Helper is not quite as much a hub of activity as it was 20 years ago. With manned helpers replaced by DPUs, and the disappearance of coal, it is a bit more quiet. But not totally inactive. An eastbound Herzog ballast train removes some mid-train swing helpers, leaving them in the yard. Meanwhile, power from a westbound oil empty that arrived the day before sits waiting for its next assignment in the yard.
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Despite being in the arid climate of the Utah desert, the month of May has brought quite a bit of rain and turned the desert into a pretty nice shade of green. A westbound oil train moves away from the camera, crossing underneath I-70, headed toward a clear (green) signal at east Whitehouse.
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UP has a little power sharing going on with a Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC. The KCS unit is bringing up the tail end of an empty unit oil train. The power will be removed at Wash, where the train will be loaded. The power will be taken to Helper to await the return trip east.
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This westbound BNSF manifest had two units that are rather rare sites for the Moffat! In addition to a Warbonnet on the head end, this Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC was one of two DPUs on the tail end. KCS units are rare enough in Colorado, but KCSdM units even more so!
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An empty oil train, headed for Wash, UT in order to load, charges west at Leyden. The power on the train was quite a delightful surprise! A pair of Kansas City Southern units - the sole power on the train - take it west. Even though the train is empty, the two units are working hard to keep the train moving.
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Wow! This unit hasn't been around too terribly long and it has already been beat up quite a bit. This is a Kansas City Southern de Mexico SD70ACe in the "Retro Belle" scheme on the Denver to Kansas City manifest.
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This AC4400CW was originally lettered as TFM. However, since the KCS acquisition, the unit has been re-lettered as "KCS de Mexico". Note the "de Mexico" on the long hood as well as on the KCS herald on the front of the nose.
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