I found an intruder at UP's 36th Street Yard on this particular Sunday! A relatively new BNSF SD70ACe was hanging around on load to UP. Not long after this picture, the unit headed north and then west toward Green River, WY.
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A nice roster shot of a C44-9W leads the HDENLAU. The train is cutting out a bad order car at which time it will proceed north up the Front Range Sub. The second unit is a former ATSF SD75M, now wearing the Heritage 2 scheme.
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A pair of BNSF C44-9Ws and a KCS AC4400CW make up the power on this days Denver to Laurel manifest. On this day, the train got a track warrant from Denver all the way to Boulder. This is rather rare as nearly every train has to at least stop in Broomfield to throw a switch!
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Moving along the lower grade at Broomfield (the mainline), a northbound HDENLAU (Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) manifest makes its way toward Burns Junction.
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On the siding at Broomfield, the crew of this HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) is working to reassemble the train. The train is over 7,000 feet long and does not fit in the siding at Broomfield without cutting Nickel Street. Now that both trains it was meeting have passed, its time to rebuild and head to town.
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October is nearing its end, but there are still some fall colors evident on trees in the area. Case in point are the trees near the Front Range Sub around MP 18. This HDENLAU (Denver, CO to Laurel, MT) is climbing Burke Hill, getting ready to pass underneath the Northwest Parkway.
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A pair of SD40-2s are the current power on the Longmont Turn. Although both units wear the Heritage paint scheme, it is interesting how drastically different the tone of the paint is!
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After stopping at the north end of Broomfield, the conductor from the DENLAU has thrown the switch from the main to the siding. The train has a track warrant all the way to North Yard (in Fort Collins) and it is getting ready to roll in that direction!
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A rare treat on this Denver to Laurel, MT freight as a Canadian National cowl SD60F joins the lead power. Internally, the unit is just an EMD SD60. However, there are no external walkways. You can walk alongside the prime mover inside the shell of the unit to get to the next unit. Canadian National has 86 such units on their roster.
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Nearing the north end of Broomfield, BNSF's Denver to Laurel, MT manifest runs through the siding (on the left) while the Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX manifest hold the main on the right. Note the lead unit on the DENLAU seems to be missing some decals from its nose!
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BNSF's southbound Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX manifest (HPASSAG) had a C44-9W and a Retro-Belle (KCS) SD70ACe for power. Here, the train has stopped just short of Nickel Street on the mainline (in Broomfield) to wait for a northbound manifest on its way out of Denver.
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At Burns Junction (the north end of the Broomfield Siding), sitting on the Lafayette Industrial Lead, was a B40-8 wearing a very nice Heritage I paint scheme. I'm not sure why the unit was there as power for the Buck Local typically comes from Longmont. In the distance, you can see the HPASSAG siting on the mainline waiting for a northbound.
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Waiting for a signal into the yard, BNSF's Lincoln to Denver manifest sits just east of the yard on the Brush mainline. BNSF's Beer Run just got into the yard and will have to enter the OS here at the east end to cut some cars. Hence the reason for the manifest holding here.
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A long shot looking down two of the ready tracks in Denver. BNSF 653 once wore silver and red as it was originally delivered as ATSF 653. Note the back side of Coors Field in the distance, where the Colorado Rockies play during the baseball season.
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Fall colors haven't quite reached their peak at most places in the Denver-Metro area. Still, the colors in the trees here are looking good as the HLAUDEN has a signal to enter into the yard and pass underneath I-76.
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