A relatively short MNYRO approaches the east switch of Leyden on a rather mild last day of winter. The train will take the siding at Leyden to meet an eastbound coal load.
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The MNYRO heads in to the siding at Leyden to meet a morning coal load. Even though it is a bit shorter than normal, the MNYRO still has a single DPU on the tail end.
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A trio of GEs on the point (and one on the back) are more than sufficient to take this manifest on its trip west to Roper, UT. However, it must first wait in the siding at Leyden for an eastbound coal train just leaving Rocky.
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An eastbound coal load is about ten miles away from its crew change in Denver. It is a windy but mild morning for the last day of winter.
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The silver sides of the aluminum gondolas show up really well in the early morning sunlight. If you look really closely, you can notice a string of light power heading west through Clay in the distance!
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It has been a great week or so for me as far as unpatched Espee units go! There are only eleven such unpatched AC4400CWs left on UP's roster. Eight days ago I caught SP 343 on the MNYRO at Leyden. Today, I caught SP 192 as a swing helper on an eastbound coal load.
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This eastbound coal load has the standard compliment of three swing helpers coming off the Moffat. Said swing helpers happen to be elephant style for this particular train. Once arriving on Main 2 in Denver, the swing helpers will be cut out.
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I might be a smidge biased, seeing as how I've lived my entire life in the Denver area, but I think Denver has a great looking skyline! And a great place to observe it is along CO-72 just west of Leyden.
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Once SP 347, UP 6365 is doing its part to push on the tail end of the westbound MNYRO near Chemical, in between Leyden and Rocky.
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A trio of horses are far more interested in the fresh hay than in the westbound Zephyr approaching in the background. After a brief delay for a coal trains (whose crew was running short on time) at Arvada, the Zephyr is only off schedule by about ten minutes.
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I love that you can still find spots in the urban Denver-Metro area to find shots like this! Colorado definitely still has that western feel to it. The horses here were far more interested in me and what I was doing than the westbound Zephyr gliding by at track speed in the background.
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