What is this? UP 1989 running on a train in daylight and not on the Joint Line? Yep! Somehow, UP 1989 escaped captive service and went west to Grand Junction on the MNYRO. It was then used as a mid-train swing helper on this coal load coming east. The train here is just existing Tunnel One.
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Been awhile since you get this shot at Blue Mountain with some Aspen Gold in the frame! The Rio Grande Heritage unit is serving as a mid-train swing helper on this eastbound coal load as the head end approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain.
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Looking west from near the grade crossing at Blue Mountain shows the mid-train swing helpers on this coal load coming through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
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This is the type of environment that the Rio Grande Heritage unit should be in! Working as a swing helper on an eastbound coal load coming past Blue Mountain in the snow.
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You gotta love that in 2009, you can still get a Rio Grande lettered engine crossing over a Rio Grande lettered bridge! UP 1989 is a mid-train swing helper on an eastbound coal load crossing over Indiana Street.
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