This BNSF coal train was loaded at the Wildcat Mine on Utah Railway not far from Helper, UT. BNSF and Utah Railway have a good working relationship and occasionally send trains east from Helper to Denver and points beyond.
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A trio of SD70ACes make up the power on this eastbound coal load at Leyden. Considering that about 60% of BNSFs roster is GE (and only 18% of its purchases in the last ten years have been from EMD), finding an all-EMD consist like this is something of a rarity!
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The morning of the first appreciable snowfall found this BNSF coal load hanging out in the siding at Leyden. BNSF's Denver Yard didn't have room for this train and, due to the crew having less than an hour left on their hours, the train was tied down shortly after this picture was taken.
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This train hadn't turned a wheel since I was on my way in to work this morning. At that time, the last crew was still onboard, getting ready to tie the train down. There was also nearly an inch of snow on the ground, all of which had melted by this point over eight hours later.
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It has been nearly a decade since EMD first introduced the SD70ACe. Over 1,200 have been produced since then, several hundred of which have been delivered to BNSF. An example of three sit here, tied down in the siding at Leyden. While GE still outsells EMD, perhaps EMDs (relatively) new owner Caterpillar can help turn that around.
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