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News Photos Amtrak's New Talgo Leaves Colorado - 12 Apr 2013

After spending about four months down at the TTC east of Pueblo, the new Talgo VIII set headed up the Joint Line for its new home in the Pacific Northwest on Friday, 12 Apr 2013.

Date: 04 Apr 2013
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Found it! Thanks to the detector at roughly MP 100 and ATCS, I found it quite easily in sunlight at Buttes (milepost ~95)
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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Going away - just a pretty good shot down the side of the train from the control cab end.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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As you can see, there's a storm over Pikes Peak and the Springs. This will be the last sun I get until the north end of CS.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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Coming through the Bijou crossovers in Colorado Springs and meeting two southbound BNSF manifests. It's really trying to rain or snow or something. It's Colorado weather - it can't make up its mind.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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Here's the second of the two BNSFs at Uintah.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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BNSF 6558 - a brand new ES44C4 - leads the second of two southbounds past the Talgo set in downtown Colorado Springs
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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Approaching Greenland in some pretty decent sun. Main 1 is in the foreground, and I-25 in the background.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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A total grab shot at Larkspur turned out to be my favorite for the day. It also turned out to be last light - the clouds covered everything over by Tomah, and by Castle Rock it was trying to rain again.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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And a going away shot of that - ahem - unique cab car. I think honestly it might be growing on me a bit.
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Owner: ND Holmes
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