a westbound. The train may appear a bit overpowered, but only the first three units on the train are loading. The last three are idling and just along for the ride!
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An eastbound coal load meets a westbound coal empty at the siding of Tonville along I-76 northeast of Denver. The last DPU'd unit is a blue CEFX leaser. It was a busy afternoon on the Brush Sub, with Amtrak 5 running nearly 8 hours late and entering the picture soon after this shot.
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A rare opportunity to get the westbound California Zephyr in really great light on the Brush Sub presented itself on this day. A derailment earlier in the day stopped Amtrak for about six hours! Here, the train is moving at track speed (around 79 MPH) past the west switch of Tonville.
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