After doing some switching at the switch facility at Big Lift (just south of Denver), this manifest is throttling up to continue south towards Pueblo on the Joint Line.
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A southbound coal load creeps past this wonderful curve just north of Sedalia on the Joint Line. There are four SD70MAC's on the coal train and it is moving at a slow 14 MPH.
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The Colorado Springs switcher sits outside the Springs depot. UP 5245 is a special GP40-2. It was the FIRST Rio Grande unit ever repainted. This is formerly DRGW 3122, which was repainted in mid-1997.
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In the late 1980's, Santa Fe ran a hot intermodal train between Big Lift (south of Denver) and La Juanta. It was called DVLJ (and LJDV). One common source of power were GP39-2's like this one! Nearly 20 years later, this unit is being used as the Colorado Springs switcher.
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When Santa Fe and Rio Grande competed to get to Denver from Pueblo (prior to the Joint Line), there were three spots where the two lines crossed each other with a grade separation. Crews is one such spot. The Rio Grande trackage passed underneath the Santa Fe trackage. Here, a BNSF northbound unit grain train is heading toward Denver.
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A unit grain train with two H2 C44-9CW's and a green SD40-2 are about to leave the single track behind and start on main two for the trip back to Denver.
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