Several minutes after passing the MNYGJ at Rocky, the Zephyr has now made a 180° turn and is headed north through Clay. This is the final picture in a series of four.
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The westbound California Zephyr passes the power of the MNYGJ at the west end of Rocky as the Zephyr continues west. This is the third picture in a series of four. Here is the fourth picture in the series.
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The westbound California Zephyr proceeds west on the mainline at Rocky, running around the MNYGJ which is stopped on the siding. This is the second picture in a series of four. Here is the third picture in the series.
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DS-82 has put the MNYGJ in the siding at Rocky to allow a late (by 2 1/2 hours) California Zephyr to run around on the mainline. Here, the manifest is stopped on the siding and Amtrak is proceeding west on clear signals. This is the first picture in a series of four. Here is the second picture in the series.
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After meeting the Zephyr at Rocky, the MRONY has a clear signal to head east in to Denver. From the looks of it, the lead unit has spent quite a bit of time traversing the Moffat...I wonder what "KNC" might be a reference to?
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Ballast trains can always be something of a challenge to get west over the Moffat. They typically weigh somewhere around 7,000 tons and that is all uphill between Denver and the Moffat Tunnel. Here, a ballast train has a clear signal at the east switch of Rocky.
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At the east switch of Rocky, the Roper to Denver manifest heads east toward Denver. The weather condition were deteriorating rapidly with the first few snow flakes just starting to fall. The Denver/Roper trains lately are led by the kind of AC power you see on most coal trains. It was nice to see some SD70M's on the train and an SD9043MAC on the point to boot!
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