A narrow section of clouds took the liberty of hovering right above Cliff as this coal empty highballed the east end. Oh well, perhaps the clouds are appropriate considering all the snow on the ground...
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The Ski Train has an approach (yellow) signal at west Cliff and is slowing. It will be meeting a heavy, slow ballast train at Cliff. The ballast train is in between Crescent at Cliff right now. Passengers enjoy the luxury of the ride in the Kansas on the back of the train.
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As the days are slowly getting longer, it is getting easier to get shots of the Ski Train in the evening, making its way back down the mountain into town. On this evening, the train is running a few minutes late as it approaches the west end of Cliff.
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An interesting set of power on the Stockton to Denver train stopped at Cliff. A shabby-looking Warbonnet C40-8W - sandwiched by a pair of ES44DCs - are patiently waiting for the arrival of the Ski Train. The third unit, BNSF 7200, looks fresh out of the shop!
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Got some time on your hands? I think the crew of this eastbound Stockton to Denver trackage rights train can probably relate! The train is in the hole at Cliff waiting for the Ski Train.
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The sole DPU on an eastbound coal load makes its way through Cliff. In the distance, you can see Colorado Highway 72 climbing away from the town and the tracks.
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Looks like this former Espee AC4400CW has given a kiss to a few snow drifts! The train has a clear signal at the east end of Cliff as the train makes its way toward Denver. From there, it'll continue on to St Louis, MO where it will be interchanged.
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About halfway through Cliff, South Boulder Creek passes underneath the tracks. A westbound coal empty is slowing (due to a yellow signal at the east end of Cliff) as it meets a coal load stopped on the siding.
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A very nice scene was just waiting to be shot at the west switch of Cliff. The westbound MNYRO is heading west past South Boulder Creek on one side and snow-powdered pine trees on the opposite side.
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The first signs of the 2008-2009 winter season have hit the Colorado high country! A light dusting of snow is evident on the pine trees at Cliff as an eastbound coal load waits - for four westbounds - in the siding.
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Up until May 2004, this unit was one of 35 Chicago North Western AC4400CWs (CNW 8824). On this day, the unit was leading the CWEEG-05 - currently tied down in the siding at Cliff.
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Problems, problems, problems! Sounds like a coal load that was having some problems prevented the Ski Train from being able to be wyed at Tabernash. The power run around the train (note SKTX 283 in the lead instead of the typical SKTX 242). Passengers in the Kansas, Utah and California have a front seat view of the power!
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From high above the tracks (east of Cliff), we look down on one of the very few remaining unpatched Espee AC4400CW's, SP 144. The unit was the second unit on the head end of an eastbound coal train.
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Just east of Cliff, this coal load is back on the move after a three hour delay due to being stuck in emergency. The crew had to make several trips back and forth between the head end and the swing helpers to get the problem resolved. Evidence of the end of summer is easy to see in the shot!
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At the east end of Cliff, the last DPU unit on a westbound coal train does a nice job catching the morning light. This westbound would untimately be tied down while waiting for an eastbound coal load in emergency just west of Cliff.
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