A trio of GEs leads a westbound Denver-Provo manifest on the main at Leyden. A visitor from north of the border is third out on the train.
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An eastbound light power move highballs west Rocky while a westbound sand train sits on the main at Eisele. Shortly before this shot was taken, the light power moved met the sand train. The sand train has not departed yet because the dispatcher is having difficulty getting the west switch at Eisele to throw from the siding to the main.
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A pair of BNSF ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound loaded sand train. UP ran this sand train in two sections so as to avoid any stalls on the Moffat. Probably a wise decision, but not the preferred decision amongst railfans...the original plan called for a power configuration of 3x4x2, had the entire train run west!
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Earlier in the week, I got a shot of BNSF 777 as the sole DPU on the westbound Denver-Provo. Well, 777 didn't hang around Provo long! It was the sole DPU on the eastbound Provo-Lincoln on this morning. It was not wyed in Provo, so it was facing the "wrong way" for the trip back east.
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"Yet another BNSF trackage rights train led by ES44s"...that's what today's railfan might say (myself included). But I always remind myself that a railfan 30 years from now will likely give anything to see a scene like this! After all, 30 years ago, railfans were say "yet another Rio Grande coal train led by Tunnel Motors"...
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The last few BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifests that I've caught on the Moffat seem to have been relatively short. Here, a trio of BNSF GEs lead the manifest east through Barbara's Gulch. The train will have clear signals the rest of the way in to Denver after meeting to trains at Rocky.
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There is a lot of "clutter" in this shot as power lines are very prevalent around Barbara's Gulch. However, I felt I had to include the shot as it has the eastbound Provo-Lincoln in Barbara's Gulch and the westbound Zephyr emerging from Tunnel One, both in the same shot! The two trains are both moving left-to-right in the frame, but are actually moving away from each other. They are separated by roughly six (rail) miles!
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Apologies for the power lines that cut across the middle of this scene. I wanted to include it though because it turns out it is really a two-for-one shot! BNSF's Provo-Lincoln is obvious, but do you see the Zephyr? It is emerging from Tunnel One in the top-left portion of the shot!
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A trio of units leads an eastbound manifest past a former UP customer. Up until a few years ago, Mesa Oil was located along the main. Rumor has it that Mesa Oil was not satisfied with the service they were receiving from UP and moved to a new location in Denver where they are served by the short line railroad Denver and Rock Island. Now, the old oil tanks looks to just be rusting away...
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A rainbow of power, representing 3 of the 5 Class One railroads based in the US, lead a short eastbound manifest through Barbara's Gulch.
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Whose Train is it Anyway!? With power sharing, it can sometimes be tricky to tell. This particular train in BNSF's Provo-Lincoln, coming east through Barbara's Gulch. Good to see an SD70ACe in the mix as UP is one of the few railroads that tends to split it orders between both EMD and GE.
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A trio of elephant-style GEs leads a westbound Denver-Provo through Little Ten Loop and toward the west switch of Rocky. The train, as is the case with a majority of BNSF's manifest on the Moffat, is primarily comprised of tank cars.
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I am very grateful that I have had the chance to shoot Warbonnets. As class 1's repaint more and more of their "old" personalities, it is only a matter of time before all the Warbonnets are nothing but history. BNSF 777 brings up the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo under cloudy morning skies at East Rocky.
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After meeting a pair of eastbounds at Leyden, this westbound BNSF manifest is back on the roll on clear signals. A lucky morning as BNSF 777, still in great Warbonnet paint, brought up the tail end of the train.
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On a beautiful December morning, under partly cloudy skies, a westbound BNSF manifest departs the siding at Leyden. A good looking Warbonnet (with lucky 7's) is the sole DPU on the tail end of the train.
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