An SD70ACe and AC4400CW lead a Union Pacific loaded coal train bound for Memphis, TN just west of Leyden near Arvada, CO as it continues to get colder and the rain continues to fall.
An SD70M, AC6044CW, and SD40N lead the North Yard, CO to Grand Junction, CO manifest through Coal Creek Canyon west of Denver as the rain continues to fall.
Rain, fog, and wheel slip. That pretty much sums up of what's happening here. An SD70M, AC6044CW, and SD40N lead the North Yard - Grand Jct manifest as they climb the grade at Big Ten Curve.
Minutes after the sun went away, running over eight and a half hours late, Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr climbs the 2% grade through Coal Creek Canyon up towards Tunnel #1.
An eight and half hour late Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr, led by Amtrak no. 198 round the s-curve at Blue Mountain Road in Coal Creek Canyon west of Denver. Right as soon as the locomotives pa... (more)