UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east out of the east end of Plain on a clear signal. The train has quite a bit of coal up front, which is somewhat typical these days. Rather than running a lot of unit coals trains, a lot of coal is often included on the MGJNY for the trip east.
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This eastbound UP manifest stopped up at Rollins earlier this morning. They had instructions to pick up the bathtub gondola from the coal train that had its bottom sheered off a few months ago. However, they could not pick it up because the car is currently chained (and locked) to the house track rail. They did not have the key to unlock it. So, the pickup was skipped.
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Newer power on the MGJNY on this morning! A lot of times, the manifests between Denver and Grand Junction can attract some older power. Today, however, the train has an SD70ACe, and ES44AC, and an ET44AC on the trip east.
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Over the summer season, the Zephyr had been running with seven Superliners. That is 1-2 fewer than is typical in the summer season. Now, as we move in to the fall season, the Zephyr has been reduced to only six! The train had but a single coach car on it this morning, seen here climbing Big Ten Curve.
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The westbound Zephyr climbs up from Coal Creek Canyon toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. If Amtrak does not back off its plan to reduce service, then the Zephyr is going to go from a daily train to a thrice-weekly train starting in about two weeks. Time will tell if this is actually going to happen.
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On the west side of Tunnel 1, an eastbound BNSF manifest (Provo-Denver) is descending down the grade out of Plain. Similar to UP, BNSF is running with a bit of coal toward the head end of the train.
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Just east of the east switch of Rocky, the Provo-Denver is entering in to the west end of Barbara's Gulch on the journey east in to Denver. Once there, this Grand Junction-based crew will head to the local hotel for rest. Most likely, they'll return to Grand Junction tomorrow on the Denver-Provo.
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