A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of UP's westbound MNYGJ in the middle of a snowy Byers Canyon. Unlike most of the canyons the Moffat travels through, you can drive through Byers Canyon (across the river from the track) on US-40.
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The head water of the Colorado River are mainly ice-covered in the middle of Byers Canyon, just west of Sulphur. This UP manifest is making good time as is rolls down grade through the canyon.
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Byers Canyon is one of the numerous canyons the Moffat passes through on its journey west. It is also one of the few that is very easily accessible by car as US-40 happens to parallel the tracks on the opposite side of the Colorado River. A westbound coal empty has just knocked down a clear (green) intermediate.
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Coal trains, once king of the Moffat, have certainly become rare. Perhaps even a novelty. I was fortunate enough to catch this westbound empty as it entered into the east end of Byers Canyon. It has six units on the head end, which will likely be set up in a 2x3x1 configuration for the journey east.
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The rails in this part of Byers Canyon are just barely lit by the sun in the far western sky. A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound oil train, slowly snaking its way along the Colorado River.
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On the shortest days of the year, the sun is so far to the south, that much of Byers Canyon spends the day cast in shadows. The westbound Zephyr is following along the Colorado River (and US-40) near the west end of the canyon.
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