This little buggy ran ahead of the rest of the tie gang, taking a huge pile of ties from the side of the tracks and dropping one off every few feet so they could be replaced.
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This eastbound coal load is about to cross over the South Beaver Creek Road grade crossing, just west of the siding of Cliff. The train is creeping along at 18 MPH, and several cars are showing the slowing effort as smoke comes off the super-hot brake shoes.
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Under partly cloudy skies, this BNSF manifest (using its trackage rights on the Moffat) is slowing down on the siding, where it will wait for an eastbound coal load.
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The Rocky Mountains protrude in the background behind Colorado highway 93 and the Rocky Local. The local is waiting for freight traffic on the mainline to clear before entering the main itself.
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3114 has seen better days. Graffiti covers the large lettering on the engineers side of the unit. It also appears that the number board on the conductors side may have been broken out and hastily replaced. At least both units are still unpatched and operating!
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The Rocky Local has both DRGW 3114 and DRGW 3128 as power with GP60s 1900 and 1901 at Burnham for a 90 day inspection.
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The Rocky Local sits on the lower part of the spur leading to Rocky Flat with a sole GP40-2 (DRGW 3114) waiting for authority to enter the mainline to proceed east back to North Yard.
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The Rocky Local is seen waiting at the siding at Rocky for traffic the clear before returning east to Denver.
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The BNSF trains are a nice mix into the moffat traffic; here a clean warbonnet (BNSF 4703) leads an eastbound at Rocky.
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UP 1900 (formerly DRGW 3154) heads up three geeps working the Rocky Local at the end of the Rocky Spur.
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This eastbound coal load is leaving the siding of Rocky behind as it moves east towards Barbara's Gulch. At this point, this train is also changing dispatchers, going from UP Dispatch 82 to UP Dispatch 86.
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The Ski Train climbs the two percent grade up toward Tunnel Number One, the first tunnel in the Tunnel District.
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The DDA40X has two 3,300 horsepower prime movers and four axles on each truck. This UP special will continue south on the Joint Line upon arriving at Denver.
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UP 6939 is the last remaining DDA40X in service. Union Pacific uses it for special moves, typically UP passenger trains moved executives around. Such was the case on this day when the DD40 and train passed over the Moffat Road.
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