Early morning shadows make for an interesting picture of this westbound coal empty as it makes its way west on the main track at Rocky. The train is just about to swing to the right and start the climb through Little Ten Curve.
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Several minutes after passing the MNYGJ at Rocky, the Zephyr has now made a 180° turn and is headed north through Clay. This is the final picture in a series of four.
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The westbound California Zephyr passes the power of the MNYGJ at the west end of Rocky as the Zephyr continues west. This is the third picture in a series of four. Here is the fourth picture in the series.
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The westbound California Zephyr proceeds west on the mainline at Rocky, running around the MNYGJ which is stopped on the siding. This is the second picture in a series of four. Here is the third picture in the series.
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DS-82 has put the MNYGJ in the siding at Rocky to allow a late (by 2 1/2 hours) California Zephyr to run around on the mainline. Here, the manifest is stopped on the siding and Amtrak is proceeding west on clear signals. This is the first picture in a series of four. Here is the second picture in the series.
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A very colorful (and well-powered) BNSF Provo-Denver manifest wraps its way through Little Ten curve near the west switch of Rocky. If nothing else, just having a trio of Warbonnets on the train is pretty dang nice!
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Although it is only 3,000 feet long, this train still weighs close to 7,000 tons. Rocks (ballast) is just about the heaviest thing trains transport. Gone are the days when you'd find scoria in these ballast cars. UP gets its ballast from quarries in Wyoming.
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Here is something rather interesting. As UP 4158 passed by me, I noticed that it is labeled as an SD70M-2 on the cab. I have no clue why as it was delivered, at least, as an SD70M. The trucks do look fairly new and perhaps that explains it, but I'm not sure.
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A westbound coal empty with eight units on the point (only three of which were online) heads down the mainline at Rocky toward Little Ten Curve. The Rocky Spur ("Rocky Industrial Lead") can be see through the distortion of the exhaust above the lead unit. Two gons and a green work caboose sit on the house track.
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Two relatively new Espee AC4400CW's sit on the point of an eastbound coal load headed into Denver, The train is stopped in the siding, waiting for Amtrak 6 to pass it on the way into town.
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