The conductor on this southbound wind blade train has aligned the south switch at Longs Peak for the main after meeting a northbound manifest. The crew is now waiting to receive a track warrant from the Front Range Sub dispatcher so they can continue south toward Denver.
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Have you ever wondered just how long one of those blades in a power-generating wind mill? Turns out, one blade is nearly as long as three GE units! The Denver-Laurel moves north (right-to-left) while a wind blade train waits to proceed south (left-to-right).
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The northbound Denver-Laurel, with a BNSF "sticker unit" - the nickname given to the 25th Anniversary units BNSF has released that have stickers of logos of previous railroads - rolls in to the siding at the south end of Longs Peak to meet a southbound wind (blade) train.
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As a wind train sits on the main at Longs Peak, you can see that the south siding switch has been "bent" (aligned) for the siding. The Denver-Laurel will be coming up and entering the siding in just a few minutes.
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A southbound "blade train", loaded with wind generator blades, sits on the main at Longs Peak with a single unit on the point. The train is waiting for the Denver-Laurel manifest to get in to the siding. Once that happens, the blade train can get a warrant south.
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