The westbound Zephyr is slowly heading west just east of Barbara's Gulch. There is a 25 MPH speed restriction between East Leyden and East Rocky. There's almost sun in this shot, too! The Denver area has been overcast for nearly a week.
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The westbound Zephyr, with a standard "fall" consist (mainly meaning eight Superliners) heads west on tracks that have fresh ties and fresh ballast. There is definitely something yellow hitching a ride on the end of the train!
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Union Pacific's Dynamometer "Mobile Laboratory" car is picking up a ride on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr. The car is used in testing locomotives. Specifically, things like tractive effort, performance, and efficiency.
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An eastbound coal load slows as it approaches a red signal at the east end of Plain. The train will be meeting the westbound Zephyr, which will run through the siding. Both of these units on the head end are ex-Espee AC4400CWs!
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This AC4400CW has no doubt traversed the Moffat many, many times...but for many of those, it wore a gray and scarlet paint scheme. This is a former Espee unit, which has now received a full repaint.
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The westbound Zephyr is on the siding at Plain meeting an eastbound coal load. It is also passing some maintenance equipment tied down on the house track. An old switch frog sits alongside the house track.
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The westbound Zephyr is leaving the siding at Plain and is about to head into the east portal of Tunnel 2. The train is running close to ontime, considering its delayed departure from Denver of 12:35pm this week.
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UP's Dynamometer test car, UPP 210, is grabbing a ride on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr. It is about to disappear into Tunnel 2.
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This eastbound coal load has a colorful consist of mid-train swing helpers. A fair number of CSX units have been showing up as power sharing on UP trains in Denver lately. I enjoy the added blue in the scene!
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