While not as flat as eastern Nebraska, the Angora Sub south of Alliance definitely represents more of the plains than the Butte Sub north of Alliance. Here, a CN ES44AC brings up the end of this southbound loaded sand train.
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A pair of Canadian Nationals, an ES44AC and an ET44AC, lead a (loaded) unit sand train south on Main 2 on the Angora Sub. The train is headed for Bill, WY on the Orin Sub in the Powder River Basin. When the train reaches Bridgeport, NE, it will turn west on the Valley Sub.
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Loved the opportunity to get a shot of Canadian National units on a unit sand train. Do not get a lot of Canadian National power in Colorado, so seeing them here, just south of Alliance, NE on the Angora Sub was a nice treat.
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An ES44AC and a (Tier-4) ET44AC, both Canadian National, lead a BNSF unit sand train south out of the yard at Alliance. The train will take the Angora Sub to Bridgeport, NE and turn right and take the Valley Sub to the Powder River Basin.
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This unit sand train was loaded on the Canadian National. when the train was handed over to BNSF, the CN power was kept on the train. Two units on the head end and a single DPU brings up the rear. The train has a fresh crew onboard and the train is departing the south end of Alliance toward the Angora Sub.
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A load sand train, headed for the Power River (Orin Subdivision), has two Canadian National units for power. The outbound crew is untying the train (the conductor is walking toward the head end), as the train prepares to depart south toward Bridgeport on the Angora Sub.
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It's been a heck of a chase, going after this eastbound coal load with a pair of Canadian National units on the tail end. This would be the final view of it as it disappears into the west end of Gore Canyon, Tunnel 36 and 35 just ahead. You can see a pair of mid-train swing helpers just ahead, in between those two tunnels.
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A pair of Canadian National units bring up the tail end of an eastbound loaded coal train, getting ready to disappear into Tunnel 39 at the east end of Little Gore Canyon. This time of year, the Colorado River is just about at it lowest.
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After meeting two trains at Bond, the eastbound coal train is finally on the move on the main track. Two Canadian National DPUs bring up the tail end of the train along the Colorado River just east of Yarmony.
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This eastbound coal load just got a new crew here at Bond and is has started pulling eastbound toward Denver. Ultimately, the train will continue on to an interchange point to the east with Canadian National.
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Going for a little bit of a water reflection shot here at a standing pool of water on the opposite side of the tracks from the Colorado River. A pair of CN units are bringing up the tail end of this eastbound coal load.
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After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at (West) Bond, a new crew on the train is getting ready to start rolling east. It will continue through Center Bond (Orestod) on the siding to meet a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo.
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At the west end of Bond, an eastbound coal load is taking the siding for a crew change. The relief crew will be called at Yampa at 11:45am, and the Grand Junction based crew currently on this train will have to wait in the meantime.
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I've never been to the Canadian Rockies, but it certainly seems as though this shot could have taken somewhere in Canada with this pair of Canadian National units on the train, crossing over the Colorado River just west of the west switch of Bond.
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The leaves are all gone from the tree at the mid-point of November. However, there isn't a trace of snow yet here at Dell, which is rather uncommon at this point at the start of the winter season. A pair of CN units are DPUs on an eastbound coal load.
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