An eastbound UP grain empty pulls its way down the main at Mesa after meeting a westbound coal empty.
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At the east switch of Mesa, a grain train has a track warrant to continue toward the eastern plains of Colorado. Signs that summer is over are very apparent as the temperature is a chilly 25 degrees!
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Cresting the hill! The east switch of Mesa is a fantastic place to get some telephoto shots of eastbounds. The snow-capped Rocky Mountains make a wonderful background as the power works hard to pull the train over the grade.
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I thought that a nice black and white shot was rather appropriate for this late-in-the-day shot of a special military train approaching a clear block at Mesa. Smith Road runs parallel to the track (on the left). Note the coal train tied down in the siding at Mesa, just over the horizon.
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This westbound manifest is on the approach to the east switch of Mesa on the KP Line in eastern Aurora. Many of the boxcars on this train came from KYLE, a short line railroad in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
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There is a nice long-lens shot offered at the east end of Mesa. The east end of Mesa is on quite a hill, and trains crest the hill from the west, appearing (seemingly) from out of nowhere! Snow has definitely found its way to the mountain peaks of the Continental Divide.
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