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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS900 (Broadway)
Denver, CO
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158 (Add a Comment)
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Belt Industrial Lead (UP)
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Union Pacific
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UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) is pulling east on to the Belt Industrial Lead across Broadway, out of North Yard. The train has been put together (after doubling over between two tracks) and the North Yard Utility personnel have just detached from the train. Time to head north! Any cars destined for Salt Lake City that once would have run on the (now defunct) MNYRO are on this train instead.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Ar
Laramie County, WY
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Sidney (UP)
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VIA
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VIA 2214 is an SCV-42, built by Siemens in Florin, CA. The unit is a variant of the Charger series of locomotives produced by Siemens, similar to the ALC-42s that Amtrak is currently receiving. VIA rail, the Canadian counterpart to Amtrak, ordered 32 of these trainsets in December 2018, which are slowly being delivered.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Burns
Burns, WY
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Sidney (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Passing by an industry in the small town of Burns, WY (population 356 in 2020), an eastbound UP special rolls along near track speed on Main 2. A single C44AC-CTE is pulling a VIA trainset and two Amtrak commuter cars, built by Siemens, for transport to Chicago where they will be turned over to other railroads.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Borie
Laramie County, WY
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154 (Add a Comment)
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Laramie (UP)
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Union Pacific
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At Borie, just west of Cheyenne, A Denver-bound intermodal hotshot, the ZLBDV, crosses over from Main 1 to Main 2, and then from Main 2 to the Borie Cutoff, headed for Speer, WY for a crew change.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Borie
Laramie County, WY
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Laramie (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Although it may not look like it based on the auto racks, this is actually a Z-train. The ZLBDV (Long Beach, CA to Denver, CO). Traditionally, when you think of a Z-train, you probably think of intermodal cars (double stacks and piggy backs). This train does have those, but they are behind the auto racks, out of sight around the corner. The train is on the Borie Cutoff, which is a shortcut from the Overland main to Speer Jct where the Greeley Sub connects in.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Borie Cutoff
Laramie County, WY
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Laramie (UP)
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Union Pacific
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The Borie Cutoff is a (roughly) 3 1/2 mile long stretch of single track that connects Main 1 and 2 of UP's Overland Route with Main 3 and the Greeley Sub at Speer Jct. This allows trains that were on the Overland but are headed for Denver, such as this Z-Train, to head straight for Speer for their crew change from Mains 1 and 2. If you look in the distance, the bridge you see actually crosses over Mains 1 and 2.
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