A machinist from the shop gives Copper Basin Railway EMD GP40 No. 301 and GP39 No. 401 a early morning once over before the power heads out on the Smelter Job on April 21, 2017.
Number 500 is the only GP40 on the MRL roster and has lots of history as it was originally Western Pacific 3542, Union Pacific 690, then Chicago Missouri and Western 3025, then Wisconsin Central 3... (more)
With wildfire smoke in the atmosphere enough to create an orange glow, The California Zephyr enters the east side of Keenesburg just as the sun rises above the horizon.