OPPOSITE: BNSF SD70MAC No. 8904 pokes its nose into the small, quiet community of Louviers just south of Denver on the Joint Line. Until 1971 the DuPont Chemical company manufactured dynamite and other explosives here. OPPOSITE BOTTOM: A northbound be- side Route 85 north of Sedalia. ABOVE: Seven engines hustle a coal empty northward out of Sterling, Colo. The ascending grade is magni- fied with a 400mm telephoto.
RS-4-TC No. 4027 is switching near the BNSF main. Another exception is the Commerce
from or close to highways, and virtually any I-76 and I-25 exit can give good ac- cess to the tracks via a crossing or front- age road, making it easy with a good state road map to seek out good photo locations. A notable exception is the remote
county road into Union. About 13 miles west of Sterling on U.S. 6, just before the tracks go under an overpass take CR 6 north for 2.1 miles, then CR 17.7 left to rejoin the tracks for the next seven miles
to Union, where the tracks again leave the road. Continue on CR 17.7 west (following the abandoned UP grade) for six miles to Snyder, then take Colora- do Highway 71 south for 5.5 miles into Brush. One mile east of Hudson on the I-76 frontage road, the Hudson Terminal Railroad car repair facility is off limits to railfans, but you may get an interest- ing photo or two from the frontage road when their Alco S1 No. 646 or Whitcomb
City oil refinery area in the northeast Denver metro area. This area is best reached from I-70 in Denver by taking Exit 275B and Brighton Boulevard north to follow the tracks to the refineries. To follow the Joint Line south from Denver, from I-25 take Exit 207B for CO 85 (Santa Fe Boulevard) south to join the tracks into Castle Rock, where I-25 will take you on down to Pueblo. Access to Palmer Lake is via the Larkspur Exit 173 or Exit 167 at Greenland. Whichever route you choose, Colora-
do’s busy coal corridor puts on quite the show.
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