Just west of Simms Street in Arvada, CO, a UP coal load heads toward Bypass Track 2. Once there, the mid-train swing helpers will be cut out and the train will continue east toward Kansas. Sunny Sunday mornings in Colorado...doesn't get much better!
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When UP first brought back a daily manifest to the Moffat in May 2005, it was quite common to find SD70Ms powering the train. More recently, it seems that AC4400CWs - which are typically found in coal service - are also the main power on the North Yard / Roper trains. Case-in-point is this MRONY, with a trio of AC4400CWs.
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UP 844 and the Frontier Days trains were scheduled to depart Denver at 1:00pm and man did they nail that departure time! A pretty descent crowd gathered at Union Station to watch the train head north.
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A look down at UP 6936 - the only remaining active DDA40X - as the Frontier Days Special pulls slowly out of Union Station.
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In an effort to get a good view looking down the tracks, two of UP's steam team look out the fireman's side window of UP 844. The train is running down the outbound track through UP's 36th Street Yard.
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At York Street, UP 844 has the equipment from Cheyenne Frontier Days rolling north out of town.
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This is a shot that I've been wanting to get now for a couple of year and I was really happy that if worked out this year. The Frontier Days Special approaches Sand Creek where the UP Greeley Sub crosses over the BNSF Brush Sub.
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A BNSF manifest headed from Denver to Provo, UT wraps through the S-Curves just east of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain.
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A trio of SD70MACs lead up BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest on the approach to Cliff. This is a pretty rare consist for BNSF trains on the Moffat. It is far more common to find C44-9W. The SD70MACs typically run in coal service.
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The rainy summer that Colorado has had this year has really helped to keep the foliage green! A BNSF manifest heads west on the main at Tolland.
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A UP coal empty crosses over Rollins Pass road. The train has been running on yellow signals following a slow-moving BNSF manifest. The train is still rolling slow to give the Moffat Tunnel a chance to vent.
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After receiving a yellow signal at the west end of East Portal, this UP coal empty is about to plunge into the 6.2 mile long tunnel. The train is headed for the Somerset Mine on the North Fork Subdivision in western Colorado.
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Track maintenance between Gore and Bond has prevented trains from running early in the day. As a result, about six westbounds left Denver in the mid-to-late afternoon. The fourth westbound is approaching the grade crossing on the main at Crescent.
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I thought this was a pretty descent closing picture for the afternoon! A UP coal empty wraps around the curve at the west end of Crescent in the face of an oncoming storm.
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