As the days are slowly getting longer, it is getting easier to get shots of the Ski Train in the evening, making its way back down the mountain into town. On this evening, the train is running a few minutes late as it approaches the west end of Cliff.
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What do you do when you need to transport a lot of light power from Denver to Glenwood Springs? Throw it on any train you can find going that direction! Eight units (six of which will be dropped off for swing power in Glenwood Springs) lead up the MNYRO-08 at Crescent.
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An interesting set of power on the Stockton to Denver train stopped at Cliff. A shabby-looking Warbonnet C40-8W - sandwiched by a pair of ES44DCs - are patiently waiting for the arrival of the Ski Train. The third unit, BNSF 7200, looks fresh out of the shop!
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Got some time on your hands? I think the crew of this eastbound Stockton to Denver trackage rights train can probably relate! The train is in the hole at Cliff waiting for the Ski Train.
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Coming past the crossovers at Pecos, the MRONY is on the North Yard siding heading for the yard. Due to the New Year holiday, this is the last eastbound to run between Roper and North Yard until January 3rd.
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The sole DPU on an eastbound coal load makes its way through Cliff. In the distance, you can see Colorado Highway 72 climbing away from the town and the tracks.
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Looks like this former Espee AC4400CW has given a kiss to a few snow drifts! The train has a clear signal at the east end of Cliff as the train makes its way toward Denver. From there, it'll continue on to St Louis, MO where it will be interchanged.
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About halfway through Cliff, South Boulder Creek passes underneath the tracks. A westbound coal empty is slowing (due to a yellow signal at the east end of Cliff) as it meets a coal load stopped on the siding.
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From high above the tracks (east of Cliff), we look down on one of the very few remaining unpatched Espee AC4400CW's, SP 144. The unit was the second unit on the head end of an eastbound coal train.
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Just east of Cliff, this coal load is back on the move after a three hour delay due to being stuck in emergency. The crew had to make several trips back and forth between the head end and the swing helpers to get the problem resolved. Evidence of the end of summer is easy to see in the shot!
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About halfway between the daylighted remains of Tunnel 28 and the still-standing (albeit short) Tunnel 29, the Ski Train heads west in the late afternoon on a cloudy June afternoon. The Ski Train, making a special chartered run, hasn't headed west of Denver in the afternoon since a similar charter on June 19, 2003.
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