The sun is just inches away from dipping behind the horizon to the west. Meanwhile, we observe a new signal mast that UP has erected in preparation for replacing the old DRGW signal which has stood here for decades.
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It is very early in the morning (around 5:00am) as a westbound makes its way past the high green signal at the east end of Sagers. The train is a BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest making its way west across the Utah Desert.
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The last train to pass by the east end of Sagers in daylight (well, what's left of it anyway) was BNSF's Stockton to Denver manifest. The last few hints of sunlight are rapidly fading at 9:00pm as BNSF 4861 east heads quickly toward Grand Junction.
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In the last few minutes of direct sunlight, we look at the sillouhette of the signal at the east switch of Sagers. It is 8:20pm as the sun sets behind the Book Cliffs.
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The conductor for the MNYRO stands next to the switch while UP 4177 slowly passes the red signal and moves over the switch at East Sagers.
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CTC was not working at east Sagers when the MNYRO arrived. The train had to be flagged past the red signal, and the conductor had to put the switch into hand-throw while the lead unit passes over the switch. Once the lead unit is in the OS, the conductor will put the switch back in power and re-board the SD70M.
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Early morning light accentuates the colors on the desert floor as the MNYRO-09 approaches in the distance. The westbound is currently being flagged past the west signal of the siding of Elba, roughly four miles to the east.
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The lights on the last DPU unit on the train draw lines across the picture past the signal at west Sagers.
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BNSF's Stockton-Denver train come blasting past the west end of Sagers, dropping the signal from yellow to red. Note you can see both the yellow and red signal illuminated in the signal. This was a ten second exposure.
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The headlight of the oncoming eastbound highlights the signal masts and the control box at west Sagers.
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The signal at west Sagers shows an approach (yellow) signal for an oncoming Stockton-Denver train.
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