This 52-car MNPDV-02 (if my counting is accurate!) left North Platte, NE a day earlier and is seen here coming down the inbound track to UP's 36th Street Yard off the Greeley Sub. A day later, this same power would be used on the MDVNP and return north.
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Just north of the absolute hold signal - called Adams Hold - this southbound MNPNY-06 is "slow rolling" toward UP Junction just south of Sand Creek. The train is being led by an SD60M, two SD9043MACs and an SD60.
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This is a picture that had to come sooner or later. It is very likely that this will be the last picture I ever post on my website (in the 21st Century anyway) of an unpatched Rio Grande unit on a mainline (instead of in a museum). DRGW 5371 heads north on the MNYNP-08 to Cheyenne, where it will presumably be retired....farewell old friend!
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At the south switch of La Salle, the northbound MNYNP-08 has a clear signal as it continues to charge north toward Cheyenne. Once in Cheyenne, the sixth unit (DRGW 5371) will be set out, presumably so it can be officially retired. Where it goes from there, nobody but UP is certain for now!
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Not far south of the south switch at Brighton, the MNYNP-08 comes to a stop to wait for a southbound to meet at Brighton. The MNYNP-08 is over 7,300 feet long and it won't fit in the siding without blocking crossings in town. Meanwhile, DRGW 5371 sits as the sixth unit, looking pretty darn good while it waits!
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On the mainline at Hazeltine, the MNYNP-08 is rolling north at track speed with DRGW 5371 in tow as the sixth unit. While the 5371 is not DIC (it is idling), it will not load and thus is not doing any "actual" work.
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One of the newest additions to UP's roster - ES44AC #5298 - leads this southbound MNPNY at Hazeltine. The train is just finishing up a meet with its counterpart, the MNYNP, and is now waiting for a second northbound before it will "get the nod" from DS-86 to continue toward North Yard.
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A panel on the battery door of UP 4357 is in primer gray for some reason. This manifest - the MGRDV - is about to enter UP's 36th Street Yard, which is scheduled to be moved north to the Fort Lupton area sometime in the 2009-2010 time frame. Two strands of baretables (empty TOFC cars) are tied down off to the right.
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Just outside of UP's 36th Street Yard in Denver, the southbound MGRDV is approaching on the inbound main. Commerce City's oil refinery can be seen protruding up in the background.
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UP 5822 slowly leads the MNPNY south toward a yellow (approach) signal at the north end of Brighton. The train will meet its counterpart, the MNYNP, which is out of Hazeltine (the next siding to the south).
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About 28 miles north of Denver on the Greeley Subdivision, the southbound MNPNY (North Platte, NE to North Yard, CO) passes hay in a field! And yes, that is the Rio Grande Heritage Unit fourth out in the consist.
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This was on my favorite Grande geeps to end up getting a patch. UP 1348 (ex-DRGW 3126) still has a full light package (MARS and Class lights) as well as the horn over the cab!
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While I'm not crazy about the patch on the cab as well as on the nose, it is always nice to find a patched Grande unit. Rather amazing really considering it had been nearly twenty years since the Grande disappeared at the time of this shot!
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UP 1352 was the last Rio Grande GP40-2 in the 30xx number range to get a patch. It's already been nearly two years, but UP 1352 was DRGW 3097 not long ago. On this Sunday, the geep was sitting shutdown in the yard at La Salle.
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On the approach to Bridge Street (and the Brighton Depot), Governor Ritter's train slows as it prepares for its first whistle stop. The train will pause for about a half hour while Ritter speaks to constituents.
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