A very shiny UP 1989 (the Rio Grande Heritage Unit) leads the MNYGJX-06 through the curves at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek.
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With UP 1989 on the point, the MNYGJX-06 (with a lot of units Dead In Consist, being moved to Grand Junction for coal power) rounds the curve out of Clay toward Blue Mountain.
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Save for the UP and CSX power on the point of this train, this could easily be a picture from twenty years ago! Growing up, I remember my dad taking me hear and seeing coal train with Burlington Northern hoppers like the one in the foreground.
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Working its way west through the curves at Blue Mountain, this westbound coal empty (with an SD70M on the point) climbs toward Tunnel One.
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A very rare appearance in the 21st Century, an SD70M (with DC traction motors, not AC) leads a westbound coal empty, followed by two GE AC units, the first being of the CSX variety.
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An Operation Lifesaver special, using Ski Train equipment, heads west at the Hot Box Detector at MP 22.6. The special used SKTX 242 (the F40PH that normally leads the Ski Train) along with one coach (La Plata Peak), one lounge car (Winter Park), one club car (Idaho Springs) and the Utah and Kansas.
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Two private cars (the first lettered Northern Pacific, North Coast Limited, the second lettered for Louisville & Nashville) hang out on the back of Amtrak 5 as they head west through the curves at Blue Mountain.
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On a chilly Colorado afternoon, the Ski Train is running just a smidge late as it heads east through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain, just west of Clay.
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There is not a cloud in the sky on this chilly November morning. The re-routed ZSCDV-17 crosses over the highway 72 overpass as the train makes its way into Denver.
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Due to a derailment in Wyoming, the ZSCDV-17 is being rerouted over the Moffat. The train was 1,500 feet, all consisting of UPS trailers. The train is descending from tunnel 1.
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A 3,200 foot-long ballast work train wraps through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on its journey east. The train is led by two former Chicago North Western C40-8's.
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An eastbound UP coal load with two "flags" on the point winds its way through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
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At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the track snake around the base of the mountains. This coal train, which just passed the firehouse based on Blue Mountain Road, has less than five miles to go before it will be out on the open plains.
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The last snowfall on the Front Range in 2005 before the official start of Spring came on March 14. On this day, an eastbound coal load winds through the S-curve at Blue Mountain on its trip east towards town. Note the swing helpers descending midway through the train in the background.
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On the second Friday run of the season, the lighting is just perfect to capture the westbound Ski Train as it winds through Coal Creek Canyon and climbs towards the east portal of tunnel 1.
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