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News Photos FRA / DOTX 220 Test Car Movement

On Sunday, 11-Feb-2007, Amtrak made a special trip down the Joint Line to deliver Amtrak HHP-8 658 (an 8000hp electric from the Northeast Corridor) and the FRA's new test car, DOTX 220, just released from Colorado Railcar. The pair are headed for Pueblo's AAR Transportation Test Center, where the new car will be certified for 120+ mph operation.


Power for the move down the Joint Line, since we don't have overhead electrification yet, was Amtrak P32-8BWH #518. Both locomotives came west on Sunday's California Zephyr. Based on what I heard from other fans today, there was a full Amtrak crew aboard, along a BNSF pilot and an HHP-8 qualified engineer straight from the NEC.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
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First sighting - I was a little late getting out this morning, and met the train at Louviers a bit after 1130h
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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Accelerating out of Castle Rock - these guys are wasting no time at all getting over the road
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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A better broadside look at the train, taken near Tomah Road
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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And away it goes...
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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One of the few shots I got of the other side of the car - sorry it's a little blurry, apparently even 1/500th wasn't fast enough.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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518 and train head up into Larkspur with one of the buttes of the area in the background.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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A bit of a grab shot at Greenland. I wasn't as far ahead as I thought, and so didn't have time to quite set this up right.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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The traditional shot from the hill at the south end of Palmer Lake
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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Headed down the hill towards Monument, CO
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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UP 1348, ex-DRGW 3126, was apparently dropped off this morning to be the new Colorado Springs switcher.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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The first southbound - BNSF 1086 leading a Denver-Amarillo train through the siding in downtown Colorado Springs.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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And the second southbound, a coal load led by BNSF 9791
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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Finally into Colorado Springs, after waiting on one northbound and two southbounds.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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An overhead shot of HHP-8 AMTK 658.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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And one last look at the real star of this move - the FRA's new test car, as seen from the Colorado Ave. bridge.
Date: 02 Feb 2007
Owner: ND Holmes
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