BNSF 8070 somehow wound up with a very unique nose patch. The white stripes were removed and the old BNSF herald was added in their place. On this day, the unit was the second of two SD40-2's switching 38th street in Denver.
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SPSF? Okay, maybe not quite. However, two engines from one possible future sit near each other at the house in BNSF's yard. Ironically, the Espee unit has been patched UP and the Santa Fe unit has been patched BNSF!
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Typically, the BNSF "Beer Run" leaves Golden in the morning to come east into Denver. This was not a typical Sunday, however, as the Beer Run started the day out in Denver. Here, the train passes underneath I-25 as it departs 38th street and heads north.
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When leaving Denver, BNSF's Denver to Laurel train passes through brief pockets of CTC before hitting track warrant territory on the Front Range Sub. This HDENLAU-09 has just passed through one of those territories as it proceeds north on the BNSF New North Main.
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With the Denver skyline as a backdrop, Amtrak 5 passes through Fox Junction on the Main Track heading north towards North Yard. The south end of Rennicks (BNSF's intermodal yard) is on the left.
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Getting into the station early on this morning, Amtrak 5 is preparing to head west out of Union Station.
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I love what a polarizer can do for a picture! With the behind the camera, the blue in the sky is very vibrant! Note that this coal empty has second generation power (CEFX 2802, a former UP SD40-2 and HLCX 5969, a former UP/CNW SD60)…and that's it!
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CSX 50 is stopped at Ulster street, waiting for 36th street to grant permission for this coal empty to pass through the yard. It was quite a treat to find a train with pure CSX power, even if it was only two units!
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Near the yard office in UP's 36th street yard, several different sets of units sit waiting for yard assignments. Among the units is UP 1352, formerly DRGW 3097!
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Up until August 12, 2005, this was DRGW 3109. While it is unfortunately that it now wears a large yellow patch, at least it still has a complete light package! Here, the unit is idling quietly in UP's 36th Street Yard.
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Santa Fe and Canadian National were the only two railroads to purchase SD75I's. Here, one of the CN units sits between two BNSF's Dash-9's in Denver.
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A rare visitor to the Denver area, Illinois Central SD40-2R (without dynamic breaks) 6003 sits near the house in BNSF's yard. Although it appears to be an SD40, it has been rebuilt to dash 2 standards/electronics.
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Sitting tied down just outside 36th street yard on the Greeley Sub, I found this former Espee snoot nose tunnel motor. It is now a leaser unit with the reporting marks GECX 8359.
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A derailment on the triple track main in Nebraska resulted in several trains being rerouted through Colorado. One such train was this unit [empty] auto rack train. In this shot, the train is on the approach to Mesa.
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A roster shot of UP 8861 (ex-SP 8269) in the siding at Sable. This unit was patched by UP almost five years prior to this picture on June 12, 2001.
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