My first shot of UP 4141, the George HW Bush Presidential Library unit, on the point of a North Platte-bound manifest just west of Cheyenne. It is late in the day as the train passes Borie on a yellow signal on Main One.
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Dark clouds in the eastern sky make for a nice dramatic evening shot as the sun makes its way into the eastern sky. This manifest, headed for West Colton, CA, just received a fresh crew in Cheyenne and is headed west on Main One.
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Two unit grain trains, both headed east toward Cheyenne, take very different routes on the way. The train on the right will run directly into Cheyenne on main one. The train on the left is taking the Borie Cutoff up to Speer Junction, and will then enter on main three or main four.
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There are only 17 SD50's (now shown as SD50M's) on Union Pacific's roster. All 17 are former Rio Grande units. Here is one fo the 17, UP 9847 (ex-UP 5098, ex-SP 5504, nee-DRGW 5504). Note the plate on the nose where the MARS lights were once located.
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A unit box train was holding on main one just west of Cheyenne, waiting for a track to open so the train could continue east. The train had a new ES44AC, an ex-DRGW SD50, and two SD70ACe's for power.
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High above Main Three (used between Speer and Dale Jct, especially for heavier trains), this unit covered hopper train is approaching Dale Junction.
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An eastbound doublestack train makes heads toward Cheyenne with a perfectly exposed sky as a backdrop.
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Leaving the last cut before Dale Junction behind, this westbound train is slowing on an "Advanced Approach" (flashing yellow) signal as it approaches the Junction.
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At Dale Junction, UP's third main track (which lies on a separate grade from the first two main tracks west of Cheyenne) converges with the first two main's when heading west. Not far east of Dale is a massive cut towering at least 150 feet over the railroad. Here, a westbound unit grain train is about to pass through the cut.
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West of Cheyenne, UP has a third main track on a completely separate grade from main's one and two. The third track has less severe grades, and westbounds are often routed on that track for an easier climb. Here, a westbound unit autorack train is just west of the siding of Harriman on the third main track.
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About ten miles west of Cheyenne, this eastbound unit grain train (sometimes referred to as an "earthworm") is still on a clear signal on Main Two.
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UP 844 looks very good on the point of the Frontier Days passenger train as the train crosses from Main 2 to Main 1 just west of the depot in Cheyenne.
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A westbound intermodal (doublestack) train gets a green signal on main one to head west.
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A westbound manifest led by a C44-9CW and an Canadian National SD40-2 (without dynamic breaks) sits on main two, waiting for a signal to head west.
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To avoid having BNSF's Front Range Sub from crossing UP's four main tracks using diamonds, a grade separation exists in Cheyenne. Here, a UP intermodal train crosses underneath a BNSF MDENLAU train!
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