It is getting late in the afternoon as the MNPDV moves along at track speed just north of Nunn, CO on the Greeley Sub. The train is about to pass under CO-85.
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A derailment in Tunnel 10 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub caused Amtrak 5 to be re-routed through Wyoming on a very cold Saturday morning. Here, Amtrak 5 is on rails seldom seen by Amtrak since the end of the San Francisco Zephyr, approaching Speer Junction (about to pass under Terry Ranch Road), just a few miles in Wyoming north of Colorado.
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DAIR 2801, a former Denver and Rio Grande Western SD45, sits along Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision between 36th Street Yard and Hazeltine.
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After losing UP 3985 (due to bearing problems), three SD40-2s were added to the Cheyenne Frontier Days train in La Salle, CO to assist the 844 with the climb up Speer Hill. The train is preparing to pass under US-85 just north of Nunn.
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After having bearing problems at Ft Lupton, UP 3985 was cut out of the consist. Here, UP 844 leads the Cheyenne Frontier Days train. In La Salle, UP SD40-2s will be added to assist with the climb up to Speer, WY.
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For the 2005 Cheyenne Frontier Days, the amazing guys in the UP Steam Program got UP 844 (4-8-4) and UP 3985 (4-6-6-4) ready to head the northbound passenger special from Denver to Cheyenne. Here, the train is moving fast just south of Hazeltine, CO.
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Just north of Brighton, this coal empty is passing through the fruited plains of eastern Colorado. Upon reaching North Yard, six units will be added to the point of this coal empty and it will run west to a mine on the North Fork branch near Grand Junction, CO.
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Rio Grande GP40-2 #3109 sits in its original paint with an as-delivered light package (with the exception of the ditch lights of course).
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While chasing a southbound coal empty, I happened to notice two Grande GP40-2's sitting side by side in the yard in La Salle! Notice that the 3109 still has a complete light package.
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With an empty coal train, two units are more than enough to climb the gentle grade between Cheyenne, WY and Denver, CO on UP's Greeley Subdivision.
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UP 8034 leads an empty coal train south just north of Greeley on a very slow Sunday afternoon. This train would run on clear signals all the way to North Yard in Denver!
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Every year, Union Pacific get the 4-6-6-4 x3985 out and runs it from Denver to Cheyenne on the Cheyenne Frontier Days Steam Train. On the morning of July 25, 2004, the train is about to cross under Terry Ridge Road, two miles into the state of Wyoming.
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UP 6862 leads the northbound MNYNP underneath US 85 just north of the siding of Nunn.
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The southbound MNPNY is moving south at Ault. Although the train moved quickly from Cheyenne to Greeley, it would end up waiting at Greeley for half the day for northbound trains!
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The northbound MNYNP (North Yard to North Platte) manifest is running north on UP's Greeley Subdivision near MP 7.
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