The Sunday Winter Park Express passes by the hotbox detector at milepost 22.6, just west of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive.
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Morning sun peeks through clouds to light up the Winter Park Express as heads for the east portal of Tunnel 1. This will be the only westbound Amtrak that will be running on the Moffat today. The westbound Zephyr will be stopping in Denver, having been canceled west of Denver due to adverse weather.
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AMTK 171 leads the Winter Park Express west toward a clear (green) signal at the west end of Cliff. This section of track frequently goes weeks or even months with snow in the winter as it is on the north side of the mountain. There is never direct sunlight here in the winter.
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It is a fantastic, wintery scene at the west end of Cliff as the Winter Park Express charges west. Passenger on board are looking forward to day on the slopes at Winter Park, just another 20 (rail) miles ahead.
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A few inches of fresh snow fell overnight in the Colorado high country. It is still overcast and snowing ever so slightly this morning as UP's MGJNY, with 60 cars, heads west on the main at Rollins.
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UP's MGJNY follows South Boulder Creek, leaving the east end of Rollins, entering in to the canyon between Rollins and Cliff. The manifest is half loaded coal hoppers and half covered hoppers.
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At the time I took this picture, I was surprised the manifest did not take the siding to meet the westbound Zephyr. Only later on did I learn that the Zephyr had in fact been annulled, so the manifest has clear signals the rest of the way down the hill.
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Leaving Cliff behind, UP's MGJNY is about to cross South Boulder Creek and pass through South Boulder creek, entering in to the Upper Tunnel District.
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UP's MGJNY passes through Tunnel 7 toward the east end of the Tunnel District. The manifest has six units on the head end and a single DPU on the end, with sixty cars in between.
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UP 7051 leads five other units (two EMDs and three GEs) in and out of Tunnel 4 about a mile west of Plain. Part of the sheer rock of the Flatirons rises dominantly in the background.
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In 1987, a video was filmed featuring Rio Grande. As a kid, it was one of my favorite things to watch. I specifically recall one scene filmed right here, atop Rainbow Cut. Now, close to 40 years later, I got a shot of this eastbound UP manifest as it approaches Rainbow Cut on the main track.
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UP 6777 is on the point of a westbound empty oil train, stopped on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. there is a crew onboard the train, but for reasons not clear, it is not heading west. What's more, it would actually be several hours before it finally did head west.
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A smattering of five GEs lead a westbound unit oil train, sitting on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. Two of the units have quite faded paint schemes, while the number boards on UP 6777 are virtually impossible to read.
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As you can clearly see, UP 7051 clearly encountered its snow somewhere on the way east between Grand Junction and Denver. Here, at C&S Junction, the manifest is leaving Main 2 (which becomes Main 3 here at C&S) and is entering the west end of the North Yard Siding.
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UP 7051 passes by a westbound oil train waiting to depart at C&S Junction. the manifest is on the North Yard Siding and the oil train is on Bypass (Main) 2.
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