After meeting a coal empty and the HDENGAL (Denver to Galesburg, IL) manifest, it is this coal loads turn to pull out of the siding at Irondale and head into town. Once in Denver, the crew on this train will be relieved and another crew will take it south on the Joint Line.
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For several weeks, this New Image SW1500 was working out of BNSF's 31st Street on various switch jobs. Looks like its time in Denver is up as the switcher was the third unit (and DIC - Dead In Consist), headed for Galesburg, IL.
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BNSF's eastbound Denver to Galesburg, IL manifest knocks know an Approach (yellow) signal at the west end of Irondale. The train, led by KCS SD70ACe 4008, is hot on the tail of a coal empty.
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Approaching the west switch of Irondale, KCS 4008 leads BNSF's Denver to Galesburg, IL (HDENGAL1-15A) out of town with a sizable train! KCS 4008 came off the Moffat the day before on BNSF's Stockton to Denver trackage rights train. That third unit out is actually a DIC SW1500 in BNSF's New Image paint scheme.
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Along CO-2 in Commerce City (just south of 72nd Avenue), BNSF's Roggen Local switches industries at Ladora. When the local asked the dispatcher how much time they had on the main to perform their switching moves, the response was "there won't be anything but you and wind out there for several hours."
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Just north of Sand Creek on BNSF's Brush Subdivision, the Roggen Local gets permission to come out on the mainline after sitting for about two hours waiting for other trains to clear.
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DAIR 2801, a former Denver and Rio Grande Western SD45, sits along Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision between 36th Street Yard and Hazeltine.
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Amtrak 5 is running about 20 minutes late as it clips along at 40 MPH on BNSF's Brush Sub just east of Denver. Even though it is only 7:35am, it is already over 70 degrees out…its going to be a warm day!
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The northbound MNYNP (North Yard to North Platte) manifest is running north on UP's Greeley Subdivision near MP 7.
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