A BNSF Provo to Denver manifest makes it way down Main 3 at the Pecos Crossover. All three main BNSF paint schemes are represented! The New Image, the Heritage 2, and the original Heritage lead the train.
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Looks somebody has spent some time to try to "unpatch" this former Espee GP40M-2! You can clearly see the outline of a UP shield that has been painted over on the nose!!
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The Rocky Local (now referred to as the West Local) makes a rare Saturday appearance on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The local is switching out hoppers at the TXI Aggregate plant, about four miles north of the Moffat mainline.
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The leaves haven't started to change colors for the fall yet, but there is still a bit of grande gold in the mountains today! The second P42 on the Zephyr wouldn't load upon arrival in Salt Lake City and UP just happened to have UP 1989 available to help out.
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A UP coal empty crosses over Rollins Pass road. The train has been running on yellow signals following a slow-moving BNSF manifest. The train is still rolling slow to give the Moffat Tunnel a chance to vent.
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The rainy summer that Colorado has had this year has really helped to keep the foliage green! A BNSF manifest heads west on the main at Tolland.
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Three days into May, but there still a LOT of snow left in the high country. The eastbound California Zephyr passes through Tolland running right on time.
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At the Pecos Crossover, an eastbound Public Service coal load heads down the North Yard siding toward North Yard. Once there, the train will move out on the Belt Industrial Lead to the Cherokee Power Plant.
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The Ski Train hustles down the main track at Tolland, indifferent to the extremes of the weather surrounding it. Inside the Kansas, a group of passengers enjoy the view out the back.
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Brrrr...it was freezing up at Tolland on this March afternoon. Not entirely because of the temperature outside, but because of the mix of the temperature and the wind! The Ski Train has a clear signal at Tolland. Note the yellow school house in the distance, just above the cab of the third F40PH.
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Despite how this image might look, it really isn't snowing! The wind is howling and kicking up a ton of sitting snow though as the Ski Train crosses the grade crossing at Tolland.
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After a good run up the hill from Denver, it is time to sit for awhile! This westbound coal empty is in the hole at Rollins and will have to wait not only for the Ski Train, but for the eastbound Zephyr as well.
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UP's only daily manifest on the Moffat Tunnel Sub (at this point in time) runs between North Yard (in Denver) and Roper (in Salt Lake). The eastbound version - the MRONY - has nearly completed its journey as it pulls down the North Yard Siding.
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UP hostlers work to cut out a trio of swing helpers from a coal load on Bypass Two while BNSF's Beer Run heads down the North Yard siding at the Pecos Street crossovers.
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A few trees are preventing this view from being really fantastic. The curve that the Zephyr is approaching in the distance leads into East Portal. In another mile, the Zephyr will be in the Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide, towering in the background.
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