The conductor for the MRONY (with UP 1989) stands on the ground and watches as the MNYRO heads west on the main track. The MNYRO would receive a good rollby by the conductor, and next it will be the MRONY's turn to depart.
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At the east switch of Leyden, the daily MNYRO has a clear signal and heads west on the main track. This one of the few locations left on the east side of the divide where the signals haven't yet been replaced by Union Pacific.
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The MRONY holds in the siding at Leyden shortly after the sun peaks over the houses on the hills to the east. The 96-car train has been informed that North Yard won't have room for them until the MNYRO heads west.
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Just west of the west switch of Leyden, UP 1989 crosses over Indiana Street on one of the few-remaining "Rio Grande" lettered bridges. The nearly full moon is high in the sky, looking down on the train.
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After a very brief stay in Grand Junction (less than eight hours), UP 1989 was put on the point of MRONY and sent east. This spot should be filled with morning light, but clouds in the eastern sky foiled the plans.
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Just after 6 o'clock in the morning and UP 1989 leads the MRONY-13 down the Moffat. The sun was actually up at this point, but obscured by some gosh darn morning clouds in the eastern sky. Ugh.
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A westbound manifest blasts pasts a clear signal at the east switch of Leyden. Halfway through May and the greens are persisting nicely!
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After lots of snow and rain in the past few weeks, there is a LOT of green in the Denver area right now. After meeting a westbound at Leyden, this eastbound coal load is on the move, headed for Public Service in Denver.
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Since Colorado is a fairly arid climate, this level of "green" doesn't last too terribly long. So I get out to take pictures as much as possible! On my way home from work, I caught this short work train which was headed for Bond. It is on the main at Leyden, running on clear signals.
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Shortly after 8:00pm, UP's MRONY heads east out of Rocky through Barbara's Gulch. The light was all but gone at this point, so I setup for a "watch the train blur by" shot. UP 1989 was the second unit on the consist, as you can somewhat see in the shot.
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The MNYRO is approaching the west end of Barbara's Gulch where the train will find a green signal at the east end of Rocky. It seems appropriate that a UP unit, the DRGW Heritage unit, and a (patched) Espee unit lead up the train. Now if the Heritage unit was on the point and the Espee unit wasn't patched, that'd be a whole lot better!
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Union Pacific has done a pretty darn good job in keeping the Heritage Unit clean (at least most of the time). It has been almost three years since UP 1989 was uncovered and it still looks as good as it did for its first run west on the Moffat.
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The further west (i.e. the higher in altitude) you get, the deeper into the clouds you get! The MNYRO makes its way through a very foggy Barbara's Gulch, UP 1989 second up on the train.
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Almost a mile west of Leyden, along CO-72, six units are leading up the MNYRO on its journey west. The Rio Grande Heritage Unit just got a wash two days earlier, so it definitely stands out!
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Five GE ACs and UP 1989 (the lone EMD unit on the train) lead up the MNYRO at Leyden. Most of these units - included UP 1989 - will be taken off the train at Grand Junction, most likely to serve as mid-train swing helpers on eastbound coal loads.
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