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Ten o'clock in the morning of 16 July 1998 and the engineer of BNSF C44-9W 737 is about to call for the cavalry in the shape of a pair of helper engines from the tunnel mouth at Moffat. BNSF SD70M 8220 is already shut down and Santa Fe C40-8W 930 isn't sounding too good as the train stuggles through Tolland on its ascent to Moffat Tunnel with a trackage rights train on the former D&RGW line through the Rockies.
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Ten o'clock in the morning of 16 July 1998 and the engineer of BNSF C44-9W 737 is about to call for the cavalry in the shape of a pair of helper engines from the tunnel mouth at Moffat. BNSF SD70M 8220 is already shut down and Santa Fe C40-8W 930 isn't sounding too good as the train stuggles through Tolland on its ascent to Moffat Tunnel with a trackage rights train on the former D&RGW line through the Rockies.

  • DRGW GP60 3154 basks in the evening sun at Denver Union Station on 17 July 1998.
  • All three DRGW GP60 locos are at Denver on 17 July 1998, two still in (different versions of) Rio Grande livery and the third already repainted into Union Pacific colours.
  • Denver 17 July 1998
  • Denver 17 July 1998
  • Ten o'clock in the morning of 16 July 1998 and the engineer of BNSF C44-9W 737 is about to call for the cavalry in the shape of a pair of helper engines from the tunnel mouth at Moffat. BNSF SD70M 8220 is already shut down and Santa Fe C40-8W 930 isn't sounding too good as the train stuggles through Tolland on its ascent to Moffat Tunnel with a trackage rights train on the former D&RGW line through the Rockies.
  • Running eastbound at Hermosa on 14 July 1998 are Union Pacific C44-9W 9712 and C40-8 9158.
  • Heading into Cheyenne with an eastbound on 14 July 1998 are Union Pacific AC4400/6000CW 7321, SD9043AC 8122 and AC4400CW 6752.
  • Passing the refineries at Commerce City on 18 July 1998 was Union Pacic C40-8 9171, C&NW C44-9W 8676, UP SD40-2 3450, UP C40-8 9191 and SD60M 6098.
  • Heading eastbound at Hermosa on 14 July 1998 are Union Pacific C41-8W 9488, SD50 5010 and SD60 6073.
  • With a hot intermodal service in tow Union Pacific C41-8W 9525 and GP60 5884 hurry through Hermosa on 14 July 1998.
  • Union Pacific GP38-2 2310 and 2157 are stabled in downtown Denver on 18 July 1998.
  • Union Pacific SW1500 1091 sits at the loco facility of Denver North Yard on 15 July 1998.
  • Former Southern Pacific SW1500 now wears a coat of yellow as Union Pacific 1215 at Denver North Yard on 15 July 1998.
  • Working the trip workings around the Denver area Union Pacific GP38-2 2310 is at Commerce City on 17 July 1998.
  • Waiting for its next job in the Union Pacific 38th Street yard in Denver on 15 July 1998 was SD40-2 3461.
  • Sitting in the yard at Laramie in the late afternoon of 14 July 1998 were a pair of SD50, Union Pacific 5071 and 5081, both former C&NW units.
  • Union Pacific SD50 5082 and 5080 sweep through Rollins with a rail train on 16 July 1998 with some snow still visible on the Rockies in the background, even in high summer.
  • Union Pacific SD60M 6137, B39-8 5646 and C40-8 9065 head north through Commerce City on 17 July 1998.
  • Passing over the lines between Laramie and Cheyenne in the area known as Sherman Hill are Union Pacific SD60M 6339, SD60 6047 and Southern Pacific GP60 9689 on 14 July 1998.
  • UP 844 + 6936 Commerce City 18 July 1998
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