http://www.drgw.net/gallery/main.php http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0794.jpg.html 58373 I met the train in the corridor near Englewood at 0740h, but the light was wrong and traffic was surprisingly heavy. So I went back south to a tried and true morning spot south of Louviers. GBNVGAT - the infamous "Stinky Slinky" unit sulfur tr http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0815.jpg.html 58429 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0824.jpg.html 58459 Coming through Sedalia http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0855.jpg.html 58378 Another side profile shot of ACS-64 AMTK 601 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0886.jpg.html 58467 Plodding along south of Castle Rock along I-25, running on yellows behind G-BNVGAT http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0880.jpg.html 58433 "Cabbage" (half-cab, half baggage) AMTK 90200 brings up the rear with Pikes Peak in the background. If you're wondering why so many units, it's so that they have 12 axles on the return trip. Any move with less than 12 needs to be prepared to s http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0942.jpg.html 58386 Here's the G-BNVGAT, starting to pull through Greenland. They also had to stop for about 35 minutes as something was messing around at Palmer Lake. I didn't see it, but based on radio traffic I believe it was BNSF 5001 and a rail train. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1009.jpg.html 58418 One of the DPU engines on G-BNVGAT is ES44C4 6922. I just don't see many of the C4s around. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0987.jpg.html 58445 Anybody need any liquid sulfur? http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1023.jpg.html 58518 The other end of the 601, as it passes me at Greenland. I've put this in for comparison with the next photo. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/crossrail-traxx.jpg.html 58513 There's no denying the ACS-64's European nature. Here's a Bombardier TRAXX engine (not the Siemens Eurosprinter or Vectron that the 64 is based on) working for Crossrail that I shot in Berne, Switzerland last fall. The similarity is remarkable. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1035.jpg.html 58422 G-BNVGAT pulls over the top at Palmer Lake and starts downhill. And on a nice warm day, your nose knows... yikes. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1047.jpg.html 58414 Over the top at Palmer Lake at a minute after 11am. 6 hours on duty, Denver to the top. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/amtk-133-monument_co-_8-jun-2013_-000.jpg.html 58499 Headed down the hill at Monument http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1091.jpg.html 58503 And another Monument shot of AMTK Cabbage 90200. 90200 was made from F40PH #200 http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1096.jpg.html 58398 Finally coming into Colorado Springs around 1145h, as seen from Woodman Road. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_0918.jpg.html 58437 After holding short of Larkspur for a while (as the G-BNVGAT was also holding to avoid whatever was making a reverse move at Palmer Lake), they finally get the go-ahead to proceed south. Here they are on the big Santa Fe bridge at Larkspur, as seen from http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/amtk-133-pueblo_co-_8-jun-2013_-000.jpg.html 58382 Passing the Pueblo depot and about to swing east towards Pueblo Junction and then on to Avondale. They changed pilots up in the yard, and the whole time it was nice and sunny. Train shows up, sun goes away, so I'm cheating with a little HDR here. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1167.jpg.html 58486 The top of AMTK 601, showing the electrical collection system. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1172.jpg.html 58490 And the top of the cabbage, showing that all the fans and grilles have been removed and plated over. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1179.jpg.html 58482 DOTX 203 - a real oddball GP40 with the L windshield and a high oscillating light - is a rare sight outside the TTC. Today it's down at Avondale to grab the ACS-64 and pull it back into the facility. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1225.jpg.html 58507 Uncoupled from the other P42, the crew's ready to drop 601 into the TTC interchange track http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1223.jpg.html 58402 Like the Siemens Vectron and Eurosprinter lines that it's based on, the high voltage transformer (the bit grey steel box) on the ACS-64 is located beneath the floor. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1221.jpg.html 58406 A look at one of the trucks, showing the brake disc integral with the wheel http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1219.jpg.html 58474 Under one end, there's the electronic bell (the closest silver thing), but I'm not familiar with the other thing. My only guess is that it's some sort of PTC pickup. http://www.drgw.net/gallery/v/news/AMTK601/IMG_1226.jpg.html 58478 And this is where I left. They'd been trying for 20 minutes to get the switch to time out and unlock so they could throw it. No such luck. Don't know what they finally did to get the unit into the TTC.