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Monday, March 2, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
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1391 (Add a Comment)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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Just from looking at this scene, it is hard to believe that it is March! This eastbound coal load heads slowly in to the siding at Leyden where it will wait to meet the California Zephyr and a second westbound. If you look toward the west end, you can see the two mid-train swing helpers. Most coal trains on the Moffat have three mid-train swing helpers. Those trains have the three units cut out in Denver for the trip east on the plains. This train, however, is headed for the Xcel Energy Valmont Power Plant in Boulder.
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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A very attentive crew on this MNYRO noticed a tank car five cars back from the head end. This did not match their train manifest so they asked DS-86 to align them in to the siding at Leyden to investigate. Turns out the tank car was too close to the head end and needed to be moved further back. The crew was going to do the switch at the house track at Leyden, but discovered the frog was missing from the house track! I learned that this is done because, if the frog is missing, UP does not have to pay taxes on the house track. Who knew? In any case, after a very late westbound Zephyr passes by, the crew will perform the switching out of the west end of Leyden.
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
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1959 (1 Comment Posted)
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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While most patch jobs involve just slapping on a new number on the cab and number boards (and a shield on the nose), some patch jobs are a bit more unique. UP 6361 is one such example. Note that "Union Pacific" (in red) has completely replaced the fly-lettered "Southern Pacific" on the long hood. On a side note, you may have wondered why UP bothered replacing the white frame stripe on Espee units with a yellow one. In 2005, the Federal Railroad Administration concluded that yellow "retroreflectorive sheeting" is the easiest to see. Consequently, the FRA ruled that all locomotives had to have yellow striping (or, in some cases, white) applied by May 31, 2010. This was done for safety reasons. That is why UP frame stripes changed from red to yellow, as well.
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