After getting a fresh crew on board, this eastbound coal load is departing Bypass 1 on a clear signal. The train will head for the KP Line (Limon Sub) on its way to Adams, TX. Typically, this coal train would have gone south on the Joint Line, but is being re-routed due to a derailment.
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This is General Electric's demo unit for the ES44DC model. It roams around on various systems and I was really glad that I finally lucked out and caught it as the third unit on the MNYNP!
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This GP38-2 has found second life as a leaser for Helm Leasing. It was the second unit out on the MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE.
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Talk about a colorful consist on the MNYNP! Out of the five units, only one of the five is actually Union Pacific. Note the third unit, GECX 2011, General Electric's ES44DC demo unit.
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In this day and age (being the time this picture was taken), unpatched Espee units are becoming harder and harder to find. Of the 279 AC4400CWs that Espee had, only 15 were left unpatched as of this photo!
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Approaching the east end of the Belt Industrial Lead, this North Yard to North Platte manifest is about to turn north toward the Greeley Subdivision. While the train has eight units (including an unpatched EspeeAC, two new Ferromex ES44ACs and two SD40-2s), only three of the eight are on active and loading.
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The two Ferromex ES44ACs came into town on the Joint Line on a UP coal empty. The coal train turned west toward the Moffat, but unfortunately left the FXE units behind! Instead, they are assigned to the MNYNP-24 to head to North Platte, NE
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A roster shot of DRGW 5371 in good lighting as it heads east (and then north) with the MNYNP-08. Interesting that 5371 would be the final Rio Grande unit left in the world, after 5771 (a single-digit difference!) was the final F9A to be retired off the roster 24 years prior in 1984.
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A shot that is all but guaranteed never to be repeated again. The last-remaining (unpatched) Rio Grande unit on UP's roster crosses over the bridge (still lettered for Rio Grande) at York Street on the Belt Industrial Lead. 5371 is headed toward Cheyenne, more than likely to be retired.
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Approaching the York Street overpass, the MNYNP-08 traverses the Belt Industrial Lead toward UP Junction. At UP Junction, the train will swing north and join the Greeley Subdivision for the trip toward Cheyenne.
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After an hour wait sitting on the Belt Industrial Lead, the northbound MNYNP-08 is finally heading out of town with DRGW 5371 in tow. This is a shot looking in between two buildings near the control point at Broadway. Even though the buildings obscure a lot of the engine, there is no armour yellow in the shot! Kinda takes you back to when this was the view along the Belt Line every day...
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A detailed shot of the tunnel motor radiator intakes and the "class doors" located just above. And of course, the single most important thing in this picture ... the Grande Gold 5371 that has not been (and will not be) patched!
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Looking to get a lower-angled roster shot, my dad - the man responsible for my sickness that is a train lover - sits alongside my youngest daughter Jaina. At 2 1/2, she loves going out to watch the train with us!
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She may not remember it, but my oldest daughter was there to see 5371 move north toward Cheyenne (most likely for retirement) and here is the proof! This past Christmas, we got her a new digital camera. She does her best (at five years old) to get a shot of 5371 too!
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As the MNYNP-08 waits for a meet with a southbound coal empty, the sun comes shining through the partly cloudy skies at just the right angle to really light up 5371 nicely! The unit was idling, although it would not load (so it couldn't work to pull the train). other than the missing number boards, not a bad sight at all!
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