As the head end of this eastbound BNSF oil train crosses over the large fill between Tunnels 2 and 3, we can see even more of the train to the right of the shot, wrapping around and into Tunnel 4.
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An eastbound BNSF loaded oil train passes in and out of Tunnel 7, traversing along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. The crew on the train is running short on time, so the dispatcher is keeping them rolling east on green signals.
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After knocking down a green signal at the west end of Crescent, the Zephyr is on the move and throttling up as it heads for Tunnel 19 and the upper end of the Tunnel District. The train will be meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train, currently waiting in the siding at Cliff.
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The Patrick Henry private cars in the foreground, on the back of the westbound Zephyr, have the Continental Divide as a fantastic background. The train is rolling west on a green signal near west Crescent.
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These two Patrick Henry cars are probably the two most common private passenger cars that catch a ride on the Zephyr these days. It was great to see them again on this morning, heading west at Crescent. You can see Gross Reservoir to the right, slowly getting taller as part of a project to triple the water capacity of the reservoir.
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The westbound Zephyr has just emerged from Tunnel 18. From this vantage point, you can see the east end of Crescent, the grade crossing at Crescent, and Gross Reservoir in the distance. Of course, even further in the distance, you can see the mountains of the Continental Divide.
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Two Patrick Henry private cars are just about the disappear into Tunnel 17 in the middle of the Tunnel District. It is a perfect day for a ride west through the Colorado high country.
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On a beautiful September morning, the westbound Zephyr, with two private cars in tow, head toward the east portal of Tunnel 17. Tunnel 17 is the longest tunnel between Denver west to (but not including, of course) the Moffat Tunnel. Note the two private cars (Patrick Henry cars) on the end of the Zephyr.
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The morning Zephyr is headed west between Tunnel 16 and Tunnel 17. This is one of the longest stretches between tunnels anywhere throughout the Tunnel District.
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The Zephyr has reduced its length from nine Superliners to seven Superliners, cutting one sleeper and one coach. This is pretty common at the end of the summer, when demand for Amtrak rail travel decreases a bit.
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Two Patrick Henry cars are catching a ride on the back of the westbound California Zephyr. The Zephyr is taking the siding at Rocky to meet an eastbound BNSF manifest, which you can see holding the main in the distance.
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AMTK 169 leads the westbound Zephyr this morning, the train coming around the curve at the narrow, west end of Barbara's Gulch. The train is passing underneath CO-93, on the approach to the east end of Rocky.
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A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver has slowed to a stop on the main at Rocky. The westbound Zephyr departed just a few minutes late and is on its way west in Barbara's Gulch. Not quite sure why DS-378 held BNSF on the main rather than routing them into the siding. It is also a fairly short manifest today. Maybe 40-45 cars. No DPUs.
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After sitting for a little while at a red signal on Main 2 waiting for BNSF's 31st Street Yard to be ready to receive it, the Provo-Denver is now on the move at Prospect Jct. The train is leaving both Union Pacific tracks and CTC behind as the power moves onto the Buck Lead.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver comes rolling eastbound on UP's main track on the east side of North Yard. The train to the right of train (when looking at the photo) is BNSF's "New North Main", which leads to the Front Range Sub north of Utah Junction. the track the Provo-Denver is on, and all tracks to the left, are owned by UP.
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