Seven miles into its (roughly) 57 mile journey to Winter Park, the first Summer Ski Train of 2008 has a clear signal at CP DS007 in Arvada. In addition to passing the signal, the train is about to cross over Pierce Street.
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An eastbound BNSF that I have not heard of previously came east on the Moffat on the Saturday. The train was a Grand Junction to Amarillo manifest (symbol: HGJCAMA) that will stop in Rennicks before continue south on the Joint Line later in the day.
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UP 1989 makes only its third run west on the Moffat since it was unveiled in Denver in July. At Lamar street in Arvada (just shy of DS007), the train came to a stop for about 90 minutes while waiting for a second crew to come out of Denver. The second crew was for a westbound tied down in the siding at Plain.
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On the move in Arvada, Amtrak approaches Pierce Street (and control point DS 007) at track speed.
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The man standing on the back of the tank car is the engineer, conductor, and brakeman for this particular switch job. UPY 1160 is a Remote Controlled Locomotive. If you look, you can see the beltpack just above the waste of the UP employee. He handles the switching and the power.
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A switch job that came out of North Yard with a trio of patched Espee SW1500's switches the lumber yard just off Lamar Street.
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