On the west end of BNSF's Golden Sub, a little over 15 miles west of C&S Junction, BNSF 1826 leads the way east on the line toward the grade crossing on 44th Avenue.
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Opportunities to get shots of anything Rio Grande are (obviously) few and far between in 2018! So a change to see the fly letters on the side of a Tunnel Motor on an active track was something I did not want to miss.
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It is an overcast morning as BNSF moves DRGW 5401 off of Coors Brewing property for the last time. Two BNSF crews and BNSF's Train Master were present to oversee the moving of the Tunnel Motor, which has spent the past eight years on Coors property.
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Mr Jim Barton, Vice President at the Colorado Railroad Museum, is in the green vest watching as BNSF moves DRGW 5401. The moving of the Tunnel Motor from its home of the past eight years (at Coors Brewing Company) to the Museum was his project and he is overseeing the move here.
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BNSF crews keeps a close watch on DRGW 5401 as a pair of SD40-2s (one on either end) bring the train up to BNSF rails from the Coors Brewing Company in Golden. DRGW 5401 is making what is most likely its final trip down active rails.
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DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) slowly rolls up and on to BNSF's track near the west end of Coors Brewing Company. BNSF's Train Master (on the ground to the right) watches closely to make sure there are no issues as the Tunnel Motor rolls up and through the switch.
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After spending roughly eight years on the Coors Brewing Company grounds, DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871) is rolling one last time. A pair of BNSF cousins (SD40-2s) bring the Tunnel Motor up to BNSF's track from Coors property.
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After disappearing for about 20 minutes into the west end of Coors yard, BNSF is slowly rolling back to the their track with DRGW 5401 (patched as UP 9871), on the way to the Colorado Railroad Museum.
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BNSF 1665 cuts away from BNSF 1826 and heads down in to Coors yard in Golden. BNSF 1826 will follow in a few minute. The two SD40-2 will couple on to either end of DRGW 5401 to transport it the short distance to the Colorado Railroad Museum.
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A pair of BNSF SD40-2s slowly descend from BNSF's Golden Sub down toward the west end of the Coors yard in order to pick up DRGW 5401 and move it to the Colorado Railroad Museum.
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An SD70MAC and a C44-9W pull the westbound Beer Run toward the grade crossing at 44th Avenue just east of the Colorado Railroad Museum. Once reaching the upper yard in Golden, the train will tie up and the crew will call it a day.
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After cutting off 14 cars in the short siding east of Terrell Jct, two brakeman head back to the lead unit so the train can continue the rest of the way in to the upper yard at Golden.
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The brakeman from the Golden Switch has realigned the derail at the east end of the upper yard in Golden for the derail position. He is about to put the padlock back on before picking up the FRED from the local and tying up at the yard office.
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After spotting a few cars in one of the tracks east of the upper yard in Golden, the engineer on BNSF 1680 has released the independent brake and is starting to throttle up a bit, in order to take the remaining cars in to the yard.
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A pair of SD40-2s shove backward against their train as they work to spot about a half dozen cars in one of the tracks just to the east of the upper yard in Golden, on the other side of 44th Avenue.
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