The conductor from a westbound coal empty in the siding at Mesa gives a wave to an eastbound coal load moving at track speed on the mainline. The conductor will give the train a "roll-by", making sure there are no defects with any of the cars.
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Some of the newest power to come out of Erie, PA has been slow to show up on coal power in Colorado. However, two days after Thanksgiving found this four month old ES44AC on a westbound coal empty, holding the siding at Mesa for a meet with an eastbound.
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UP 7111 pushes behind DRGW AX-41, an authentic Rio Grande Jordan Spreader. This snow special (WDVDV-31) is following UP's rotary plow east on the Limon Sub to help clear the line from major snow drifts!
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As the sun moves further west in the afternoon sky, the snow-covered Rockies make a nice backdrop to the Rio Grande Jordan Spreader AX-41 which is headed east on the main at Mesa.
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UP 900082 leads the WDEDEF-31 east on the main track at Mesa. The Cheyenne-based rotary plow is headed east on the Limon Sub to help clear the track. Lots of blowing snow after the last two blizzard have buried some of the line in snow drifts!
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