A rare treat to shoot freight at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado last evening was a real treat. Jim Wrinn and his team put on a wonderful event for us. Thank you Trains Magazine!

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The sun is just minutes away from descending behind the mountains to the west, casting a shadow here on the tracks at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Fortunately, BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest is snaking through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek just in time to catch the last light.

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Today's westbound Zephyr had a bit of a unique consist. A pair of Siemens SC-44s and a P42DC lead the Zephyr west at Leyden. Get used to these SC-44s because Amtrak has ordered 75 similar units (called ALC-42s) to start to replace their aging P42DC fleet. The P42DCs are over 20 years old now and many are falling in to a state of disrepair. The ALC-42s are currently being tested and are expected to start to show up and really take over for P42DCs in late 2021.

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You cannot get a morning looking much better than the scene here at West Plain as the California Zephyr as clear signals toward the tunnel district. The head end is approaching Tunnel 2. The trees have a light dusting of snow on them after six inches fell yesterday during a storm.

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ATSF F45 5961 leads the eastbound H-MOSR1-21 Modesto-Streater manifest at Abo Canyon, NM across Bridge #5 at MP 871.7 on the ATSF Clovis Subdivision on October 23, 1993.

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