AMTK 22 leads a special Amtrak train, exiting from the east portal of Tunnel 29 as it glides down the grade into the upper end of the Tunnel District.
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The Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset is a pretty nice looking trainset! This is a brand new trainset, built by Siemens, that is set to enter into service in 2026. The trainset is currently being transported to the Transportation Technology Center (TTC), a railroad testing facility near Pueblo, CO. The train heads east on the main at Tolland in this shot.
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A special Amtrak train, consisting of two P42DCs, three passenger cars, and an Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset roll east on the main at Tolland. The trainset is headed for the testing facility near Pueblo, CO.
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A special Amtrak train follows about two hours behind the evening California Zephyr. The train is crossing East Portal Road in between East Portal and Tolland.
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Running over seven hours late, the westbound Zephyr is trying to make up time as best it can, making track speed as it hustles through the OS at the west end of Cliff.
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The westbound Zephyr is meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train here at Cliff. For those that remember the west switch of Cliff in the pre-UP days, the switch was a "Y" switch. Both main and siding slightly diverged from the single main track. However, UP reconfigured the switch to be more traditional, with the mainline being straight and the siding truly diverging.
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The westbound Zephyr has slowed to a stop in the siding at Plain. The train, now over seven hours late, is waiting on the eastbound Zephyr, which is out of Crescent. Alas, my battery was running low, so I was unable to get a shot of the meet with the eastbound Zephyr.
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Slowly wrapping through S-Curve in the middle of Plain, the westbound Zephyr is slowing as it approaches a red signal at the west end. The eastbound Zephyr is out of Crescent, and will continue east on the main.
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A seven-hour-late westbound California Zephyr enters into the siding at Plain. The train was severely delayed when departing Chicago. It is entering the siding at Plain to meet with the eastbound Zephyr.
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It is just minutes before 5pm as the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1. The train is a little over seven hours late today. The train departed Chicago roughly eight hours late the previous day, due to mechanical issues. It has made up an hour of that delay on its journey west.
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AMTK 146 and AMTK 78 lead the California Zephyr west as it exists out of Tunnel 3, a brief blast of sunlight before it will duck into Tunnel 4, out of view to the right.
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After making its way through the western suburbs of Denver, the California Zephyr is now entering the rural Rocky Mountains as it heads west on the main track at Plain.
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UP 1616, leading a UP passenger special, sits tied down in the storage yard at North Yard while the morning California Zephyr, running a few minutes late, rolls by on the main track. Wonder how many people on the train took note of the specially painted SD70M?
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UP's steam train excursion proceeds north on the Greeley Sub toward Cheyenne to the left, while the California Zephyr prepares to continue to Denver on BNSF's Brush Sub, coming from Chicago, to the right.
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The morning Zephyr, running just a few minutes late, has come to a stop on the main track on BNSF's Brush Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek. UP's steam excursion is about to depart north and has priority across the diamond over the Zephyr.
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