Photo ID: 104847 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1589 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This scene shows another example of the large amounts of construction. The bridge and track this coal load is on was here five years ago. The other bridges and three tracks were not. Once activated, UP will have two main tracks here, both controlled by CTC (instead of the track warrants the currently control it). The two rails in the background are commuter rail tracks that will be activated in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104846 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just as on the northwest side of Denver, there is a lot of construction going on along the east side as well. Commuter rails are being constructed between Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport. Much of the commuter rail trackage parallels UPs Limon Sub. UP is also adding a second main track for several miles as well as CTC to part of the Limon Sub. Here, a UP coal load heads east on what will become Main 1 once the second main is brought in to service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104845 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed DS 902 (UP Junction) Denver, CO 2128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load approaches UP Junction on the Belt Industrial Lead. With a fresh crew, the train will briefly enter the Greeley Sub before heading east on the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104844 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Ave Hold Signal Denver, CO 2044 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After a fair amount of rain in the last two days, this reflective shot of a westbound manifest was made possible. BNSF has been aggressively buying ES44C4s very aggressively. They have nearly 1000 on their roster now. The ES44C4 only has four powered axles. It is an A1A-A1A unit. BNSF 6550 happens to be one such unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104843 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Ave Hold Signal Denver, CO 1829 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF While waiting for an eastbound coal load to depart Bypass 2, I noticed a westbound BNSF manifest slow rolling by the oil refinery on the Brush Sub. So, I drove along Brighton Blvd and set up for this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104842 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Belt Lead Industrial Tracks Denver, CO 1726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Denver Rock Island While looking around Denver for something to shoot, I stumbled across this Denver Rock Island switcher. The Denver Rock Island is a private short line that switches several industrial parks. They have eight units, including this former Espee SW1500. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104803 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1999 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak I really like this particular shot as I feel that there is a lot of great stuff captured in it. First off, of course, is the fact that Amtrak is still running (for the time being) in 2014! Coors Field, a year away from its 20th birthday, stands on the left side of the shot. 20th Street, which use to leave Denver on a raised viaduct, now descends underneath the tracks. And, of course, there is Denver's skyline in the background! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104802 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Transportation explosion! While it make not be passenger trains in the traditional sense, commuter trains will be coming to Union Station in 2016. The two tracks on the left side of this shot will be for the commuter rail that will run 23 miles east to Denver International Airport. The two tracks on the right side of the shot will run just over 11 miles northwest to Arvada and Wheat Ridge. The two tracks in the middle are for non-commuter trains such as Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104801 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 3055 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A good elevated look at the new Train Hall at Union Station, as well as a lot of the recent Urban development surrounding the station. A four hour late California Zephyr is pulling out of the station on Track 4, ready to head west. Note the private car parked at the tail end of Track 5 to the right of the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104800 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1794 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Here is a shot that is drastically different from what you would have seen a few years earlier! Take a peek at the ninth picture that I added to my website, taken from close to the same perspective back in April 2002! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104799 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1754 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After finishing up our pictures on the platform, my daughter Bella and I hop in the elevator to descend down to the bus platform and head back to the car, parked on Wewatta Street. The Zephyr has not yet gotten clearance to depart from BNSF's 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104798 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak's on train conductor walks the platform toward the rear of the train, making sure all cars ready to depart as an assistant conductor double checks his manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak One of the Zephyr's Sleeping Car attendants looks out towards Union Station, the door shut and ready to depart. Parents with a young child stand by on the platform, ready to watch the Zephyr pull out when they get clearance from BNSF's 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1933 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Over four hours late, the westbound Zephyr is preparing to depart Denver. Denver is a crew change point for Amtrak, meaning a new engineer and head-end conductor hop on for the journey west to Grand Junction (or, in the evening, east to Lincoln, NE on #6). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104795 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2140 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak My daughters have accompanied me trackside since they were babies. I feel very blessed that, at 11 and 8 (almost 12 and 9), they still enjoy hitting the tracks with dad from time to time. In fact, they are even starting to get into photography a bit themselves! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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