BNSF 4007 west is on the siding and UP 6419 (ex-SP 373) east have a rolling meet at the siding of Plain.
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Just west of Plainview, this eastbound coal load just passed through tunnel 7 on the Front Range.
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With the MNYGJ in the siding, Amtrak #5 passes by on the main at the west switch of Plain.
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Often times when a westbound coal train must meet an eastbound at the siding of Plain (Plainview), Dispatch 82 will instruct the coal train to hold short of the grade crossing so as not to block cars in until the eastbound is close to Plain. Such is the case with this westbound, holding short of the grade crossing on a winter morning.
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CNW 8829 pulls its empty coal train into the clear on the siding at Plain, waiting for a meet with an eastbound coal load. It is quite cold as the train enters the cut known as "Rainbow Cut".
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The westbound MDENSTO enters the siding at Plain to allow some light engines to pass to help a train that stalled further up the mountain.
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BNSF has the rights to a Soda Ash plant near Parachute, CO (between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction). Consequently, unit covered hopper trains will occasionally appear on the Moffat Road heading to or from the Soda Ash plant.
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On a very frigid evening in February, you can almost imagine this shot to be straight from the Rio Grande era! The eastbound Ski Train met a westbound coal empty here at Plainview. It is probably quite warm inside the California, Utah, and Kansas...the last three cars on the train, respectively.
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Looks like a narrow squeeze through this cut just east of Tunnel 3 for this westbound coal empty, but the train makes it through without problem.
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Just west of the siding of Plain, an eastbound coal train is nearing the end of its trip through the tunnel district as it emerges from Tunnel 3.
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A westbound coal empty is sitting on the mainline at Plain, holding behind the grade crossing. This westbound will wait until the eastbound it is meeting leaves the next siding of Crescent. Then, this westbound will pull into the clear (but blocking the grade crossing), waiting for the meet.
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The first ever 4-stroke prime mover built by EMD went into the SD90MAC. The 6000 HP unit was brand new in 1998, and EMD was giving it a shake down on a loaded coal train on the Moffat. Here, UP 8503, UP 8502, and UP 8501 throttle up to head west out of the siding.
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The engineers side of the SD90MAC affectionately named "Shamu" for its colorful paint scheme.
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"Shamu", a 6000 HP, 4-stroke EMD SD90MAC sits at the end of a "test" coal train run on the Moffat on this particular Valentines Day.
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