The main workhorse! When the Ski Train would make trips up into the Colorado high country, it would typically fall on SKTX 289 to generate the Head End Power for the train, providing power to all the passengers.
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This Tunnel Motor is one of a very few that still hasn't "officially" been retired by Union Pacific as of this picture. The unit started life as SP 8259 and was delivered 29 years earlier in May 1980.
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A southbound BNSF coal drag starts it journey south from Denver toward the Joint Line. A Herzog work train rests idle alongside the train, awaiting its next assignment.
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At the Pecos Crossover, an eastbound Public Service coal load heads down the North Yard siding toward North Yard. Once there, the train will move out on the Belt Industrial Lead to the Cherokee Power Plant.
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