The Rocky Local is headed back east at restricted speed on the Rocky spur. The trains is coming from the Lafarge Cement plant, seen to the left, and is headed back toward the mainline at Rocky. UP 1901 (ex-DRGW 3155) is leading the local for the first time in about three years.
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I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little chilly! Snow is coming down at a pretty good pace at the base of Coal Creek Canyon as the Ski Train crosses over Highway 72. The private cars on the end (California, Utah and Kansas) are empty today, but wouldn't you just love to be in the dome of the California for this trip!
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Now in the home stretch, the Ski Train will be able to accelerate a bit for the duration of the trip into Denver. The train is about a mile away from a transition from a rural setting to an urban setting.
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Running right on time on its way back to Denver, the eastbound Ski Train rounds the curve at the west end of Crescent. A lot of the snow from the blizzards earlier in the year has melted away.
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About a mile out of Union Station, the westbound California Zephyr is about to pass over the apex of North Yard. The Denver skyline stands against the rather "blah" sky of the morning.
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This Provo to Denver manifest enters the North Yard Siding at C&S Junction and leaves the Main Track behind. The train will meet Amtrak 5 at Utah Junction before continuing south on the Main Track to Prospect Junction, where it will cross over to BNSF tracks and proceed into the yard.
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The Ski Train, led by the Rio Grande Heritage Unit UP 1989, emerges from a thick fog that has engulfed the Denver-Metro area. By the time the train reaches Clay it will have climbed completely out of the fog.
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Slowly moving west (on an approach signal), BNSF 4880 has just about completed its trip through Barbara's Gulch just east of Rocky. Today's Denver to Provo train has two Ferromex GE's in the consist with it!
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BNSF's westbound HDENPVO-03 is just starting on its 500+ mile trackage rights trip between Denver and Provo. There was a colorful consist on the train today, with BNSF 4880 (in H2) leading, followed by two Ferromex units. The first, FXE 4544, is an AC4400CW. The second, FXE 4643, is a new ES44AC.
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Amtrak is kicking up quite a bit of snow (which is then getting caught in the 20 MPH wind) as it approaches a clear signal at Chemical, 14.5 miles west of Union Station in Denver.
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Unfortunately, the classic Rio Grande block signals at Chemical have been replaced by a single mast signal (with a head facing each direction). Regardless, this classic view at MP 14.5 still looks good with the Kansas on the back of the westbound Ski Train.
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The Ski Train makes its first of 43 trips for the 2006-2007 Ski Season early on the morning of December 27. The train is booked nearly to its 850 person capacity as it hustles west toward the intermediate signals at "Chemical", in between Leyden and Rocky.
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It is very dark outside as the beginning of a massive blizzard start to settle in. The SD70M's lead the MNYPV-20 west in between Leyden and Rocky.
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Four units lead the westbound MNYPH-10 headed west toward Phippsburg, CO. At Bond, this manifest (composed primarily of covered hoppers) will head up the Craig Branch, probably arriving at is destination in Phippsburg sometime tonight well after sunset.
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I wasn't sure how this shot was going to come out at the time I took it, but I am actually very happy with the results. UP 6067 leads 13 units (only three of which were online and working) in a light power move between North Yard and Grand Junction. These units will be added as mid-train and end-train helpers in Grand Junction for coal loads coming east.
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