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Friday, October 4, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
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118 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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When I was a kid, I always liked both "Rail Box" and "Rail Gon" cars for some reason. "Rail Box" cars have all but disappeared in 2024, but you can still find some "Rail Gon" labeled gondolas roaming around. This along is a good example, sitting in the siding of Leyden along with a pair of former Missouri Pacific gondolas. Presumably, these cars are part of some maintenance project, though exactly what, I'm not sure.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Rocky (7,330ft)
Arvada, CO
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177 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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BNSF
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A very short BNSF manifest is tied down in the siding at Rocky, awaiting a recrew. Note that the derail is set at the east end. This is to protect against the possibility of the train rolling out onto the main track. Were the train to roll, it would be derailed away from the main track. Fortunately, the likelihood of that happening is near zero as the train has hand brakes applied on the train, and the engines are continually charging the brake line to keep the train brakes applied.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Rocky (7,330ft)
Arvada, CO
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150 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Canadian Pacific, BNSF
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A pair of ES44ACs, one Canadian Pacific and one BNSF, bring up the rear of BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. The train is actually quite short, at only 3,100 feet in the length, meaning the back half of the train is not wrapped around Little Ten Curve.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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Kevin Morgan
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Rocky (7,330ft)
Arvada, CO
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155 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Rocky Mountaineer
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Right at the switch where the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead leaves the mainline at Rocky, the Rocky Mountaineer has rolled to a stop. There is an air issue and the crew is stopping to investigate. This lead unit, RMRX 8600, has an SD45 car body, but it an SD40-2 internally. The unit is on a long term lease from Horizon Rail Leasing. It will act as a substitute when one of the GP40-3s is having mechanical issues, such as today. The Mountaineer is doing this rather than leasing SD70Ms from UP.
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