Photo ID: 105396 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1777 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Thanks to a tip I received the night before, I was aware that an unpatched Espee AC4400CW was leading a coal train down the Moffat. Finding an unpatched Espee unit is rare enough in 2015, let alone finding one on the point! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105397 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Leaves of a tree frame this shot of an early morning eastbound coal load approaching the grade crossing at Simms Street in Arvada. This is the Valmont coal train. It is headed for the Valmont power plant in Boulder, CO. It is one of the coal trains that regularly loads at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. If Valmont goes to all natural gas (which they are pushing for in 2017 or 2018), it'll be another coal train taken off the Moffat! Another thing that probably won't be on the Moffat in 2017 is SP 352! One of the last-remaining unpatched Espee units. Not bad, considering it has been almost 19 years since Espee ceased to exist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105398 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific Despite the funky shadowing, I couldn't pass up posting a roster shot of SP 352! The nose is badly faded, the frame stripe and battery box door are yellow, and the fuel tank has lord only knows what all over it...but it is still an unpatched Espee unit! As of this picture, this is one of only 10 remaining unpatched Espee AC4400CWs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105399 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On my lunch break, I ran up to Broomfield to see what progress was being made on the siding extension to the north. As you can see here, a gang is working at the (new) north end of the siding. Rumor has it a track gang is showing up to get to work on laying track. That makes sense as I saw two track tempers being unloaded from a flat bed truck as I was leaving to head back to the office. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.