A westbound UP empty train enters the siding of Eisele (Clay). It is meeting an eastbound coal empty (yes, an empty), holding the main. The conductor for the eastbound is on the ground to give the oil train a roll by.
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This SD70ACe-T4 was in the yard at Helper, UT about two weeks earlier. It must have been added to an eastbound oil train at Wash...perhaps even this exact train, and ran east for unloading. In any case, it is now headed west on the siding at Eisele (Clay).
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It seems that I have seen quite a few SD70ACe-T4s in the Denver area lately. It is kind of cool to see these Tier-4 units out and running, considering how few of them their actually are.
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An SD70ACe-T4 and a pair of (recently rebuilt) C44ACMs head west through the siding at Eisele (Clay). They are meeting an eastbound coal empty, holding the main. An afternoon storm is slowly starting to move in.
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After meeting a westbound oil train (which is still visible in the distance), and then waiting for the east end of Eisele (Clay) to run time, UP 5774 got a light to head east. The crew informed DS-378 that they are short on time, so they will get signal the rest of the way in to town.
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An afternoon rainstorm is starting to move east from the Rockies as a rebuilt (and repainted) C44ACM leads a coal empty east out of Eisele (Clay).
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I am not sure why UP is running an empty eastbound coal train, but I would assume these cars had been in long term storage somewhere, are either being put back into service, being moved to a new location for storage, or sold/scrapped. The train is passes by some fresh rip rock that will be used to shore up the track here.
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Four units are on the head end of UP's Grand Junction to North Yard manifest as it approach Tunnel 1. The train spent several hours tied down on the main track at Plain. A new crew is finally taking the train the remaining 21-ish miles east to North Yard.
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Just a matter of minutes before rain started falling, an eastbound manifest crosses Blue Mountain Drive. The train is only about a half mile long, and does not have a rear DPU on this particular day.
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