UP 4419 is currently serving as the Rolla switcher. Rolla is a yard just north of Denver that serves as UP's main auto facility for the Denver area. If you purchased a new car in the Denver area, there is a chance it arrived via Union Pacific and was shuffled through Rolla.
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A northbound manifest crosses 96th Avenue, just south of Hazeltine. It seems that AC4400CWs are making a bit of a come back. On this particularly afternoon, I saw far more of those than any ES44s. A trio leads this manifest as it heads out of Denver.
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A trio of AC4400CWs, one of which is CSX, rolls slowly south in the siding at Hazeltine. The train will meet a northbound manifest here before continuing on in to North Yard.
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A visitor from the east is on the southbound MGRNY this afternoon. CSX 400 is an AC4400CW that is still wearing the older CSX gray and blue paint scheme.
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UP 5929 rolls south through Hazeltine on the siding, crossing 112th Avenue. The train will be meeting a northbound manifest that is currently at Sand Creek Junction, a few miles to the south.
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This is my personal favorite model of any wide cab model EMD has produced to date. Not just the SD70M, but specifically the Phase 2 SD70M. It has the slightly slanted radiator intakes, similar to the SD45, but not quite as large as the SD70ACe. The original wide cab nose and tear drop windshields are also a fantastic touch.
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UP has taken to using SD70Ms for locals on the Greeley Sub. After seeing three locals on this day, all three had SD70Ms for power. Here, UP 4059 sits with a string of covered hoppers, waiting for a southbound manifest here at Brighton.
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The sun is getting low in the western sky as a southbound UP manifest overtakes a southbound military train sitting in the siding. The manifest, UP's MGRNY originated in Green River, WY and is headed for North Yard. The military train is going to have to run south through North Yard as well, so I am not sure why the military train is being run around.
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A southbound local led by an SD70M is being overtaken by a southbound manifest led by an C44AC-CTE at La Salle. The side-by-side of the EMD and GE units makes for a pretty good comparison.
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UP has a small yard in La Salle, CO. Several locals originate and terminate here in La Salle, UP 4528 being one such local. The train is stopped on the siding as a southbound manifest approaches alongside the train from the north.
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With the advent of LED lighting technology, new block signals now use LED rather than traditional incandescent bulbs. The LEDs are more reliable, more energy efficient, and far brighter. As you can see, similar to LED stoplights, any one color is actually composed of dozens of LED lights. This is the northbound control signal at the south end of Platteville on the UP Greeley Sub.
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After meeting a northbound unit auto train, whose last car is just barely visible in the distance, UP 7219 has set its headlight to dim as they have been informed by the dispatcher that they will be sitting here in Platteville for next few hours.
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While UP 7219 sits at the south end of Platteville, looking at a red signal, a farmer in a tractor distributes some lime on his field in preparation for planting next season.
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The crew on UP 6787 (the sole unit on a northbound empty auto train) waits for a southbound military train to clear the north switch so they can continue north toward Cheyenne.
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UP AC4400CWs meet each other at Platteville. UP 6787 is leading a northbound (empty) unit auto rack train on the main and UP 7219 is leading a southbound loaded military rain in to the siding.
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