Photo ID: 105828 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local crosses 80th Avenue on the approach to the east switch of Leyden. The crew is looking at a yellow (approach) signal and will stopped for a few minutes at the west end to allow a track inspector to clear up off the track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105829 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1434 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I'm guessing the 90 HPT (give or take) is probably sufficient to keep the West Local moving up the grade of the Moffat. The local is actually not headed for the Rocky Spur on this particular Wednesday. It is instead headed for East Portal! The tank car is filled with gas for the backup generator for the Moffat Tunnel's ventilation system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105830 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After getting a few shots of the West Local at East Leyden, a track inspector with track and time briefly stopped the local at West Leyden and gave me enough time to get over to the bridge over Indiana Street. A trio of GP40-2s take a single tank car west. So why so much power for a single car? On other days of the week, this same power is used on the South Local. That local usually has decent tonnage and merits the three units. Rather than break up the units when the West Local runs, it is easier to simply keep them together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105831 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local throttles up a bit to accelerate to track speed as it crosses the grade crossing at Plain. It is exceptionally rare for the West Local to go west of Rocky. On this day, the local is headed to East Portal at the Moffat Tunnel. The tank car is filled with gas for the backup generators used for the ventilation fans in the case of a power failure. Prior to this, it had probably been at least a year since the local was this far west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105832 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1515 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The southern sun offers up a nice silhouette of three GP40-2s just west of Leyden. The trio is the power for the West Local and is returning to Denver from East Portal where they dropped off a single tank car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105833 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Even though GE currently dominates in the modern locomotive market, EMD reigns in classic power. That is something that makes this EMD fan quite happy. Three GP40-2s (ex-DRGW, ex-DRGW, and ex-SSW from left-to-right) head back light toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105834 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Its work for the day complete, the West Local rolls east out of Leyden on the approach to the Simms Street grade crossing. The local made a very rare move on this day, running all the way up to East Portal to drop off a single tank car. The train had no work on the Rocky Spur and, thus, no cars to bring back to town. If you look at the nose on UP 1349, you'll notice round plates on either side of the nose and a rectangle plate in the middle at the top. This is where the unit's class lights and Mars light were once located when the unit was DRGW 3128! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.