After loading at the Savage mine east of Price overnight, this westbound coal load is running through the steepest part of the climb from Helper to Soldier Summit.
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A strand of light engines, led by SP 274, is just about to enter the 3000-foot-long tunnel at Thistle on main two.
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Just west of the siding of Plain, an eastbound coal train is nearing the end of its trip through the tunnel district as it emerges from Tunnel 3.
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A westbound coal train, led by SP 207, emerges from the last tunnel on the east side of the divide, tunnel 30.
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Got Power? When the power pool in Grand Junction is running a little low, UP will sometimes send "light" power west out of Denver. Here, eleven units (each no less than 4390 HP) head west out of Leyden.
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This was the one and only time I personally saw tunnel motors assisting an eastbound manifest up the western slope of Soldier Summit. Soon after the year 2000, DPU came to Utah and the tunnel motors were no longer needed. Here, they push on the back of the MRODV on main two at Gilluly.
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SP 5350, once DRGW 5350 prior to being repainted in 1995, assists in the push through the loops at Gilluly.
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It was not uncommon in the late 1990's to find manned helpers (based out of Helper) assisting eastbound manifest, such as the MRODV, over Soldier Summit. Here, DRGW 5360, SP 5350, and DRGW 5342 push on the back of the MRODV near Detour.
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Once a Rio Grande tunnel motor, SP 5399 retained the number it had when it wore black and gold. It was repainted in 1995, but notice that a small "DRGW" was stenciled on the cab beneath the number.
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A string of SEVEN Grande tunnel motors (SP 5399 was a Grande tunnel motor) are cut into the middle of a westbound coal train coming from CV Spur. The units will assist the train west to the top of Soldier Summit.
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The two railroads that merged together and then got sucked into Union Pacific. DRGW 5396 and SP 277 sit side by side on the ready tracks in North Yard shortly before sunset.
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The northbound MDVNP had a geep leading the consist on this day. 9766 was repainted into the Espee fly letter scheme shortly before the SP/UP merger.
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These units would not be around much longer on the active roster as 20-cylinder engine. SD45T-2 #9311 is the second of four units on the westbound MDVRO.
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An espee tunnel motor, with badly fading paint, leads the westbound MDVRO preparing to leave North Yard.
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Espee 131 is about to overtake ATSF 845 at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The light power will run through the tunnel ahead of the manifest to rescue a stalled coal load at Winter Park. This picture was taken on Ilford Pan-F (ISO 50) film.
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