Approaching the west switch of Rocky, the California is running about two hours late, but has clear signals westbound. It'll meet an eastbound waiting in the siding at Tolland.
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The westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear signal at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). Still getting used to flying the new drone, I snapped the shot a smidge later than intended, but it still works pretty well.
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The westbound Zephyr has clear signals up the east slope of the Moffat as it passes by the east switch of Eisele.
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A trio of UP units leads the MGJNY at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). The Moffat is averaging about six trains a day lately, so after two Amtrak trains and two BNSF trains, that is leaving about two UP trains as well.
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The MGJNY is leaving Eisele behind and is approaching Big Ten Curve on its journey east toward North Yard. It will soon be heading toward the camera on the track to the left as it approaches West Rocky.
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About a year ago, UP eliminated the manifest trains between Denver and Salt Lake (over the Moffat). They do, however, still run manifests between Denver and Grand Junction. The eastbound (MGJNY) is coming around Big Ten Loop on it way in to Denver. With PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading) in place, some of the cars on this train are actually headed for Salt Lake City!
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An ES44AC, an SD70M, and a AC4400CW lead an eastbound manifest down Big Ten toward a clear signal at West Rocky. UP has started cutting up unit coal trains (that load on the North Fork Branch) and add 20-30 cars to the head end of eastbound manifests, as seen here.
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After coming down from Big Ten Loop, this eastbound manifest is now navigating Little Ten loop alongside the siding at Rocky.
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Some lumber from the west slope of Colorado passes in the foreground at the west switch of Rocky as the power on the MGJNY wraps out of Little Ten Loop and heads down the train away toward East Rocky.
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