Although there really isn't any evidence of it here (other than clouds and a semi-wet road), the first snow fall of the 2010-2011 season came about an hour earlier! This coal train loaded at the Energy mine on the Craig branch and is headed for the Drake power plant in Colorado Springs.
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Although they are a little bit dirty, these two flagged C44AC-CTE's look pretty good leading up six other units and a coal empty through the S-Curve at Blue Mountain.
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A pair of US Army tanks heading west on BNSF's Denver to Provo trackage rights train. The tanks are on a Department of Defense (DODX) flat car for the journey.
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BNSF's daily Denver to Provo trackage rights train makes its way through the S-Curve just east of the road crossing at Blue Mountain. The train has an interesting load behind the power - a pair of tanks!
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An eastbound coal load makes its way through the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Normally, a 2x3x1 power setup (as found on this train) would indicate the train is heading east on the KP branch. Trains running south on the Joint Line are typically setup in a 2x2x2 configuration. But this is the train that disproves the rule. The train will turn south in Denver and head for Eagle Pass, TX.
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Winding through the curves at Blue Mountain, this autorack train is headed west for the Pacific Northwest. It wouldn't be long after this that Union Pacific would reroute such traffic north to the Overland Route, decreasing the diversity on the Moffat.
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One of the only shots I have of the old "CSDU" train came during a chase east from Crescent in August 1996. Here, the Colorado Springs Department of Utilities coal load makes its way through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain. In the late 90's early 2000's, the old black CSDU cars (with the initials on the side) were completely replaced by new silver aluminum hoppers without any initials.
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