A crazy morning blizzard dumped close to six inches of snow. By this afternoon, the sun was shining bright as a seven hour late Zephyr kicks up snow just west of Leyden.
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Skiers are going to enjoy hitting the slopes today! The westbound Winter Park Express is cutting through a morning blizzard on its journey to Winter Park.
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A Canadian National C44-9W is second up on this westbound coal empty on the Moffat. The unit had actually been leading coming in to Denver, but a UP unit was placed on the point in Denver in order to meet with UP PTC requirements west of town on the Moffat.
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A Canadian Pacific AC4400CW makes a rare Colorado appearance as it (and a BNSF ES44AC) push on the tail end the Denver-Provo. Incidentally, the Denver-Provo and its counterpart are the only manifests still running on the former Grande between Denver and Salt Lake City (well, Provo).
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A rather rare visitor from the north takes a trip west on the Moffat as one of two DPUs on the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest. I don't get the opportunity to get a shot of a Canadian Pacific unit too often.
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A trio of GEs lead a westbound Denver-Provo very slowly out of Leyden. The train is running on yellow signals, following a UP coal empty that will be taking the siding at Rocky to troubleshoot some power issues.
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The new signal UP installed at East Leyden a few years ago is very visible as a pair of units leads an eastbound work train through Arvada. The train will head east on the Limon Sub with a final destination of Trenton, MO.
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On a sunny morning, the westbound Zephyr passes by the red Rocky Flats gas mask horse located on the north side of the tracks along CO-72. The Zephyr has a typical pair of P42DCs leading it on its journey west.
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Running a little under 2 hours late, the westbound Zephyr charge out of Leyden and heads west toward Barbara's Gulch. Whereas once there was nothing but open fields on the south side of the tracks here, now, there are backyards a plenty from the new Leyden Rock development in western Arvada.
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This 17 car officer's special made a quick trip out to Grand Junction. It departed Denver yesterday morning at 8am and stayed the night last night in Grand Junction. Departed Grand Junction this morning at 8am and, less than seven hours later, is seen here just west of the west switch of Leyden!
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UP 1943 (an SD70ACe) and UP 3028 (an SD70ACe-T4) lead an eastbound officer's special just west of Leyden. The train went west yesterday and spent the night in Grand Junction, departing this morning at 8am.
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Fall looks and feels more like winter as a UP officer's special heads west out of Leyden. It is lightly raining and is 30°F outside. The headlights from the lead unit glowing in the wintery fog.
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After meeting an eastbound manifest at Leyden, this westbound coal empty is pulling out of the siding and heading west. Three units are more than sufficient power for this (relatively light) empty.
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We are smack in the midst of summer in Colorado as an empty grain train rolls east out of Leyden. There is a bit more humidity in the air than is normal for the Denver-Metro (after thunderstorms the previous two days) and the temperature is 93°F.
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It is a bit of a dark morning this morning as a (somewhat uncommon) morning thunderstorm rolls through the area. The morning has seen winds along the front range of up to 60 MPH, resulting in a slow order for Amtrak ahead around Big Ten Curve.
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