Even though it is only shortly after 2pm, it feels much later as the sun is already getting low in the western November sky. The winter season is a time for short days and rich light!
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After spending some time switching in the yard at Cheyenne, this eastbound is now on the move on Main 2 at Archer Curve. The train is sporting an all-EMD (all-SD70) consist on the head end.
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A look straight on at the nose of UP 1943. The "Air Force Silver" looks mighty fine! It has been suggested that UP get the George Bush 41 unit (UP 4141) out of storage in Little Rock, AR and run the two units together.
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When work was last done on the US-87 overpass in Cheyenne, a tightly-weaved (if that's the appropriate term!), 10 foot tall chain link fence was put up on the sides of the overpass, making shooting from the overpass somewhat tricky. In this shot, you can see UP 1943 sitting on main 1 through one of the holes in the fence alongside the Cheyenne Depot.
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UP's dispatcher was probably glad when the public viewing of UP 1943 was completed. The unit sat on Main 1, taking up a few miles of track through Cheyenne. This left the dispatcher Mains 2-4 for through trains and crew changes.
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A westbound manifest throttles up after receiving a fresh crew in Cheyenne. The next crew will take the train to Green River, WY. Meanwhile, UP 1943 sits on public display on Main 1 at the Cheyenne Depot.
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UP 1943 sits on Main 1 at the Cheyenne Depot for public viewing. Cheyenne is a crew change point for UP, and as such there are four main tracks next to the depot. As such, the public was not allowed on the station platform. A westbound manifest just had a crew change and is now pulling westbound on Main 2.
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A descent afternoon thunderstorm has the wind blowing and rain falling in Pine Bluffs, WY. Meanwhile, an eastbound manifest on Main 2 passes underneath the WY-215 overpass.
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Intermodal trains continue to grow in length in order to move more goods with fewer overall trains. As a result, it is not at all uncommon to find mid-train swing helpers in double stacks. Case in point is this ES44AC!
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An eastbound double stack pulls east on Main 2 just east of Pine Bluffs, NE on the Wyoming-Nebraska border. Seeing so little intermodal traffic in Colorado, it is always interesting coming up to the Overland and seeing almost nothing but intermodal trains. An afternoon storm is rolling in to the area from the west.
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A westbound double stack (with a single DPU on the tail end) rolls slowly west on Main 1. Note the headlight of a eastbound in the distance. That train had to stop after tripping a hotbox detector. The conductor had to walk the train and the westbound is rolling by slowly as a result.
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While waiting for the departure of the Cheyenne Frontier Days train, I wandered over to Pine Bluffs on the Wyoming-Nebraska state line. The weather was deteriorating quickly and the contrast between the sky and the ground was awful. So, I thought a black and white shot of this westbound double stack on Main 1 was appropriate.
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A single SD70ACe brings up the tail end of an eastbound double stack train on Main 2 east of Cheyenne. Even though there are (at least) two main tracks all the way from Cheyenne, WY to North Platte, NE, there are still a few sidings from time to time. The track in the foreground here is a 6,045 foot long siding off of Main 2.
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An eastbound double stack on Main 2 rolls toward the I-80 Business Loop overpass east of Cheyenne on the Sidney Sub. The (new) crew on this train will take the train east to Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE.
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A westbound unit soda ash train passes westbound through Lodgepole. The train is over two miles long and is headed for a soda ash plant just west of Green River, WY.
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