The conductor of this northbound manifest works to throw the switch from the main to the siding so this manifest can continue north. The dispatcher gave them a "Box 13" that will allow them to leave the switch reversed.
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A northbound manifest stops at the north end of Broomfield in order to throw the switch. However, before that can happen, the conductor must use a broom to sweep the snow out of the switch points so the switch can be successfully thrown.
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A northbound manifest rolls through the siding at Broomfield amidst a February blizzard. In the distance, you might be able to just see the tail end of the southbound that they met on the main. The northbound already has a warrant to continue north, but they will first have to throw the switch at the north end of the siding.
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A trio of EMD power (SD70ACe, SD70MAC, SD70ACe) leads this westbound loaded sand train past the old Mesa Oil plant located between Leyden and Rocky.
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It seems that oil traffic is picking up a bit in Utah lately. BNSF has sent several loaded sand trains (for fracking) west and several loaded oil trains have rolled east. Another sand train went west on this day, headed for Wellington, UT.
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A loaded BNSF sand train approaches the grade crossing at 80th Avenue and a clear signal at the east switch of Leyden.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A KCS unit showing up on the Moffat does not happen every day. And, even less common is two KCS units! But two just happened to be added as DPUs on the tail end of this Provo-Lincoln as it heads east out of Leyden.
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A few days earlier, BNSF snuck a westbound (empty) oil train over the Moffat during the night. It had a pair of Kansas City Southern Belle's for power! Turns out that power was added as DPUs to the Provo-Lincoln yesterday! Just happened to catch the SD70ACe and ES44AC as they rolled past the long-abandoned depot at Leyden.
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