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Photo ID: 106358
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
1304
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
Apologies for the grainly/low-light shot here. It is nearly a half hour past sunset as this BNSF Denver-Provo manifest heads slowly west at Leyden. The train would have arrived much sooner (and with more light), but it developed engine problems after leaving Denver and creeped up and in to Leyden at 10 MPH. The train will stop ahead between switches to figure out the problem.
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Photo ID: 106359
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
1331
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF
Normally, I wouldn't bother trying to get a shot in such extreme low-light conditions. However, with SD9043MACs all but gone from US railroads, I figured it was worth it! This SD9043MAC went from UP to Indiana Railroad. The shortline received four of these (on lease) from CIT Leasing in July 2016. It was either a very short lease, or Indiana Railroad was not happy with the units. Whatever the reason, Norfolk Southern bought them and, as you can see, patched them. But for now, they are still in Indiana Railroad colors. So this was an interesting catch worth the low-light conditions!
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Photo ID: 106360
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Leyden (7,020ft)
Arvada, CO
1299
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF
It's been awhile since I had seen an SD9043MAC on the Moffat! UP has sold off much of their SD9043MAC fleet in the last few years. In fact, one such SD9043MAC went from UP to CIT Leasing (and Indiana Railroad) and now to Norfolk Southern. It is the third unit on this Denver-Provo at Leyden...light quickly fading.
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