Talk about quick turnaround! Although you can't tell from the pictures alone, these two units are the same two I shot at dawn at Henderson. Apparently, the power was serviced quickly and kicked right back out of town!
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It is late afternoon as this southbound (empty) rail train sits in the siding at La Salle. The train has already met one northbound and will have to wait for two more before continuing south.
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This northbound is crossing 10th Street in Greeley, passing right next to the Greeley Freight Station Museum. If you haven't visited the museum and get the chance to in the future, I highly recommend going. It is an amazing experience. The mainline on the HO layout is 28 scale miles long.
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This is my favorite picture of the day! A pair of AC4400CW's lead up a northbound manifest on the approach to La Salle. In this 300mm shot, the 14,259-foot-tall Longs Peak stands tall in the distance.
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A southbound manifest from Green River, WY holds the main at Platteville. It is waiting for the arrival of a northbound (that will run through the siding) before continuing south to Denver.
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This northbound manifest is moving at close to track speed (45 MPH) as it heads down the mainline at Brighton. A bit of dust is getting kicked up along the right of way.
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A UP northbound is passing underneath I-76 as it approaches a yellow signal at the south end of Hazeltine. The train is 7,200 feet long, but a pair of AC4400CW's is all that is needed to traverse the relatively light grade of the Greeley Sub.
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One last look at this southbound sitting in the morning sun. About five minutes after taking this shot, the train would start pulling south to meet the northbound which was now on its way out of Denver. The two trains would meet at Hazeltine.
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It is just after 7am as we take a look at the silhouette of an SD70M sitting in the rapidly-rising sun.
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In the pre-dawn light, a southbound manifest sits north of 124th Avenue at Henderson. DS-86 has informed the crew that they will meet a northbound at Hazeltine, but the northbound won't be ready to depart for about an hours. The train won't fit in the siding at Hazeltine without blocking crossing, so here it will sit!
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At the south switch of Hazeltine, this double stack stops to wait for a bit as the dispatcher has no other place to put them! The train usually runs across the Overland Route through Wyoming into Nebraska, but a derailment in Emmett, KS has resulted in the train being rerouted. The train originated in Oakland, CA and is headed for Memphis, TN.
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Just north of the north switch of Platteville, this rerouted double stack train is holding at a double red. The dispatcher isn't quite sure where the he is going to make a meet, so the train must wait!
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Upon arriving at Rolla, the crew on this partial auto train worked to spot the auto racks at UP's auto facility. The first two thirds of the train were all auto racks, with the remaining one third consisting of just a mixed manifest. The mixed cars were left tied down on the main while the racks were spotted.
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On this Saturday afternoon, the Greeley Sub dispatcher was fleeting three southbounds down the line. The first was a manifest, the second was a mixed auto/manifest and the third was this coal empty. The sunflowers are in bloom about three miles south of Platteville!
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After an extraordinarily wet summer in June and July, August has definitely dried out the front range of Colorado and the green fields are starting to fade to their more-common yellow-brownish. Meanwhile, a two-thirds auto train, one-third manifest makes its way south toward Fort Lupton.
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