Photo ID: 103208 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 12, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Commerce City, CO 1933 (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 2077 (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 2596 (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 1785 (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 1820 (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 2150 (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 1961 (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 2085 (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 1805 (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. Photo ID: 102778 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Commerce City, CO 2206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load coming from the Powder River Basin passes the Oil Refinery in Commerce City. The signal in the distance in the hold signal at Riverside. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102550 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 3, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Commerce City, CO 1811 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's daily North Yard to North Platte (MNYNP) manifest is heading north on the Greeley Sub near 96th Avenue. The train is usually a pretty good length and today is no exception! The three units on the point are lead 106 cars on their way to the largest rail yard in the world. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102474 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 532 Commerce City, CO 1921 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Yeah, this shot is a bit grainy, but I needed to add it anyway. My dad was actually on this westbound California Zephyr coming back from a trip to Chicago. It's still 20 minutes to sunrise and the clouds were not helping with the lighting! The train is at Irondale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102399 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 18, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 Commerce City, CO 1667 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's daily North Platte to Denver (MNPDV) heads down the main line on the Greeley Sub just north of the "Adams Hold" signal. This picture was taken along Fairfax Drive near 69th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102121 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Commerce City, CO 1839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The tail end of the westbound California Zephyr is approaching diamond (with UP) at Sand Creek - note the clear signal to the right of amtrak in the distance. The tracks pass right through the middle of the oil refinery in Commerce City. Amtrak here is running about 12 1/2 hours late. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102120 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Commerce City, CO 2288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Severe weather in Iowa and Nebraska had a serious impact on the westbound California Zephyr! Between Osceola, IA and Creston, IA (a distance of 33 miles), the train lost five hours. Between Creston and Fort Morgan, CO, the train lost another six hours. All said, it was over 12 hours late getting into Denver. Here, the train is approaching Sand Creek at 7:15pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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