Photo By: Kevin Morgan

This blue building houses a rotary dump. When coal trains powered the power plant here, trains were pulled through this building. One car at a time, the car was secured to the track and the entire car was rotated upside down to dump out the coal. Underground conveyor belts took the coal to the plant. This rotary dump has now been silent for seven years, likely to never be active again, as the power plant is now entirely fueled by natural gas.
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Location Information
City or County and State
Denver, CO

Subdivision
Yard Shots

Milepost or Control Point
Cherokee Power Station




Train Information
Railroad
XCLX
Model
None
Unit Number
None

Symbol
Paint Scheme  




Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
DJI / Mavic 3 Pro [FC4382]
ISO
160
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
70 mm
Shutter
1/1000 seconds
Aperture
f/2.8


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