This westbound coal empty is only going to make it as far west as Arvada for awhile. A tie gang is still working around Leyden, and the eastbound Zephyr is in the picture. The train here is on Main 1. The next track to the right is Main 2. Next over is UP's Arvada Siding. The siding is not CTC-controlled (other than the switch at the west end). It was built to allow coal hoppers to be transferred from UP to BNSF to be taken to the Coors Brewery. The fourth track over is the transfer track from UP to BNSF's Golden Sub, the final track to the right. After Coors switched to natural gas from coal, the transfer track was not really needed anymore, and the Arvada Siding is really only used for temp storage now.
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