Who will reach the grade crossing first? The double stack is pulling in to the clear on the siding as a southbound molten sulfur train (called the "stinky slinky") starts pulling on the main. Both trains are blowing their horns as they approach Nickel Street.
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It would seem that the siding at Broomfield hasn't been used in a day or two! The rail head is completely covered by snow even though there hasn't really been any snow fall in 24 hours.
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It is a bit of a brisk morning out as this BNSF double stack starts pulling north along Church Ranch Lake. The train had been waiting here so as not to block any grade crossing until the southbound they were going to meet reached Broomfield. Now that said southbound had reached Broomfield, it is time to go!
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Winter. It is the time for black and white photos. Heck, with the snow, there isn't much color in the shot to being with, right!? This BNSF train is tied down at Leyden, patiently awaiting a relief crew to take it to town.
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This was a pleasant surprise on the drive home from work! BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest was tied down on the siding at Leyden. With a Warbonnet on the point and a very rare Canadian Pacific unit second out, it was a colorful consist. Notice anything odd about the front of the Warbonnet?
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The Golden Sub only sees four trains per day, on average. When there is a lot of snow falling, that is sufficient time to cover the tracks up! It's up to this train to uncover and find the rails.
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A Saturday Beer Run, with 40 cars of coal headed for Coors in Golden, crosses the Independence Street grade crossing at milepost nine in Arvada. The 15 inches of snow that fell in the last 24 hours is quite apparent!
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This shot at the Sheridan Blvd overpass won't be possible in five to ten years. A new Light Rail bridge will be built over the UP mains right at this spot! In the meantime, however, seven units lead BNSF's HPVODEN (Provo to Denver trackage rights train) toward Denver. They are on what will become Main 1 after the new track project is complete.
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As part of the second main track that UP is (slowly) adding west of C&S, BNSF has to lay the track to reconnect at C&S. Here, you can see a string of ballast cars...and a seas of ballast...sitting, waiting to lay more ballast on the new track.
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A very colorful (and well-powered) BNSF Provo-Denver manifest wraps its way through Little Ten curve near the west switch of Rocky. If nothing else, just having a trio of Warbonnets on the train is pretty dang nice!
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Hooray! A GE unit running the way I remember from my childhood! The second unit in this consist was having some issues and putting out quite a bit of exhaust as this southbound manifest works out of the Littleton Trench.
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This is without a doubt one of those timeless locations you see in rail photography. Railfans have been shooting southbounds coming around this bend since the dawn of the camera, I would image! Nothing too special about this consist...just another BNSF coal train working over the top of the hill.
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Two miles north of Palmer Lake, this southbound coal load is entering "The Sag". It is so-named because of the relatively rapid descent southbounds make. Track ownership changes here and while most of the load is still on BNSF property, the head end is now on UP property!
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This is probably one of the most photogenic spots to shoot a southbound anywhere on the Joint Line. It is around 2 o'clock in the afternoon as this BNSF coal load works hard to climb the remaining seven or so miles to Palmer Lake.
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This is why I love the Joint Line! When you are lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, you can catch a northbound and a southbound in the same frame. In this shot, a southbound coal load is approaching on the left as an empty darts north over to the right.
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