Crews from Hulcher Services work to roll a new wheel set underneath a badly damaged tank car. Four tractors lift the tank car up so the wheels can be slipped under the car.
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Forgive the "shadows" in this shot. I had to shoot through a chain link fence! The cars from the derailment line the retaining wall separating the tank cars from Light Rail.
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While Main 1 was completely destroyed in the derailment of the sulfur train, both Main 2 and Main 3 suffered some damage throughout the trench.
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Crews have managed to dig out this tank car, TCIX 16115, and are working on getting it back to Main 2. The tracks from Main 1 have been completely torn apart.
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This 300mm shot shows over a dozen tank cars, carrying molten sulfur, that have "accordioned" back and forth across the main tracks in the Littleton trench.
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Cleanup crews don't much care about the damage that might be introduced to the tracks on Main 2 and Main 3 as crews and tractors work to re-rail derailed tank cars.
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A wider-angle shot of the derailment of the "stinky slinky" in the trench. The derailed cars hit the retaining wall for the Light Rail tracks, disrupting the rail bed and leaving some debris on the tracks.
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Tank cars, tank cars, everywhere! Derailed molten sulfur cars span all three main tracks in the Littleton trench. The train derailed the night before.
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Ouch! A half dozen tractors work to re-rail the 14 remaining derailed tank cars from the Molten Sulfur train.
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A unit grain train - sometimes referred to as an earthworm - makes its way south toward the Joint Line in late afternoon light. It was very nice to find a warbonnet leading the train.
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You really can't ask for a consist much better than this in 2008! An Oakway (EMD-leased) SD60 sandwiched by a pair of ex-ATSF warbonnets. The leader, an SD75M, is in really good shape!
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I think this has to be close to the definition of a Winter Wonderland! A warbonnet SD75M and an Oakway SD60 (which is technically no longer leased by the defunct Oakway) head up the power for a southbound manifest near Blakeland.
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In Louviers, yet another BNSF coal load makes its way south on Main One through the Colorado snow. An SD70ACe leads the way as the train just passed the detector at MP 21.3 and the train now approaches Airport Road.
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For this shot, I slowed down the shutter a bit to capture the streaking snow (rather than freeze the individual flakes). BNSF 5614 is actually a manned helper based at Big Lift. The unit tied on to the train there and will remain on for the trip to Palmer Lake.
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This southbound coal load is slowing to a stop along the I-25 frontage road south of Castle Rock. A train ahead had a near miss with a car at a grade crossing had to put the train in emergency. As a result, this train will be sitting for awhile!
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