Western Railroad Discussion > FerroMex's head North, in the clouds:{

As seems what has always been the case here lately in Colorado, the nice stuff runs when it is in total cloud cover! Oh well, nature of the game I guess:}
Today, Northbound BNSF Grain empties X ELPSTE3-21 ran up the Joint line with a quartet of FerroMex engines, all facing forward! I was hoping for some kind of "sucker hole" or even some light cloud cover but it turned out to be an afternoon of very dark clouds.

1)FXE 4686, 4062, 4677 and 4670 approach Palmer Lake.

2)Surprised to find a BNSF Southbound Windmill blade train stopped in the "sag", I tried the best that I could do to get both trains together.
Way in the background, the snow covered mountain is Pikes Peak.

3)Heading North on Main #2 approaching Larkspur.

Mucho Gracias for looking:}



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4 Mexican Watermelons rolling the grain gotta love it LOL

I would have been out there and possibly rubbed shoulders with ya. Thats if it didn't feel like razor blades were in my kidneys.

The shot at Greenland of the two trains is great, nice work!

Pretty impressive to see 4 matching colors on the head end. Me likey alot:)

SD45X Wrote:
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> Pretty impressive to see 4 matching colors on the
> head end. Me likey alot:)


I agree, and elephant style, to boot!

Pump

Elephant style in all those colors is just way to cool. Cloudy days help enrich the color too.
Brian Stevens

Cool stuff John!

Awesome catch John! First shot is my favorite. Really dig that color scheme. Thanks for sharing.

Nice work John, I couldn't get over there in time.

Now, does any one have any guess, when they will be heading south? I figure that they will load some time, Thurs. I am guessing that they will load at Venango, NE.
It would be nice if the head two units would be the head end power going south. Little nicer paint. I am guessing that they will have to why some units at Sterling. I can't recall any place on the NKC for turning. Let's hope that they do not add a BNSF engine!!!!! If they do, let's put on the DPU's.

Gary A. Rich
Aurora, CO

Those are great shots, nice effort. Maybe I'll gettum when they return?
JB

Cloud cover? All I see are three great photographs :-) Great lash up and you nailed it, thanks for sharing.

~Ryan

Grrrrreeeeat job! Nice pix - They had better turn at least one of those motors in Denver or there will be problems out east, turning on the Brush, CO Wye would be good for two hours, but no wye at all any more in Sterling, CO, and no way to turn on NKCR until way east at the Gerald Gentleman Power Plant near Sutherland, NE. === === = === JLH



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Woohoo!

Very NICE photos!! We have wind machine blades go thru Ritzville, WA also, always an interesting train.

Nice work John. You did as well as you could considering the circumstances!


Allen

Nice displays! Love the solid roadname consist and manifest!

Great stuff! So nice to see those FXE's someplace besides our flat Central Texas.

Mike

Awesome photos!! Hopefully I'll have just as good of luck like that when I'm in that area next month.


Ronda Thomas

Very cool, John :]

John Crisanti
Longmont, CO