As the Rocky Mountaineer enters the siding at the west end of Rocky, a westbound BNSF oil empty sits on the main, headlight dim, waiting for the passenger train to clear the switch so the oil cans can continue on their journey west.
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BNSF 5751 leads the Provo-Denver through Little Ten Curve in the siding at Rocky. The train is meeting the westbound California Zephyr, which is already between switches on the main behind the camera.
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I really like shooting near the east end of Eisele (Clay). The tracks here run (more or less) north-south, with eastbounds heading south. Thus, almost any time of year and almost any time of day, you can find decent lighting for an eastbound. Such is the case here, as BNSF's Provo-Denver rolls east on the main.
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Norfolk Southern units have been showing up quite a bit lately on the Moffat (on BNSF trains). It seems that some of the oil trains BNSF are running originate on NS east of the Mississippi. In this case, however, the NS unit the third on BNSF's Provo-Denver.
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If you look closely toward the right side of the shot, you can see the two DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest. The train has its normal 3x2 configuration, along with 106 cars in between the power. In this shot, the train is wrapping its way through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Drive.
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Norfolk Southern has a program in which they are converting a lot of their DC traction motor units to AC traction motors. NS 4762 is a good example. You can see the "DC to AC" on the cab, indicating this unit is a veteran of that program.
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An interesting mismatch of paint scheme leading the Provo-Denver this morning. BNSF 5875, sporting the New Image scheme, is on the point. Second up is a Heritage 2 C44-9W. And finally, we have an NS AC44C6M on the head end today.
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At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, BNSF's Provo-Denver is navigating the curves as it heads east toward Denver. It'll have to stop at Rocky on the wait, to wait for the westbound Zephyr.
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NS 4130 and a pair of BNSF SD70ACes cross over South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. In the distance, you can see a few of the mountains around James Peak and the Continental Divide.
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This spring has been unusually wet and cool, the result of which has been some absolutely spectacular green scenery! Case-in-point is this view of an eastbound BNSF oil train, led by an NS AC44C6M, at the east switch of East Portal.
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This BNSF oil train is crossing East Portal Road near the east end of East Portal as the tail end of the train is actually still in the Moffat Tunnel. A couple of cars are waiting at the grade crossing as the train rolls by.
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It is almost guaranteed that the afternoons will bring clouds on the east side of the Continental Divide in Colorado. Today is no exception as an NS-led oil train follows along a very full South Boulder Creek at East Portal.
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An eastbound BNSF oil train is led by a Norfolk Southern "catfish" out of the Moffat Tunnel under cloud afternoon skies. At this location, the eastbound is roughly 9,170 feet above sea level.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver is relatively short today, but still running in a 3x2 configuration. Despite being slightly shorter than normal, the train is still primarily composed of tank cars as it rolls through Arvada on the final 10 or so miles of its trip.
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Two units, an NS "catfish" and a BNSF Heritage 2 unit, bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver. The Norfolk Southern unit is called a "catfish" as the white stripes on the black unit kind of give the appearance of a catfish. As the train rolls by, the owner of the field works to mow the grass.
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