Photo ID: 105447 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MNYRO charges west on a clear signal at east Leyden. UP has changed the call time for this train over the years, and it seems like they may be going with an early morning call time again. That suits me just fine, as it gives me an opportunity to get a shot before work. Note the MP15N in the consist which will likely be set out in Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105448 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This MP15N is headed west on the MNYRO. I'd guess that it will be set out in Grand Junction. Whether for storage or for active switching service, I'm not sure. There are a lot of older switch engines being stored in Grand Junction, but UP did rebuild this unit (MP15AC to an MP15N), so I'm not sure if they'd then put it in storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105449 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1549 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Why'd I include a roster shot of yet another typical UP GE unit? I think that these days, it is somewhat common for railfans to identify power by its paint scheme! UP units with flags and wings tend to be newer. Same with BNSF units with the "New Image" scheme. However, if you take a second look, you'll notice this is an AC4400CW that recently received a fresh paint job. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105450 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1689 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This shot looks south from Brainard Drive at the 3,000 foot extension of the Broomfield siding to the north. As you can see, track and ties have been laid and the siding is now waiting on some ballast. Also visible, in the distance, is a northbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin. It is waiting on a southbound currently in Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105451 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1764 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF DPUs on a northbound coal empty sit not far from the 120th Avenue grade crossing near the south end of Broomfield. This coal train had to split the crossing at Nickel Street as the crew that brought it out of Denver tied it down here at Broomfield. A new crew is now on and will be putting the track back to together soon. This is a process that will soon not be necessary once Broomfield Siding has shifted north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105452 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1930 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A Warbonnet in absolutely fantastic shape leads BNSF's HLAUDEN (High Priority Manifest, Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) south at the north switch of Broomfield. Long's Peak stands tall in the distance and a Power River Basin coal empty waits patiently in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105453 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of Dash-9s, the leader being this great looking Warbonnet, lead a southbound manifest on the main at Broomfield. The train has a track warrant all the way in to Denver. Warbonnets that were delivered to BNSF are, in general, in better shape than those delivered to Santa Fe (as the BNSF units are newer). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105454 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1781 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Has there ever been a better looking paint scheme on an engine? Many people will tell you no and I'm not sure I would disagree with them. Other than my life long love for Rio Grande, it is hard to find a better looking scheme than the silver and red! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105455 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing A trio of Helm Leasing geeps traverse the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead just west of the location of where Rocky Flats once stood. This is the West Local and it is headed for the aggregate company at the end of the 4-mile-long spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105456 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1640 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local is passing by the wye at Rocky Flats. The light power is approaching the grade crossing that once led to the Rocky Flats plant. If you look, you can see part of a cattle guard in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105457 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead perhaps looks a little worse for the wear! Lots of rain in 2015 has led to lots of growth. The West Local (currently just light power) progresses north toward the north end of the spur where they will pick up a handful of covered hoppers from the only customer remaining for the West Local to serve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105458 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing There was a time in the not-too-distance past that you would have found Rio Grande geeps running on the West Local. Those days are gone now, however, as is evident in this picture. Not even UP units are being used on the West Local right now, as a trio of geeps leased from "Helm Leasing" head north on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1888 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slowly descends down a fairly steep grade at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The brakeman is standing by to guide the train as it will pick up hoppers from Texas Industries Inc., an aggregate company. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slows in preparation for hooking on to a trio of covered hoppers, loaded with aggregate by Texas Industries Inc. Note that the second hopper is of Chicago Northwestern heritage. For several months, the West Local was not running. Apparently, flood waters had caused some damage along the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Texas Industries thought UP should repair the track and UP thought Texas Industries should. Consequently, the local stopped running and, during that time, Texas Industries trucked their aggregate to Loveland and loaded it on BNSF. It appears that the tracks on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead has been repaired (although I have no clue by whom) and this is the third week the local has run since restarting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105461 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CREX A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest sits on Main 1 just east of Arvada. The crew went on duty at 11am, but the train didn't leave Denver until 4:30pm. Now, due to a fair amount of traffic on the Moffat, the train is holding. Here it will wait for the eastbound West Local, which was east of Leyden as of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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