The evening prior to this shot, I got a shot of a Provo-Lincoln here at Leyden. The crew that brought that train in last night stayed the night in a hotel and is now taking this Denver-Provo back west today. The train is taking the siding for a meet with an eastbound coal load that is currently at Plain.
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The original Heritage paint scheme is becoming less common, so it always seems appropriate to grab a quick roster shot when possible. The paint still looks great on BNSF 1119, third unit out on BNSF's Denver-Provo on this first day of February.
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A slightly different view between Leyden and Rocky as we are west of the intermediate at MP 14.5. If you look closely, you'll note that the entire train is visible, with the tail end DPU just to the left of the lead unit in the distance.
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Even though this coal load only has 91 cars, it had four mid-train swing helpers! Interesting that they just happen to be set up elephant style!
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A single SD70ACe brings up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. the train is passing by a grove of thistle plants...well, if grove is the right term. A whole lot of thistle! On the opposite side of the tracks is the neighborhood of Leyden Rock.
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Potpourri Power! This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo has a Heritage 2 C44-9W, a New Image ES44DC, and a Heritage C44-9W. The train is just west of Leyden, approaching a clear intermediate at MP 14.5.
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There is a short section of Barbara's Gulch that is viewable from CO-72. A westbound Denver-Provo is making its way west through the gulch here, running on clear signals. All the houses on the other side of the tracks are part of the relatively new neighborhood of Leyden Rock.
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After meeting its counterpart at Cliff, this eastbound Provo-Lincoln is out of Leyden. The five GEs on the point are setup elephant style for the trip east.
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Quite a variety of power on this eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest. The second unit is a (fairly new) ET44C4. The third and fourth units are CREX ES44ACs. BNSF leased a lot of these CREX units back in 2015 as there was a boom in traffic and a shortage of power. These units are now far less common to come across.
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These CitiRail ES44ACs were fairly common to see a few years ago when BNSF was experiencing some power shortages. They don't show up too often anymore, so it was pretty great catching two of them on the Provo-Lincoln.
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