The crew on this eastbound BNSF manifest will have to sit here on their train for about another two hours. The crew went dead (meaning they could no longer work after having been on the clock for 12 hours) just as this shot was being taken. A relief crew is called out of Denver, but won't leave the yard for another 15 minutes.
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Thirty years of GE technology work together as DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound BNSF manifest. BNSF 6797 is a relatively new ES44C4. CSX 7668 is a C40-8W that was built in the late 1980s.
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This unit is actually an older CSX unit, but looks mighty good as it just recently received a new paint job in the CSX Dark Future scheme. this is actually a C40-8W, built in the 1980s, and was one of the earlier wide cab units.
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Three days ago, on Valentine's Day, this matched set of CitiRail CREX ES44ACs led the BNSF Denver-Provo west. Once at Provo, they were serviced and sent back east to Denver on the Provo-Denver. Here, the train takes the siding at Rollins.
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A trio of CREX ES44ACs lead this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest in the siding at Rollins. The crew only has 23 minutes to get the train stopped before they "die", meaning they run out of time to work. After 12 hours, train crews are required by law to stop their train wherever they are.
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It is tricky finding good light for the Ski Train (and the Zephyr) as both run west in the morning and east in the evening. In other words, the sun is always behind the train. With F40PH 406 on the tail end of the Winter Park Express, however, this going away shot at Rollins in morning sunlight looks pretty darn nice.
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While there was no snow on the ground down in Denver, that is very much not the case here at 8,500 feet above sea level! The morning Ski Train glides through Rollinsville and the winter wonderland that it currently is.
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This westbound coal empty is about to knock down a clear signal at the west end of Rollins. The train met the eastbound Winter Park Express Ski Train here at Rollins, and will now have clear signals west to Tabernash. There, the train will hold the main to wait for a 2-hour-late Amtrak #5.
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It is a few minutes past sunset and, with the thick clouds, light is rapidly fading as a westbound coal empty pulls west toward a clear signal in the siding at Rollins.
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After meeting the eastbound Winter Park Express Ski Train, this westbound coal empty (headed for the North Fork Branch) is throttling back up after DS-82 set up a clear signal at the west end of Rollins. If you look in the distance, you can see the red signals at the east end of Rollins.
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This classic shot at West Rollins is likely only going to be possible for another year or so (without any obstructions). A couple of pine trees are threatening to block the view of the tracks! But, that hasn't quite happened yet on this frigid day as the westbound Zephyr, running 4 1/2 hours late, approaches the west end of Rollins.
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For a couple of months during the "slow" season, the Zephyr was running with a mere six Superliners. Now that Spring is getting close, Amtrak has expanded the Zephyr back up to seven Superliners. Here, the westbound Zephyr has a clear signal as it heads out the west end of Rollins.
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It is a beautiful summer afternoon as UP's daily westbound manifest running from Denver to Salt Lake City (the MNYRO) heads down the main on a clear signal. The train is about to pass underneath CO-119 in the heart of Rollinsville. Rollinsville celebrated its 130th birthday in 2014 and no doubt most of its 181 residents (2010 census) attended the festivities.
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The westbound Zephyr passes by the west end of Rollins on the main, heading for some inclement weather. Notice the whitish-hue in front of the mountains on the far right side of the picture (above Amtrak)? That isn't fog, that is hail!
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As is rather common in the summer in Colorado, clear morning skies have given way to overcast and stormy afternoon conditions. There is a light rain at the west end of Rollins and a dime-sized hail storm between Rollins and Tolland. Neither of these facts slow down Amtrak, however, as it continues its journey west toward California.
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