A single SD70ACe brings up the end of a 7,000-foot MRONY. The train is relatively light, considering its length, and only has four units on the point and this single DPU bringing up the rear end.
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It is a beautiful Thursday for the first official day of Summer (and the longest day of the year) as this eastbound MRONY glides east toward Leyden under partly cloudy skies. The temperature is around 80°F, and the sun is high in the sky.
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Four units lead a long eastbound MRONY toward Leyden on the first day of summer. The train is just over 7,000 feet long and is mostly made up of empties. A nice SD70ACe led the train from Roper in Salt Lake to North Yard in Denver.
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The eastbound MRONY emerges from Barbara's Gulch and rolls along open space in the new neighborhood of Leyden Rocky. The neighborhood did not exist five years ago, but hundreds of new houses have been built since then. If the "Jefferson Parkway" is ever built, it will cross the track in this shot.
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Barbara's Gulch is still quite green in the early days of June as the West Local, with seven covered hoppers in tow, works its way west. All seven covered hoppers will be delivered to Trinity Lightweight, maker of lightweight aggregate.
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A trio of GP40s lead West Local near the east end of Barbara's Gulch. The local has not run in a few weeks and actually has several covered hoppers for delivery today.
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Now that we are in to the summer season, the California Zephyr is back up to nine Superliners. The number of Superliners typically ranges from seven in winter months to nine in summer months as business fluctuates. The train is approaching the 66th Avenue grade crossing in Arvada here.
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On a beautiful June morning, the westbound Zephyr is running about 90 minutes late as it approaches rounds the bend towards the 66th Avenue grade crossing.
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Wow! This was an amazing find in the middle of Colorado. One of Canadian National's 42 C40-8Ws showed up on this eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifests. This is one of the lowest numbered units on the CN roster, and one of very few standard cabs still wandering the rails on Class 1 railroads.
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This BNSF Warbonnet looks to be in very good shape, considering how long its been since a paint job! A lot of Warbonnets these days are referred to as a "Pink Bonnet" because the red has faded so much. This one, fourth on this eastbound, looks good.
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An eastbound BNSF manifest as a colorful consist as it approaches the Simms Street grade crossing in Arvada. The first C44-9W has a bit of a scorched long hood. Fourth in the consist is a BNSF C44-9W in Warbonnet and a Canadian National C40-8.
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An eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest leaves Leyden with five units on the point on a crystal clear morning on the first day of June.
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A few empty well cars on the tail end of a single stacked intermodal train roll away from the camera on the main track at Crescent. The (unusual) train is headed for California.
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Many of the tunnels on the Moffat are not tall enough to support double stack intermodal trains. As a result, it is highly uncommon to find containers running on the Moffat. That said, a single stack intermodal train went west on the Moffat on this day! Well cars with containers roll past some "stick track" at Crescent.
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The Moffat does not get much intermodal action these days...and hasn't in over 15 years now. However, an exception was may on the last day of May as a single stacked container train heads west on the Moffat at Crescent.
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