A pair of recently-repainted (and recently-rebuilt) SD40-2s, now designated as SD40Ns, roll in to the yard at 36th Street off the Outbound Main after spotting a string of empty well cars on a house track. In my opinion, the "baby wings" look very good on the nose of the SD40N.
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While waiting for UP 844 to depart north toward Cheyenne, this local train (with a half dozen tank cars) rolls off the inbound main in to the yard at 36th Street. Interestingly, the GP38-2 working is numbered 825. This was once the number of one of UP's 4-8-4 "Northern" class steam engines, just like UP 844!
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The day after the Cheyenne Frontier Days train had a successful run with UP 844, the train is now completing its process of wying (turning around) in Denver. UP 844 will need to take on water (in the "water bottle") before departing for Cheyenne.
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Ed Dickens, currently manager of UP Heritage Operations (including the steam program) is behind the throttle of UP 844 as the Cheyenne Frontier Days train rolls past York Street. Dickens is giving the whistle a good pull across the grade crossing. A number of people, some on duty, some guests, join Dickens in the cab of 844.
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After three years of being in the shops, UP 844 has nearly completed its first round trip back on the rails. A partial rainbow forms in the eastern sky as the train rolls down the Inbound Main at York Street, its final stop to let its passengers off less than a mile ahead.
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A GP40-2 and an SD60M sit alongside the yard lead near the office awaiting their next assignment.
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