Couldn't ask for better lighting here at the east switch of Leyden as UP's thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to Denver, CO (MGJNY) manifest approaches a clear (green) signal. This is the only regularly-scheduled UP manifest train that still runs on the Moffat.
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UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden. 30 years ago, nearly all of the houses visible in this shot had not yet been built. Leyden was "out in the boonies" back then, but is in the middle of suburban Arvada today!
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Throughout the course of a year, there is obviously lots of different color in the landscape as the season change. Of all the different scenes that appear, I think the scenes dominated by green landscape and blue skies are just about my favorite. Such is the case here as the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1 and heads toward Plain.
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The foliage has reached its peak green levels at Eisele in a beautiful scene as the westbound Zephyr passes by on the main track at Eisele (Clay). It does look like the Lounge car, third from the end, could stand to receive some cleaning and/or polishing.
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Amtrak seems to be repainting P42DCs from Phase 5 to Phase 7 paint at a rate of around one every two weeks. AMTK 75 appears to be the latest to get the new scheme, second out on the westbound Zephyr this morning.
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A mixed match set of P42DCs (one Phase 5, one Phase 7) leading the westbound Zephyr on the climb to Big Ten Loop on a beautiful Thursday morning in May.
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The westbound Zephyr wraps around the curve at the base of the north edge of Big Ten Loop. AMTK 60 and (freshly painted) AMTK 75 are leading the train this morning.
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AMTK 71 leads another P42DC and a standard consist for the Zephyr out of the west end of Leyden. The train is crossing over Indiana Street, the busiest north-south road in Western Arvada.
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The westbound Zephyr charges west on the main at Leyden. It's nice to see that the siding at Leyden is once again empty and available for meets after a string of empty well cars were stored there for close to five months! Well cars were tied down there early on the morning of January 3, 2024. Overnight on May 27, 2024, they were picked up and taken back to Denver.
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Ferromex is one of the two largest railroads in Mexico. Not too long ago, Ferromex unveiled a new paint scheme that focuses on gray. The old scheme had green in it, which is essentially been dropped in this new scheme. Prior to this shot, I had not seen one in person. This one was helping out as a DPU on an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest.
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I do not generally post pictures of graffiti on railcars, but for whatever reason, the "Men In Black" on this steel coil car made me laugh, so I grabbed a quick shot of it. The car is on the BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest.
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Two ES44ACs and an SD70ACe lead the Provo-Denver through western Arvada on a beautiful, clear, warm late May morning. The train will get to Arvada just ahead of the Zephyr, not delaying the Zephyr on its journey west at all.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is approaching the Simms Street grade crossing, as well as mile marker 10.25, as noted by the "1/4" sign in the foreground.
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Memorial Day 2024 finds a standard consist for the California Zephyr as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The latest P42DC to be repainted in the new Phase 7 scheme is AMTK 69, on the point this morning.
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A Phase 7 P42DC (AMTK 69, the most recent repaint) leads AMTK 151 and a standard consist for the westbound Zephyr through the curves at Blue Mountain Drive.
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