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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This patched Southern Pacific SD40T-2 was in the middle of a lashup of various power on a manifest in Cheyenne.
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An eastbound intermodal COFC train, led by two UP SD70Ms is running the "wrong way" on main one as it is approaching Cheyenne.
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In the background, a track coming from Speer Jct joins the two main tracks at Borie and this eastbound coal load continues toward Cheyenne.
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An eastbound manifest on main two is rapidly approaching Cheyenne on the "Fast Track" in Wyoming.
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Not far west of Cheyenne, two of the four main tracks diverge and go toward Speer. The remaining two continue west toward Sherman Hill. This eastbound is on main one approaching Cheyenne.
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