A unit tank train sits tied down on Main 3 just south of the Evans Street Light Rail station. Because it is Memorial Day, there are trains tied down at South Denver on Mains 2 and 3, and trains tied down at the intermediate at Evans on Mains 2 and 3!
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I try not to post too many roster shots, but there are certainly exceptions from time to time. BNSF 4000 is the "class unit" for the C44-9W's on the roster, and it is the lowest numbered C44-9W on BNSF's roster.
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From the Evans Street overpass I observed this view of a southbound D-Line Light Rail racing a southbound coal load on Main One on the Joint Line…Okay, maybe it wasn't much of a "race"…
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Two northbound coal trains, both tied down on mains 2 and 3 (from left to right) idle away while a southbound RTD Light Rail arrives at the Evans Street Station.
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A look at the back end of a brand new SD70ACe. This unit arrived on BNSF in Chicago (from London, Ontario where it was assembled by EMD) on April 3, 2006.
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BNSF announced in early 2006 that they would take delivery of 70 new SD70ACe's from EMD during the year. The first 11 units arrived at the beginning of April. BNSF 9376, fresh out of London, Ontario, was one of the 11 units.
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A close look at the cabs of two brand new units. BNSF 5851 was delivered within the last six months and BNSF 9376 came onto the property in early April.
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In the near future, this may well be the site on all BNSF coal trains. On the left, an ES44AC sits on the end of a coal train tied down on Main 2 while an SD70ACe sits on the end of a different coal train tied down on Main 3, both at Evans Street in South Denver. The track in the foreground is the southbound track for the Regional Transportation District (RTD's) Light Rail.
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A new ES44AC sits as the last Distributed Power Unit on the back of a northbound coal empty at Evans Street on Main 2. The train was tied down awaiting a new crew.
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A brand new ES44AC leads a northbound coal train into Denver off the Joint Line near MP 0.5. There is a lot of construction going on in this part of Denver right now!
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Palmer Lake is not quite as high as it usually is, but the east shores of the frozen lake make for a nice foreground for the Denver to Barstow train heading south in the background.
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Spruce marks one of three locations on the Joint Line where ownership of the two main tracks changes between UP and BNSF. BNSF 4479 is just moving down into "the sag" as it changes from BNSF-owned track to UP-owned track on main one.
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Sometime, when you are out on the Joint Line, you can get lucky enough to get a southbound and a northbound in the same shot. Such was the case on this day as BNSF 4479 (on the former ATSF grade; main one) "meets" with a northbound manifest (on the former DRGW grade; main two) just south of Larkspur.
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If you are familiar with the bridge on the southbound track still labeled "Santa Fe" to this day (just south of Larkspur), then you know right where this picture was taken! The covered hopper visible just behind the box car is just coming over that bridge.
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Under hazy thin clounds, BNSF 4479 south makes its way through Castle Rock. Another half mile down the road, and the train will be running parallel to I-25 and its Frontage Road for the next five miles on the way toward Larkspur.
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