Photo ID: 103627 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 537 (Sand Creek) Commerce City, CO 2589 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver, CO to Edgemont, SD manifest is approaching the diamond at Sand Creek with some really nice power on the point. BNSF's Brush Sub (the track the train is on) and UP's Greeley Sub) track in the foreground) intersect here. On days when the California Zephyr detours through Wyoming, it arrives in Denver in mornings on the Brush Sub heading left (in this shot) and the departs Denver on the Greeley Sub heading right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103626 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 537 Commerce City, CO 2152 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A freshly painted BNSF SD40-2 (in the New Image Scheme) sits at the Suncor Refinery in Commerce City. After a few mainline trains get through, the crew will request to come out on the main and pickup some tank cars to take back to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103624 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 (CP W005 - Sand Creek) Commerce City, CO 2092 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's daily Green River, WY to Denver, CO manifest is coming up on a diverging approach signal at the diamond at Sand Creek. On this particular afternoon, the train is being led by a pair of SD70Ms. The leader is a Phase 3 SD70M and the second is a Phase 1 SD70M. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103623 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Commerce City, CO 2215 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound coal load approaches the east end of BNSF's 31st Street Yard in Denver. While some coal trains stop in the yard for a crew change, this coal load is going to be taken south to the Lodo Siding (near Kalamath Street) to be tied down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103495 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Commerce City, CO 1822 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After summer showers threaten to move in from west as a BNSF coal load heads south on the Brush Sub toward the diamond at Sand Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103494 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 534 Commerce City, CO 2240 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Ahh, how times have changed! There was a time not long ago when you could count on seeing GE units putting on a great show, kicking up a ton of thick black smoke. Well, here we see a coal load doing just that. But it is the SD70ACe that is spitting out the black stuff! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103208 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 12, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Commerce City, CO 1960 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Running two hours late, an extremely dirty AMTK 95 leads the westbound California Zephyr into Denver. On this day, the Zephyr is running with only seven Superliners instead of eight, as demand is often down some in the winter months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103186 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 Commerce City, CO 2103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Highball Sand Creek Junction! This UP manifest has a clear signal on the outbound track just north of 36th Street. The Denver skyline is just barely visible through the low clouds in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Commerce City, CO 2627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This is a shot that I've been wanting to get now for a couple of year and I was really happy that if worked out this year. The Frontier Days Special approaches Sand Creek where the UP Greeley Sub crosses over the BNSF Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102997 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Commerce City, CO 1813 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This is just about as brand new as you can get! This coal load consisted of unit aluminum hoppers built in April 2009. The hoppers boast a "Rapid Discharge" system. Appears that a single door that spans the base of the hopper opens, allow the coal to be quickly dropped out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102996 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Commerce City, CO 1850 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Just outside of BNSF's 31st Street Yard, an empty unit auto rack train slowly approaches a lunar signal to enter the yard. The train would ultimately head for Rennicks and the Front Range Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102985 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 (CP W006) Commerce City, CO 2180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Talk about a serious passenger train! The Ringling Brothers circus train is just shy of a mile in length. The train carries all the performers, all the animals and all the equipment for the show from city to city. Here, the train is just passing through Denver as it runs from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas, NV (via Cheyenne and Salt Lake City). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102983 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Commerce City, CO 1988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Two Union Pacific units lead up the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Red Circus train near the east end of the Belt Industrial Lead. The crew quarters are up front on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102942 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 (CP W006) Commerce City, CO 2112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just north of the Adams Hold signal, UP 4791 has a windmill blade train rolling. The Denver skyline is a bit obscured by a rather humid day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102779 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Commerce City, CO 1833 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Gotta love the plow-totally-covered-in-snow shot! A pair of ES44AC's lead up a coal load. Not long ago, this train would have almost certainly been led by a pair of SD70MACs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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