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Photo ID: 106391
Date Shot
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Wadsworth Blvd
Westminster, CO
1586
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Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific
Now here is a rare site to behold! Due to a derailment on UP's Greeley Sub, UP talked to BNSF and rerouted the daily ZDVSC up the Front Range Sub to Cheyenne. As far as I know, this is the first time this has ever happened!
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Photo ID: 106392
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Wadsworth Blvd
Westminster, CO
1751
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific
Here is a shot that might make you do a double take! UP power on an intermodal train coming underneath 92nd Avenue on the BNSF Front Range Sub!? Yep! A derailment near Eaton, CO on the Greeley Sub resulted in UP running their daily Z-Train north via BNSF to Cheyenne. Two ES44ACs and two SD70Ms lead up the train on the approach to Wadsworth Blvd.
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Photo ID: 106393
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, January 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Broomfield
Broomfield, CO
1679
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Subdivision
Railroad
Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific
At the north siding switch of Broomfield, a BNSF crew has UP's ZDVSC (Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT) daily intermodal train moving quickly north. Typically, this train departs Denver between 4am and 5am and typically, of course, it runs on UP's Greeley Sub. But a derailment the previous night still had the line closed and UP needed to run the Z-Train. Many railfans were hoping that UP might decide to single-stack the containers and run the train via the Moffat (as the Moffat cannot support double stacks). Or at least run the TOFC cars via the Moffat. Instead, this equally rare shot was produced. BNSF allowed UP to run the Z-Trains on the Front Range Sub between Denver and Cheyenne. This northbound Z-Train would meet the southbound ZLADV at Longs Peak! I was able to get this shot with the last few remnants of light as the sun had already set behind the Rockies.
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