The first 13 cars behind the head end power on the MNYGJ will actually be set out on the house track at Granby. 12 of the cars are filled with fresh, new ties, presumably to be used on the Moffat. An ES44AH, an AC4400CW, and an SD70M lead up the MNYGJ this afternoon.
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Yesterday's MNYGJ could not depart until today do to a shortage of rested crews in Denver. With an afternoon departure, the train is about to knock down a clear signal at West Rocky and climb up Big Ten. The train is just over 7,000 feet long!
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The MNYGJ is starting to slow down a bit as the 7,000 foot train starts to really hit the grade climbing up out of Rocky and toward Big Ten.
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This is what a 7,000 foot long train looks like when it is wrapped around Little Ten Curve at the west end of Rocky as well as the start of Big Ten Curve between Rocky and Eisele (Clay).
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When your train is over 7,000 feet long, the crew on the head end can very easily check out the back half of the train, as well as the rear DPU, as the train winds its way around and through Big Ten Curve. The rear of the train is about a thousand feet out of Rocky as the head end comes around the curve toward a clear signal at East Eisele (Clay).
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A single mid-train swing helper is on the straight stretch west of Big Ten as a single DPU on the rear end climbs up toward the wind break coming around Big Ten.
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The end of the MNYGJ, with a single DPU, comes around the curve toward the west switch of Eisele (Clay). The head end of the train is already out the west end of Eisele and heading for Blue Mountain Road! At just over 7,000 feet long, the train is over 1,200 feet longer than the siding at Eisele.
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