Photo ID: 105401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1485 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a beautiful Sunday morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest descended the Moffat with a great looking BNSF Warbonnet on the point. Most of the Dash-9 Warbonnets are in the 600-700 series. However, roughly 20 wound up in the 4700 series (4700-4719). If you noticed only one ditch light lit up, that isn't because they are oscillating...the light on the left is burned out. The train is taking the siding to meet a (slightly late) California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105402 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 1365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An hour-late California Zephyr has clear signals as it approaches the grade crossing at 72nd Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105403 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lowell Blvd Denver, CO 1427 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting Amtrak at Leyden, DS-86 set up this BNSF manifest with a clear shot the rest of the way in to Denver. The train is on Main 2 and approaching a clear signal at C&S Junction. Although it will remain on the same physical train at C&S, it will switch from Main 2 to Main 3 and continue down to Prospect Jct where it will return to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105404 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1767 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF SD70ACe and a KCS ES44AC lead a westbound coal load down the main just outside BNSF's Denver Yard. BNSF is sinking some money in the east end of the yard in 2015. The tracks called "Coal 1" and "Coal 2" (where westbound coal train will typically stop to recrew) are being extended. They will be long enough to support 140-car trains when construction is complete. As part of the construction, a new signal bridge has been installed! The signal on the left will be for the main and the other two signals for Coal 1 and Coal 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105405 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF A new signal that is not yet active as been installed at the east end of BNSF's Denver Yard. This signal, once put in service, will dictate train movement into the yard from the main track (or just continuing down the main track). I wasn't thrilled with the lighting in this shot, but decided it was worth it with the KCS Retro-Belle in the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1867 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF DPUs on a westbound coal load pass underneath a brand new signal bridge on the east edge of BNSF's Denver yard. The train is running on a new track just put in this year (2015) as part of a project to increase the length of BNSF's coal tracks. Another new track will be laid (to the left of these two in the shot) later this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cherokee Power Plant Denver, CO 1520 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This scene can only be duplicated for another two years or so from the time of this picture. UP power is working on assembling the "Public Service" coal train. One remaining generator at Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station in Denver is powered by coal. Two others have already been shut down and replaced by natural gas. The final generator powered by coal will make the switch to natural gas by 2017, according to Xcel. Once that happens, the Cherokee Plant will no longer be a customer of UP, eliminating (roughly) 6-8 coal trains (that counts loads and empties) from the Moffat per week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1800 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CITX A colorful trio of (classic) power sits near BNSF's Engine House. This includes a blue SD60 leasor, a blue and yellow GP60 (recently renumbered to 166 to make room for newer power in the roster), and a cascade green SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1488 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Until recently, BNSF's GP60s were in the 8700 number range. They were moved in to the 159 number range in order to make room for new power. This new number range puts the GP60s adjacent to the (originally Warbonnet) GP60Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The car on the left is part of a larger machine used in washing ballast. Not entirely sure why this piece was sitting near BNSF's Engine House. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1529 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is definitely a very interesting lashup of power. This train just came in off the Brush Sub with a pair of GP39Ms (rebuilt from GP35s) and a pair of CSX AC4400CWs. The cars were dropped in the yard and the power is now headed for the House for fuel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105412 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX It isn't every day that CSX units make an appearance in Denver! On this particularly day, however, a pair of them came in with a train off the Brush Sub. Both units have AC traction motors, as indicated by the lightning bolt beneath the number on the cab. CSX only adds this lightning bolts to AC units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105413 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX Came across this pair of CSX AC4400CWs on a warm August morning. I like the shot as it nicely compares two CSX paint scheme. The gray scheme on the right had been the norm for many years. More recently, the "Dark Future" scheme - dominated by blue - came out as is now the standard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105414 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An ES44DC and a (very clean) C44-9W are the sol power for today's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight. This train departs Denver daily and runs on the Front Range Sub for the 600-ish mile journey to Montana. Laurel send a counterpart train to Denver each day as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105415 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of GE B-units arrive at the siding of Broomfield, headed south. These units ran light out of Longmont in order to switch some along the Front Range Sub. The light power is headed to the south end of the siding where they will wait for two northbounds. This B40-8W was delivered new to Santa Fe in October of 1990. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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