After some sever thunderstorms, the sun peaked out from behind the clouds for about 20 minutes prior to sunset. UP 1989 leads a train south toward the siding at Brighton where it will meet a northbound before continuing in to North Yard in Denver.
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Are you a fan of contrast in pictures? If so, then check out the stark contrast between the amber waves of grain and the storm-ridden skies to the east in this shot of the MNPNY being led by UP 1989 just north of Fort Lupton.
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Just south of MP 33, we find UP 1989 as the sole power (on the point, anyway) on the North Platte to North Yard manifest. Perhaps, in an alternate universe, there are hundreds of units painted like this running around on the rails...
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UP's ZLADV heads down the Greeley Sub through Fort Lupton. A very interesting mix of power on the train. A Phase 2 SD70M leads up the train followed by an SD70ACe, and ES44DC and an AC4400CW. The AC4400CW was so dirty that, from a distance, I have to admit I thought it was an Espee unit at first!
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In between Nunn and Carr on the Greeley Sub, this southbound has a clear signal in an afternoon downpour. Even though I'm not too crazy about the aesthetics of the SD70ACe, I am and always been an EMD guy at heart, so I'm thrilled to see if leading!
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Not far north of Nunn, the MNYNP charges north amid threats of a summer storm to the west. Save for the fact that the GE's are way too new, this shot harkens back to the 1960's and 1970's when you could find all kinds of crazy mixed power on UP, including DDA40X's and DD35's.
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Hopefully you aren't too tired of the UP 6936 roster shots. I try not to beat roster shots to death, but with the longest diesel unit ever built, it's kinda hard not to get a lot of shots! Who knows when next the unit will run wild on the rails.
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UP's MNYNP is stopped in the siding at Nunn. The train was originally going to wait for a southbound, but said southbound had brake issues and the dispatcher ended up sending the MNYNP north without meeting anything.
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Not far south of Nunn, I got a good shot (in good light, that is) of UP 6936, the only DDA40X left on UP's roster.
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The MNYNP is passing through Pierce on its trip north toward Cheyenne. The train is fairly unremarkable on this day with a string of covered hoppers. Granted, the statement "fairly unremarkable" does not take into consideration the DDA40X in the consist.
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A great profile shot of UP 6936, the only active DDA40X left in existence. Granted, in this instance, it is DIC (Dead In Consist) for the trip to Cheyenne due to some mechanical issues that need to be worked out.
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A couple miles north of Ault, UP's MNYNP is rolling north toward Nunn where it will take the siding. UP 6936 was set out in Denver due to mechanical issues after leading an engineering special over the Moffat the day before. Here, it is being moved back to Cheyenne.
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Just a few hundred feet away from the edge of a huge cloud (and, therefore, shadow!), the light is still spectacular for this southbound coal empty.
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At the south end of La Salle, a coal empty headed for the North Fork Branch continues on a clear signal. The Greeley Sub is one spot where you can see coal empties meeting each other and/or coal loads meeting each other! Powder River Trains and Colorado Coal trains can meet each other from time to time.
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Now here is a unit that you definitely do not see every day. This is one of only three remaining GP40P-2's! Three of these units were delivered to Southern Pacific for use in the San Francisco area. The extended section at the back contained a steam generator. Of course, that equipment has long since been removed, but the unusual body still exists.
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