On August 8th we heard that the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit was in Denver and was going to possibly head west, on the Phippsberg Local, we also heard that there was going to be plenty of traffic. After staying the night near the tracks, we got up early to find a Work train moving from Crater to Bond to switch out more tie gondolas before heading back up to drop more ties. After that, we heard of a westbound train whose crew was going to run out of hours and were going into the siding at Radium, this was the train with the Mopac Heritage Unit. As an interesting side note, this train should have been a coal train, yet it had a short string of covered hoppers on the back. Next, We caught Amtrak 5 west of Bond on the Glenwood Springs Subdivision. Next the CJCSV Westbound Coal Train Stopped at Bond for a Crew Change. After that, we saw Amtrak 6 at Yarmony, and decided we should start heading home, but not after watching a Work Train a Kremmling. The work train was moving empty concrete tie flats from Kremmling to Troublesome. The Moffat was gearing up for a large maintenance project which included replacing ties and ballast from Denver to Rollins, Replacing Concrete ties from Kremmling to Bond, and replacing wooden ties from Bond to Phippsberg. New concrete ties were being staged at Troublesome and Kremmling. Check out our video from yesterday if you have not already: • Moffat Subdivision: Fr...
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