Photo ID: 109402 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 301 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF The Suncor Oil Refinery in Commerce City was built around and in between the BNSF Brush Sub and the UP Greeley Sub. A pretty smart way to build it, actually, as it give the refinery access to two railroads for moving product. Of course, when the refinery was built, what is now the BNSF Brush Sub was actually the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q) mainline to Denver from Chicago. Two mergers later (Burlington Northern, and then BNSF), and it is now the BNSF Brush Sub. The UP track, on the other hand, has been UP for all but 10 years of its life. It was originally built by the Denver Pacific Railway in 1870. Ten years later, in 1880, UP bought the Denver Pacific, gaining a direct line to Denver from Cheyenne. In the shot here, a BNSF local sits on the Brush Sub (to the right) while a UP local sits on the Greeley Sub (to the left), both waiting their turn to cross the diamond where the two subdivisions intersect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109401 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A northbound UP local sits patiently on the outbound track at Sand Creek, waiting for its turn to get a light across the diamond at which UP's Greeley Sub and BNSF's Brush Sub cross one another. However, the local will have to wait for four trains before it will get its turn to head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109191 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF A northbound UP local slows to a stop at a red signal at Sand Creek. It's path is currently blocked by a westbound BNSF coal load, crossing over the diamond at Sand Creek on the BNSF Brush Sub, underneath the I-270 overpass. Once the coal load clear, the local will still have to wait a bit as a southbound UP manifest switches some cars out at an industry off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 2150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande I couldn't resist a final roster shot of UP 1989 as it departs with UP 844 north toward Cheyenne. It had been five years (and five days) since I last shot it and who knows how long it'll be before it finds its way through town again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106155 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 1918 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A final shot of UP 844 and crew as they depart Denver for the journey north to Cheyenne, passing by the Suncor Oil Refinery in Commerce City. Here's hoping that, post-rebuild, the 8-4-8 will have many excursions in the not-too-distant future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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