This westbound is slowing as it had an approach at the last intermediate signal. It will get stopped at a red at the east switch of Rocky as maintenance has a work window that will last another 30 to 40 minutes.
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On this particular day, clouds were drifting in and out of the scene and a nice hole popped up in the clouds allowing the power on this westbound BNSF manifest to be nicely highlighted in the sun.
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If you look closely, you may note that the BNSF logo on the lead unit is a bit smaller than on the third unit. That lead unit is a ET44C4, the latest (Tier 4 compliant) model from GE. There is slightly less room on the long hood for the logo to appear.
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Another day and another BNSF manifest being led by a trio of GEs in Barbara's Gulch past the old metal tower that has stood for decades.
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A pair of C44-9Ws, still in Heritage 2 paint, push on the back of a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo in Barbara's Gulch. One to two DPUs on the tail end is typical for these manifests.
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A westbound BNSF manifest with a trio of GEs on the point heads west through Barbara's Gulch. This has become the standard consist that you can expect to find on the point of BNSF's manifests on the Moffat. Sure, there are certainly exceptions, but most of the time, this is what you are likely to find.
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A westbound BNSF manifest proceeds west through Barbara's Gulch. BNSF's symbol for this train is the HDENPVO1-08A (Denver, CO to Provo, UT). UP recently changed the symbol of this train in its computer system. UP now shows this train as the QFJPVJ-08. "FJ" is for "Fox Junction" and "PV" is for "Provo". The train's counterpart is the QPVCSJ in which "PV" is again Provo, and "CS" is "C&S Junction".
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Barbara's Gulch is still quite green in the early days of June as the West Local, with seven covered hoppers in tow, works its way west. All seven covered hoppers will be delivered to Trinity Lightweight, maker of lightweight aggregate.
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A trio of GP40s lead West Local near the east end of Barbara's Gulch. The local has not run in a few weeks and actually has several covered hoppers for delivery today.
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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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