Photo ID: 109323 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF In the early morning hours of June 16, a BNSF local working at the Suncor oil refinery derailed about a dozen empty tank cars on a yard track a little bit off from the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A dozen or so tank car, that fortunately were empty, derailed at the Suncor oil refinery. The track they are on stopped prior to the grade crossing, which has been out of service for years. Appears the cars may have rolled down the track for some unknown reason. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109325 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 362 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A shot looking down the yard track where a dozen or so (empty) tank cars derailed and fell on their sides. The track on the far right is the main, and fortunately was entirely unaffected by the derailment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109326 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (UP Jct) Denver, CO 248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific At the far east end of the Belt Industrial Lead, an empty UP oil train passes through some flood water that have submerged the ties and rail head at UP Junction. The train is passing underneath BNSF's Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109327 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (UP Jct) Denver, CO 249 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific This westbound UP oil train just came off the Limon Sub and is passing through UP Junction on the Belt Industrial Lead. The train passes underneath BNSF's Brush Sub and Brighton Blvd on its way for Bypass 1. At C&S Junction, the train will tie down and await a fresh crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak A three hour late westbound Zephyr slowly rolls by the site of a (relatively) minor derailment at the Suncor oil refinery. A dozen or so empty tank cars went down the wrong track and derailed. Fortunately, it sounds as though there were no injuries. The derailment was quite a little ways away from the main, so the Zephyr had no problem getting through the site. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Sand Creek Denver, CO 273 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak After passing mine a derailment near the Suncor oil refinery, the westbound Zephyr crosses over the west end of UP's Belt Industrial Lead at UP Junction, paralleling Brighton Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109330 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound empty oil train has stopped to tie down on Bypass 1 at C&S Junction. The train will wait for a fresh crew to take the train west on the Moffat for loading at Wash, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A heavy northbound sand train slowly approaches the Sheridan Blvd underpass in Westminster. The Heritage 2 scheme is becoming less and less common on BNSF, but there are still quite a few units sporting the scheme. Mainly C44-9Ws, such as BNSF 5290. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109332 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this northbound loaded sand train on the Front Range Sub. The train has a track warrant as far as MP 25 in Boulder. When in reaches there, the dispatcher told the crew he should be able to get them another warrant to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109333 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal train sits in the siding at Leyden, awaiting the westbound Zephyr to show up. This coal train is rather unusual though in that it is empty! When coal trains do (and did) run on the Moffat, typically eastbounds are loaded, after loading at a mine in the Rockies. BNSF has a contract with a customer that wants Powder River Basin coal, so the train is headed east empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109334 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A three hour late Zephyr is doing its best to make up time as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden, crossing over 80th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109335 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Highball Leyden! the standard pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and seven Superliners west through the east switch of Leyden as the way west. The Zephyr lost nearly three hours between Omaha and Lincoln last night, so it is doing its best to make up some time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109336 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr meets an eastbound BNSF coal empty at Leyden. It seems somewhat ironic that Union Pacific owns the tracks here (and handles the dispatching), yet neither train pictures is UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109337 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at Leyden, the dispatcher got the switch thrown and an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) set up for this BNSF coal train very quickly. Here, the eastbound is approaching said signal, ready to roll back out on to the main track. 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