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Photo ID: 102662
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 11
Golden, CO
1802
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Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Nearly 12 miles west of Denver, the Beer Run is approach the switch at Terrell Junction on the Golden Sub. At Terrell Junction, trains have the option of going into the lower yard (switch reversed) or the upper yard (switch normal). In this case, the train will be going to the lower yard.
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Photo ID: 102663
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 12
Golden, CO
1760
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Golden (BNSF) BNSF
In order to make it to the lower yard at Coors, train have to cross West 44th Avenue (the same road that the Colorado Railroad Museum is located on!) Trains cross 44th using a stoplight for protection. The stoplight doubles as the stop light at the intersection of 44th and Eldridge.
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Photo ID: 102664
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 13
Golden, CO
1812
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Golden (BNSF) BNSF
Power on the Beer Run seems to be changing a lot lately. BNSF will throw just about anything on there. I've seen everything from SD40-2s to SD70ACes. C44-9Ws to ES44DCs. On this day, an H2 C44-9W and a H1 C44-9W power the train. The two geeps in the back will serve as the Golden Switch power in the coming week.
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Photo ID: 102665
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 13
Golden, CO
1810
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Golden (BNSF) BNSF
This shot can really take you back! A pair of Yellow-Bonnets, a GP39-2 and a GP38, will serve as power for the Golden Switch which runs east out of Golden to switch other industries on the Golden Sub. In 1987 and 1988, these same units could be found on the Joint Line, running some of the hottest trains on the Santa Fe (the QDVLJ and QLJDV from Denver to La Junta and vice versa).
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Photo ID: 102666
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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MP 8
Arvada, CO
1744
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
What happens when the orange paint on a BNSF pumpkin sits out in the sun too long? It fades...and it fades a lot! A great example is the power on BNSF's Denver to Provo trackage rights train. The lead C44-9W is several shades lighter than the trailing two units.
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Photo ID: 102667
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
1767
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
Today, it is ES44ACs and SD70ACes ... 15 years ago, it was SD60Ms! An example was sitting in North Yard on the ready track on this particular afternoon. UP 2463 was delivered in 1992 as UP 6308. In April 2007, this unit got kicked out of the 6300-series to make room for future deliveries.
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Photo ID: 102668
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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31st Street Yard
Denver, CO
1577
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Yard Shots WRIX
This SW1000 comes from Western Rail Leasing. I honestly have no idea where it is headed, but it was sitting all by its lonesome in BNSF's yard.
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Photo ID: 102669
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
1714
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
The sun is sinking in the western sky as the crew for the MDVSI (Denver, CO to Salina, KS) works on untying the brakes.
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Photo ID: 102670
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
1749
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
UP's Denver, CO to Salina, KS manifest is all set to depart Denver. The only thing it is missing is a track warrant! A coal empty is coming in off the Limon Sub and the manifest here has to wait (in spectacular light that only lasted another 90 seconds).
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Photo ID: 102671
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
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MP 10
Arvada, CO
2002
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train
The eastbound Ski Train blazes through the grade crossing at 72nd Avenue at track speed on its trip back to town. While it looks like the intermediate signal at Kipling is red (left side of the shot), it is actually flashing yellow (Advanced Approach). The red is a result of the long exposure to capture the "blur".
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Photo ID: 102672
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan
Location
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MP 10
Arvada, CO
2364
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train
Very little light left in the sky for this shot of the eastbound Ski Train making its way back toward Denver. A few people sit in the back of the Kansas and use the vestibule lights to observe the tracks behind them.
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