The Blue Mountain fire continues to burn. Emergency equipement sits on the tracks along the siding of Clay.
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On the morning of August 14, an eastbound UP coal load sparked a fire on Blue Mountain above the siding of Clay.
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Working its way back toward Denver, the summer Ski Train winds through the S-curves at Blue Mountain.
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The summer Ski Train, still sporting a power car after the power, climbs toward tunnel one on a bright June morning.
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DRGW 3154 leads the summer Ski Train west at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. This was definitely near the beginning of my photographic career!
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Winding through the curves at Blue Mountain, this autorack train is headed west for the Pacific Northwest. It wouldn't be long after this that Union Pacific would reroute such traffic north to the Overland Route, decreasing the diversity on the Moffat.
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One of the only shots I have of the old "CSDU" train came during a chase east from Crescent in August 1996. Here, the Colorado Springs Department of Utilities coal load makes its way through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain. In the late 90's early 2000's, the old black CSDU cars (with the initials on the side) were completely replaced by new silver aluminum hoppers without any initials.
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