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Saturday, March 14, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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West of Keensburg
Keensburg, CO
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1494 (Add a Comment)
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Brush (BNSF)
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there is a nice cut about a mile west of Keensburg. It is a great place for getting both eastbounds and westbounds. Case in point is this eastbound manifest, currently in dynamics as it heads down grade. The train is being led by a (recently) highly popular ES44C4. While BNSF management appears to love these units, word is that engineers are not so crazy about them.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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West of Hudson
Hudson, CO
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Brush (BNSF)
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A coal load, led by a great looking SD70MAC (with the original "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway" herald still on the nose) progresses west out of Hudson. If you look carefully in the distance, you can see a train in the siding at Hudson. That is the Hudson Turn, a local which regularly switches out a large industry just northeast of town. This coal load, which is following I-76, will take the siding at Tonville to meet an eastbound manifest.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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Roggen
Roggen, CO
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1571 (Add a Comment)
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Brush (BNSF)
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Piles of new ties line the right of way. BNSF has approved sinking some money in to the Brush Sub in 2015, hence the new ties along the mainline. This westbound coal train load is headed toward Denver. Once there, it will get a new crew before turning south and heading for the Joint Line.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Kevin Morgan
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East Irondale
Commerce City, CO
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1591 (Add a Comment)
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Brush (BNSF)
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An eastbound BNSF manifest sits stopped west of the west switch at Irondale (and 88th Avenue). The train was looking at a red signal at the west end of Irondale. Despite having my scanner turned on, I never did hear why the dispatcher was holding the train west of Irondale. The train was still sitting there after departing to find other action.
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Irondale
Henderson, CO
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1747 (Add a Comment)
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Brush (BNSF)
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Amtrak
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It is rather humid, at least for Colorado, on this Saturday morning as the westbound Zephyr charges toward a green signal at the east end of Irondale. BNSF's ZDENCHI (Z-Train, Denver to Chicago) waits patiently in the siding for the late Zephyr to pass. The Zephyr has nothing but clear signals (and one 25 MPH slow order) standing between it and the station.
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Irondale
Henderson, CO
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Brush (BNSF)
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Amtrak
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Running about two hours late, the westbound Zephyr throttles up after clearing a 60 MPH slow order. The train also just crossed the "Quiet Zone" grade crossing at 104th Avenue, visible in the background. Note the "W" and "QZ" signs track side. The "W" indicating a grade crossing is coming up. the "QZ" indicating it is indeed a Quiet Zone and that no horn is necessary.
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Irondale
Henderson, CO
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Brush (BNSF)
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These days, freight trains do not typically (in general) run on a schedule. However, there are exceptions...at least to some extent! BNSF runs a single Z-Train into and out of Denver. The ZDENCHI and ZCHIDEN consist of COFC and TOFC cars (including UP trailers). The ZDENCHI departs Rennicks Yard each morning usually around 8:30am. If Amtrak is on time, this is usually right after it departs. On this Saturday morning, Amtrak was running late. As a result, the Z-Train is approaching a restricting signal at west Irondale. It will have to wait about 15 minutes for the tardy Zephyr to show up.
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