Photo ID: 108766 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Just outside of the lower (south) yard at Coors, there is a grain elevator which, to the best of my knowledge, is not in operation. The Sunday afternoon Beer Run crosses over Clear Creek as it makes creeps west. It will soon stop to align a derail and a few switches before entering yard track 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107780 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF This scene might look mighty dangerous at first glance, but in reality it is not. The Golden Switch is making a reverse move (away from the grade crossing) to spot a string of cars. The train just clear the crossing and the conductor waves cars across. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107779 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1034 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF The Golden Switch pulls in to the upper yard in Golden with a string of cars. Once the train clears the grade crossing, the train will make a reverse move to spot the cars on another track. In another week, shots of the switch at the end of the day will likely not be possible as the sun will already be set with the end of Daylight Savings Time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107778 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Generally speaking, the Golden Switch typically has a pair of six-axle units as it does its work throughout the day. However, on this particular Thursday, the switch has a GP39-2 along with an SD40-2. The train is crossing 44th Avenue (which will turn in to 10th Street a few blocks to the east) in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107777 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Reaching the end of their work day, a BNSF crew is about to wrap up their day as the Golden Switch gets ready to enter the upper yard in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107683 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Rio Grande Four cranes from Hulcher Services have the nearly 200-ton Tunnel Motor suspended above 44th Avenue and are slowly rolling west toward the Colorado Railroad Museum. The cranes will stop at a bridge that runs over an irrigation ditch just ahead. There, panel track has been laid down the middle of 44th Avenue. The cranes will place DRGW 5401 on the panel track and it will be rolled across the bridge. The cranes will then cross the bridge and continue carrying the unit to the museum. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107682 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1333 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Rio Grande DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) has been lifted clear of the rails and is now starting to roll west on 44th Avenue toward the Colorado Railroad Museum entrance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107681 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Four cranes from Hulcher Services lift DRGW 5401 off the rails at the 44th Avenue grade crossing and prepare to roll west on the road, taking the nearly 200-ton unit with them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107680 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF, Rio Grande BNSF 1826 has cut away from DRGW 5401 at the grade crossing at 44th Avenue. Crews had the road closed, so this was as close as it was possible to get from the east end. Four cranes from Hulcher Services prepare to lift DRGW 5401 off the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107679 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD40-2s is escorting DRGW 5401 toward the Colorado Railroad Museum. Its trip on BNSF rails has been a short one...just over a mile...as the power will approach a grade crossing at 44th Avenue just around the bend ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107678 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Unfortunately, no SD40T-2s are still on the roster of any Class 1 railroad in 2018. However, it is nice to see SD40-2s going through multiple rebuild (and repaint) programs. BNSF 1665 is a good example, sporting a very fresh paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107677 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1493 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Rio Grande, BNSF Great seeing Rio Grande fly letters on the side of an SD40T-2 in 2018. Sure, DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) is not operating under its own power, but with an SD40-2 on either side of it, it was not too hard to imagine! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107676 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1752 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Rio Grande DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) was the last unpatched Rio Grande Tunnel Motor to lead a train on the Moffat! In 2004, it led a work train from Phippsburg, CO to North Yard. It was also one of the last four Tunnel Motors to depart Helper, UT. Fitting that its brother (DRGW 5371, also one of the last four) was preserved and now live in Ogden, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107675 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF, Rio Grande Not a sight you see every day! A Rio Grande SD40T-2 on BNSF rails in Golden, CO. BNSF is moving DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) from the Coors Brewery to the Colorado Railroad Museum, just a few miles away. Note the "M" on the mountain in the distance, representing the Colorado School of Mines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107674 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 1241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF, Rio Grande SD40-2s BNSF 1826 and BNSF 1665 escort a cousin Dash-2, DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) east near milepost 14.5 of BNSF's Golden Sub. DRGW 5401 has been stored on Coors property for the past eight years, waiting for the Colorado Railroad Museum to work out a space for it. The unit had been stored next to the building almost directly above the cab of BNSF 1826. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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