At the very north end of the Greeley Subdivision, this Z-Train is starting to head toward Denver after a crew change at Speer. The train is passing underneath I-25 just south of Speer Jct. The train you see above in the distance is indeed the back part of this same train.
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At the very north end of the Greeley Sub (at Speer Jct), the eastbound California Zephyr crosses over BNSF's Front Range Subdivision as the Zephyr begins the final leg of its detour route between Salt Lake City and Denver.
Both UP and BNSF have lines between Denver and Cheyenne. Here at Speer Jct is where they happen to cross one another at a grade separation.
Now that the Cheyenne Frontier Days special has been wyed (turned around), it is headed back to Cheyenne from Speer Jct. A classic water tower from steam days stands tall in the distance. Perhaps a bit of irony, considering the fact that there is no steam engine on the Frontier Days trains this year.
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At Speer Junction, BNSF's Front Range Sub passes under UP's Greeley Subdivision. While a northbound BNSF train would have been perfect here (right to left on the lower track), I had no such luck. But UP 2525, pulling the Cheyenne Frontier Days special back toward Cheyenne, looks mighty fine as it comes across the Front Range Sub.
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UP 2525 is one of the newest units on UP's roster. Even though Tier 4 environmental regulations took effect on January 1, 2015, some Tier 3 units, such as this ES44AC, are still being delivered in 2015 as some railroads built up some environmental credits, allowing them to continue to get some new power while GE and EMD continue to work on a viable Tier 4 product.
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