Photo ID: 109401 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A northbound UP local sits patiently on the outbound track at Sand Creek, waiting for its turn to get a light across the diamond at which UP's Greeley Sub and BNSF's Brush Sub cross one another. However, the local will have to wait for four trains before it will get its turn to head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109402 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF The Suncor Oil Refinery in Commerce City was built around and in between the BNSF Brush Sub and the UP Greeley Sub. A pretty smart way to build it, actually, as it give the refinery access to two railroads for moving product. Of course, when the refinery was built, what is now the BNSF Brush Sub was actually the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q) mainline to Denver from Chicago. Two mergers later (Burlington Northern, and then BNSF), and it is now the BNSF Brush Sub. The UP track, on the other hand, has been UP for all but 10 years of its life. It was originally built by the Denver Pacific Railway in 1870. Ten years later, in 1880, UP bought the Denver Pacific, gaining a direct line to Denver from Cheyenne. In the shot here, a BNSF local sits on the Brush Sub (to the right) while a UP local sits on the Greeley Sub (to the left), both waiting their turn to cross the diamond where the two subdivisions intersect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109403 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A very short southbound UP intermodal train, consisting of two engines and 11 intermodal cars, pulls on to the inbound track at Sand Creek Jct in Commerce City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109404 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound auto and intermodal mixed train crosses Sand Creek on UP's Greeley Sub. The train is crossing the BNSF Brush Sub right underneath (the extremely busy) I-270. The track above the UP power is BNSF's Brush Sub. Above that is a switching lead that BNSF can use to switch cars at the Suncor Oil Refinery. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109405 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak It is exceptionally rare to be able to catch the eastbound Zephyr crossing through the diamond at Sand Creek in this type of lighting. Normally, the Zephyr would come through here around 7:45pm (when on time). However, it is 11:30am and the Zephyr is over 16 hours late due to flooding and an out of service track in Nevada the previous day. Here, the train is crossing over Sand Creek in the highly industrial town of Commerce City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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