Restarting 12,000 tons on a 2% Grade Rio Grande Style, 3 SD70Ace leaders, Moffat Sub March 17, 2018

This video does a good job of breifly explaining how freight trains operate in general and how efficient they are: A loaded BNSF Sand Train headed Westbound on the Moffat Sub from Denver restarts after waiting in the Tolland Siding for the Eastbound Winter Park Express and Phippsburg Local. After the tunnel vented dispatcher gave then a green signal and all 5 locomotives, including 3 SD70Ace on the front and an ES44 and SD70Mac on the rear (22,000 HP), started jus