A pair of BNSF DPUs are about to disappear in to Tunnel 1. If you look in the distance, you can see the head end of the train crossing over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon.
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For decades, coal was the "black commodity" that the Moffat was most know for. Recently, however, oil has replaced coal as the new "black commodity" that is now running far more frequently on the Moffat. Here, a loaded oil train is out of Leyden and is approaching the grade crossing at Simms street.
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BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest glides east down the long straight stretch of track east of Leyden. The train has crossed both 80th Avenue and Simms Street, and is now crossing both Kipling Street and 72nd Avenue.
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The city of Arvada has around 125,000 residents and is zoned almost entirely residential. UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub cuts through the middle of Arvada neighborhoods, paralleling Oberon Road in this particular shot. The Rockies that the train just conquered rise high on the horizon.
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The closest BNSF has come to offering up any type of heritage unit are these ES44ACs. Ten of them sport this special scheme that features the heralds of the railroads that merged to former Burlington Northern, plus the herald for Santa Fe.
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