My first shot of UP 4141, the George HW Bush Presidential Library unit, on the point of a North Platte-bound manifest just west of Cheyenne. It is late in the day as the train passes Borie on a yellow signal on Main One.
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High above Main Three (used between Speer and Dale Jct, especially for heavier trains), this unit covered hopper train is approaching Dale Junction.
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Leaving the last cut before Dale Junction behind, this westbound train is slowing on an "Advanced Approach" (flashing yellow) signal as it approaches the Junction.
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At Dale Junction, UP's third main track (which lies on a separate grade from the first two main tracks west of Cheyenne) converges with the first two main's when heading west. Not far east of Dale is a massive cut towering at least 150 feet over the railroad. Here, a westbound unit grain train is about to pass through the cut.
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UP 844 looks very good on the point of the Frontier Days passenger train as the train crosses from Main 2 to Main 1 just west of the depot in Cheyenne.
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A westbound intermodal (doublestack) train gets a green signal on main one to head west.
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A westbound manifest led by a C44-9CW and an Canadian National SD40-2 (without dynamic breaks) sits on main two, waiting for a signal to head west.
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To avoid having BNSF's Front Range Sub from crossing UP's four main tracks using diamonds, a grade separation exists in Cheyenne. Here, a UP intermodal train crosses underneath a BNSF MDENLAU train!
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This patched Southern Pacific SD40T-2 was in the middle of a lashup of various power on a manifest in Cheyenne.
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Not far west of Cheyenne, two of the four main tracks diverge and go toward Speer. The remaining two continue west toward Sherman Hill. This eastbound is on main one approaching Cheyenne.
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Through Cheyenne, there are actually four main tracks on UP's Overland Route. Just east of Cheyenne, all four main tracks have an intermediate signals right next to one another.
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