Five units (an ES44AC, an SD70ACe, and three SD70MACs) work hard to pull 80 cars of sand west through Barbara's Gulch. Each car weighs roughly 115 tons. That's 9,200 tons for the entire train. With the power on the train, it should have around 2.2 HPT. Just enough to keep it slowly rolling up the hill.
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After meeting an empty oil train at Leyden, this westbound loaded sand train is grinding its way through Barbara's Gulch, barely making 10 MPH as it climbs the grade.
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A lone unit brings up the tail end of this westbound empty covered hopper train through Barbara's Gulch. Note that, in the distance, you can see Rainbow Cut and portions of Tunnels 3 and 4.
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A pair of GEs lead a westbound empty covered hopper train through a lush Barbara's Gulch. The train is symboled the OHLPA. A symbol with an "O" as the prefix is typically an ore train, though it doesn't seem like that's what would be in these cars.
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Must have been quite a ride for the UP crew members on the back of the flat car on the crane. Was pretty neat catching this move...more than likely the last time the crane will roll over these rails.
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Earlier this week, an eastbound train started a (relatively) minor fire at the east end of Barbara's Gulch. No structures were damaged and the first was quickly contained and exterminated. Here, a westbound manifest approaches the burn site.
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BNSF manifests on the Moffat have frequently run with a trio of units on the point lately. Not on this day, however! Six GEs...all ES44s and all in the New Image scheme...lead the Provo-Denver through Barbara's Gulch.
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This eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver has a matched set of six ES44s for power! The lead unit is an ES44DC, but the following five units are all ES44C4s!
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Six units leads a coal empty comprised of rag tag hoppers west on the Moffat. I've lucked out quite a bit lately and I have seen quite a few SD70s on the Moffat lately. As a fan of EMD power, it's been pretty nice to see (and hear).
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This westbound coal empty came up the Joint Line earlier this morning. A somewhat unusual move as the Joint Line does not see too many UP trains. And the trains they do run are typically manifests. Most coal traffic runs via the KP (Limon Sub) east on the plains.
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There is a short section of Barbara's Gulch that is viewable from CO-72. A westbound Denver-Provo is making its way west through the gulch here, running on clear signals. All the houses on the other side of the tracks are part of the relatively new neighborhood of Leyden Rock.
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Things have slowed on the Moffat a bit lately. The westbound Zephyr, heading west through Barbara's Gulch, is the first westbound in 15 hours! After a nice burst in coal traffic, there are no coal empties on the lineup, so trains are a bit light at the moment.
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With the remaining snow on the ground and silver streak of Amtrak's Superliners, spotting Amtrak is this shot is a little bit like Where's Waldo! Once you spot it, you will not that the "Honor Our Veterans" unit (AMTK 42) is on the point on this morning.
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AMTK 42, Amtrak's "Honor Our Veterans" unit is paired with AMTK 77 to lead the westbound Zephyr through Barbara's Gulch.
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The westbound Zephyr is on the move in Barbara's Gulch, running right on time. The Veterans unit, AMTK 42, is on the point today.
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