Plenty of snow, invisible rails and a nice quiet setting at Plain. All that was missing was a train! I was only able to hang out for about thirty minutes. While the hope spring is eternal, nothing showed up during the time I was there. This shot is looking east along the rails (geographically south) from the grade crossing.
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You can't go wrong with the Flat Irons shot from Plainview. An SD70MAC, an SD70ACe and an ES44DC lead BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest down the main at the grade crossing near the east end of the House Track.
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DPU's on the Moffat have become common place on nearly every train that runs, whether it is a coal train or a manifest. This westbound North Yard to Roper manifest is no exception as a C44AC-CTE does its part to push through Plain.
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A single AC4400CW helps push the QDVPVJ through the siding at Plain. Since the MNYRO was moving very slowly (due to a shortage of power), DS-82 let the BNSF train get ahead!
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BNSF's Denver-Provo trackage rights train has an all-EMD consist on the point as it heads west on the siding at Plain. The train is overtaking an under-powered MNYRO which is holding on the main.
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The "Bloody Nose" Phase I Amtrak Heritage Unit leads the eastbound Zephyr down a snowy main track at Plain. Don't think that simply because it is May that the snow is over in Colorado!
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The eastbound California Zephyr emerges from the fog running on a clear signal through Plainview. The coal empty in the background got in the clear just in time for the Zephyr.
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This westbound coal empty is pulling into the siding at Plain to meet with a punctual California Zephyr. The Zephyr was close enough to Plain that the dispatcher had the coal empty pull all the way into the siding, temporarily blocking the grade crossing.
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It is a beautiful, albeit slightly overcast, January morning as the MNYGJ heads west down the main at Plainview. It is becoming more and more common to find DPU's on the end of westbound UP manifests on the Moffat!
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In a pre-dawn derailment on the Moffat, this was the loaded hopper that was the culprit. A single axle popped off in the Tunnel District and it was tied down here until it can be inspected and taken back to town.
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A westbound BNSF manifest holds off the grade crossing at Plain while waiting for an eastbound coal load. That coal load would end up derailing a single car back up at Tunnel 12 though. This BNSF manifest would ultimately back down in between switches at Clay and wait for a relief crew.
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The first ever 4-stroke prime mover built by EMD went into the SD90MAC. The 6000 HP unit was brand new in 1998, and EMD was giving it a shake down on a loaded coal train on the Moffat. Here, UP 8503, UP 8502, and UP 8501 throttle up to head west out of the siding.
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