4 o'clock in the morning is a good time for night photography! The crossing gates at 72nd Avenue in Arvada come down for an oncoming eastbound coal train. Note the green signal at Kipling in the distance.
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After the end DPU passes through the crossing, the gates go up and the cars waiting on the other side cross the now empty tracks.
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A very short westbound Rocky Local comes through Barbara's Gulch with two unpatched Rio Grande GP40-2's (DRGW 3129 and DRGW 3121), a patched Rio Grande GP40-2 (UP 1364, ex-DRGW 3109), and upatched Espee GP40-2 SP 7954.
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The Rocky Local slowly backs its way up the Rocky Spur while a westbound coal empty waits on the siding for a meet with an eastbound coal load coming out of Clay.
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Three SD70M's sit on the Ready Track in UP's North Yard. Other than the three patched Espee units, there was nothing but yellow to be found.
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Three new ES44AC's are being towed DIC (Dead In Consist) on the end of a coal empty leaving Denver on the Brush Sub. In the foreground is UP's Greeley Subdivision, which crosses the BNSF Brush Sub at Sand Creek, just off to the right.
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