A version of the Daylight Scheme lives again. Considering the possibilities of Daylight, Black Widow, and Bloody Nose schemes, I think the design team did a wonderful job on the Southern Pacific Heritage Unit.
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UP 1996 probably has more reflective decals on it than any of the other Heritage Units. Gives it a bit of a cool look though, as seen here in this shot.
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Sitting in the dark just after midnight, the Espee Heritage Unit sits amongst its colleagues west of Salt Lake City.
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UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit, sits amongst all the Heritage Units near the Salt Lake City intermodal facility.
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The sun has broken through the early morning clouds to cast a nice light on this westbound (geographically headed north) "Terror Creek Turn". It is a short coal load coming from the low-producing coal mine named Terror Creek.
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One of the few remaining unpatched Espee units at the time of this photo was leading this Somerset-bound coal empty in Dominguez Canyon along the Gunnison River. The head end of the train is approaching the siding of Bridgeport while the tail end is still coming out of Bridgeport Tunnel, 24 miles south of Grande Junction.
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Positioned underneath the the loadout, the train is about to start pulling west under the loadout. The engineer will set a "cruise-control" type function on the lead AC that will keep the speed steady at 1.5 MPH while loading.
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Approaching the end of its journey, UP 6222 is moving along at 10 MPH on the approach to the loadout at Somerset. The train runs along Highway 133 on the way into Somerset.
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Getting ready to release its track warrant (entering Yard Limit territory), UP 6222 is about 90 miles (trackwise) east of Grand Junction approaching Bowie mine. The train will continue east to the loadout at Somerset.
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After meeting a westbound coal load at Roubideau (pronounced ROO-BEE-DOO), UP 6222 now has a track warrant to depart east out of the siding.
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Espee (and former Espee) power is not at all uncommon on the North Fork Subdivision. Particularly AC4400's from 100-199 on Espee's roster. This is because these units were not equipped with DPU capability. Coal trains on the North Fork run with two units on the point; no extra help. Therefore, it makes sense to use units that can't be utilized as DPU units elsewhere.
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Down in the base of Dominguez Canyon along the Gunnison River, UP 6222 (patched Espee 175) is heading east (geographically south at the moment) toward the mine at Somerset.
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Afternoons in Colorado is often the time when severe weather moves into the state. This was the first time I'd taken any shots when it was hailing! This is the Roydale local heading back toward 36th Street with over 100 cars ready to be broken down and rebuilt into trains.
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About five months...that's how long this former Grande SD50 has been sitting right here in this exact spot! With so many new units showing up on the property, UP has stored several units indefinitely. UP 9858 (ex-SP 5514, nee-DRGW 5514) is one such example. It is being stored in Burnham near downtown Denver.
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Blowing snow was doing a nice job of covering up the rails at Plain as this westbound slowly made it way west on the main on an approach signal. The temperature, without wind chill, is two degrees!
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