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Photographers' Gallery Modern Day on the Rio Grande Nathan Holmes' Photos News Photos Boeing Empty Equipment Move

On Sunday, 9-Apr-2006, special high/wide train J-MISNEW (Missoula, MT, to Newton, KS) came down the Joint Line with a bunch of empty Boeing fuselage carriers and a few other cars. While power across Montana had been MRL F45 #392, that was changed at Laurel, MT, to BNSF 7137, an old green ex-BN SD40-2, along with some ugly MRL SD45 (one of the grey, unrepainted ones). The MRL unit was dropped at Denver, and 7137 continued on its own.

Date: 04 Apr 2006
Size: 8 items
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First sighting of J-MISNEW, running south out of Castle Rock, CO
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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Coming down into the "sag" just north of Palmer Lake, CO
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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Coming around the lake itself...
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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A parting shot as the move starts downhill from Palmer Lake
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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Accelerating southward out of the south end of Monument, CO
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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Making really good time to the Woodman overpass- due to I-25 congestion and a stop for gas, I barely made this shot, and didn't have time to climb down and shoot under the wires.
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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South of Colorado Springs at Buttes, near PPIR
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
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And a parting shot at Buttes
Date: 04 Apr 2006
Owner: ND Holmes
 
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