The northbound MNYGR (North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) passes through the north end of Brighton at track speed. It's counterpart, the MGRNY, is on the siding, getting ready to depart and continue south to North Yard.
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A southbound UP manifest holds short of 168th Avenue in Brighton. The Green River, WY to North Yard, CO manifest is on the siding and waiting for its counterpart, the North Yard, CO to Green River, WY manifest to come out of Denver.
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This is my personal favorite model of any wide cab model EMD has produced to date. Not just the SD70M, but specifically the Phase 2 SD70M. It has the slightly slanted radiator intakes, similar to the SD45, but not quite as large as the SD70ACe. The original wide cab nose and tear drop windshields are also a fantastic touch.
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UP has taken to using SD70Ms for locals on the Greeley Sub. After seeing three locals on this day, all three had SD70Ms for power. Here, UP 4059 sits with a string of covered hoppers, waiting for a southbound manifest here at Brighton.
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A single UP ES44AC heads north through the through the siding at Brighton. I honestly have no clue where this lone unit was coming from or where it was headed! Part of a local? Off to rescue a train? Not sure. But the scene looks nice at sunset creeps closer and closer.
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A local picks up a string of hoppers from an industry. Unfortunately, due to the location of the switch and the length of the train, the north switch at Brighton is blocked, preventing the coal empty on the siding from being able to continue north.
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This coal empty was holding south of the siding of Brighton so as not to block grade crossing through town. When the southbound it was meeting showed up, the train pulled in to the siding. However, nobody informed the crew that the southbound is a local that is blocking the north end of the siding, preventing the coal empty from leaving! So the crossing in Brighton wound up blocked for over 30 minutes anyway.
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A CP ES44AC and a KCS SD70ACe lead a northbound coal empty through the siding at Brighton, passing alongside a few yard tracks that currently lay empty. These hoppers were pulled from Jansen, CO on the Raton Sub near Trinidad.
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A pair of SD70Ms serve as the power on a local that originated from La Salle earlier in the day. It is now stopped on the main at Brighton has the string of covered hoppers to the left need to be picked up by the local. The cars behind the power will be spotted in their place.
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My last shot of headlights from another train reflecting off the side of the Ski Train. At Brighton, the train held in the siding to wait for the ZLADV, quickly zooming down the main.
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