Photo ID: 104242 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1896 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific With the UP work zone (Form B) behind, this BNSF Beer Run can continue on to Golden. Here at the Sheridan Blvd overpass, the UP track foreman in charge sits in his truck talking to an eastbound train that will be coming on the Moffat. That train has to get talked past a red board (think stop sign) into the track limits. Why? So the foreman can ensure all the track workers (seen to the right) are in the clear, know about the train, and won't get hit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104241 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1944 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Now this looks pretty good! Cascade green is quickly becoming a thing of the past, but it was nice to see a pair of class SD40-2s. BNSF 1652 has undergone a rebuild as is evident from the air conditioner on the cab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104240 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 2024 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Not long ago, BNSF would frequently use older power on the Beer Run in the form of SD40-2s or something similar. These days, it tends to run with newer power, such as the C44-9W and ES44DC seen here. The SD40-2s will be dropped off in Golden and used on the Golden Switcher (local) in the upcoming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104239 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 2275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Beer Run is offering up a lot of "bell and whistle" as it heads west toward Sheridan Blvd. The BNSF train is moving close to UP track gangs working on the new main track. You can see the future Main 2 (with concrete ties) to the left of the train in the picture. The new (freshly ballasted) Arvada Siding is right next to the BNSF track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104238 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1991 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Beer Train enters the Golden Sub at C&S Junction. The new signals (yet to be activated) that will protect C&S are seen in the foreground. The signal on the right will be for the Golden Sub and the signal on the left will be for Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104236 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 2013 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Until the new main track is actually put in service (expected to be May 2012 at the time of this photo), the new switches at C&S Junction are hand-throw. So, when BNSF's Beer Train comes through, a UP guy on the ground has to manually throw both sides of the crossover (from Main 1 to Main 2), the switch from Main 2 to the Golden Branch and the Derail on the Golden Branch. Here, you can see the Beer Run crossing over from Main 1 to Main 2 and you can also see that the Derail has been properly aligned in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104235 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1738 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Once the new main track is completed between C&S Junction and Arvada, C&S Junction is going to become a long OS. In other words, there is going to be a great distance between the eastbound and westbound signals. The distance between signals will be nearly a half a mile! Here, BNSF's Beer Train departs from Main 3 in the distance as the yet-to-be-activated new signal for Main 1 stands facing the side in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104234 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 2008 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You can't go wrong with the Flat Irons shot from Plainview. An SD70MAC, an SD70ACe and an ES44DC lead BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest down the main at the grade crossing near the east end of the House Track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104233 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 1966 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Coming through Rainbow Cut, this BNSF manifest is the only eastbound currently on the eastern slope of the Moffat and the only train at all between Plain and Denver. Clear signals ahead...at least until Leyden where the train would wait for about an hour due to the Been Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104232 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Arvada, CO 2107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just a reminder of how insignificant trains are when compared to mother nature! BNSF's eastbound trackage rights manifest train (symboled QPVDVJ in UP's system or HPVODEN in BNSF's system) emerges from Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104215 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 24, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Littleton, CO 3040 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Mineral Avenue, this blade train is now in track warrant limits on Main 1 under the watchful eye of UP's DS-86. Another 39 miles to Palmer Lake and single track CTC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104214 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 24, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 2439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After a quick crew change at Fox Junction, the train was stopped for less than 15 minutes! Here, the train is rolling south on Main 2 about two miles south of the yard. In the distance, the tower at Elitch Gardens stands tall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104213 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 24, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 2708 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF At Fox Junction, there is a pedestrian bridge built over the tracks. On my way down off the bridge, this shot through the framework of the bridge caught my eye. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104212 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 24, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 2342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Approaching Fox Junction, this blade train is slowly rolling down BNSF's New North Main at Rennicks. The track to the left of the blade train is UP's main line and the only track visible under CTC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104211 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 24, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 2450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The journey down the Front Range Sub is complete. The blade train is just about to pass the distant signal at the I-76 overpass. The distant signal is in advance of the diamond with the UP Belt Line. With UP's DS-86 clearing the train across the diamond, the distant signal is now showing a green. 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