This "train" is slowing on the approach the Boulder as it passes the Valmont Reservoir. This is a track geometry train, used to check for defects in the track. The first car - Track Geometry Car #1 - actually performs the testing.
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A two-car track geometry train passes the Valmont Power Station in Boulder. The test train consists of an SD40-2, Track Geometry Car #1, and the Rio Grande River (with stadium seating in the back!)
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On a beautiful October morning, a BNSF track geometry train makes its way north on the Front Range Sub along the Diagonal (between Boulder and Longmont). Along this stretch of track, the train is rapidly approaching at 47 miles per hour.
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On the northern edge of Boulder, this short two-car track geometry train is making good time up the Front Range Sub. The train is approaching 63rd Avenue, currently passing an office building that is not currently leased out to anyone.
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A look at the back end of the track geometry train BNSF sent north on the Front Range Sub. The last car - the Rio Grande River - is used for observing out the back of the train. In fact, the back of the car as actually be equipped with stadium seating so everyone has a better view of the tracks!
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