A northbound BNSF coal empty crosses over the four UP main tracks on the west side of Cheyenne. A major afternoon thunder storm has passed by the area and provides fantastic contrast.
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A northbound BNSF coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin approaches Cheyenne as storm clouds to the east darken. The Canadian Pacific unit was an unexpected surprise!
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In Cheyenne, BNSF's north/south Front Range Subdivision crosses over UP's Overland Route. A BNSF Coal empty is approaching the BNSF yard (the train is ultimately headed for the Powder River Basin in northern Wyoming) while all four UP main tracks currently lie empty and quiet.
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A northbound coal empty glides along the fill that will take it across UP's Overland Route in Cheyenne. This crews journey is nearing their end as they have taken the train from Denver to Cheyenne.
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A 500mm shot of the Southern Heritage Unit (NS 8099). It is sitting in the yard at Cheyenne, awaiting its next assignment. At least it wasn't entirely obstructed! I'll take a long, slightly awkward angle over no shot at all.
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One of Norfolk Southern's 20 heritage units (NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit) has been spending some time on the left side of the country! It came to Cheyenne on the HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) manifest and was pulled off in the yard at Cheyenne. It was not in a particularly accessible location, so this was about the best shot I could get.
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At the BNSF yard in Cheyenne, the yard switcher (a GP35u) was idling away, snow occasionally dropping off the cab. In the background, the Rawhide Power Plant coal empty is proceeding north to the mines in the Powder River Basin.
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When EMD first released the SD60, they were given numbers with an "EMD" prefix. EMD 3 is one of the original SD60s that was first introduced in 1985. It was running as the last unit on the MDENLAU (Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) on BNSF's Front Range Subdivision.
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