7th Street Diesel Facility

The beginnings of my Colorado & Southern diesel facilities at Seventh Street, Denver Colorado circa 1968. (still under construction)

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Looking south, away from the roundhouse.
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Looking south, away from the roundhouse.

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Colorado & Southern SD-7 returning to service to await it's next assignment.
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Colorado & Southern SD-7 returning to service to await it's next assignment.

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Experimental...intended to be depiction of the Joint Line rails in the foothills south of Pueblo.
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Experimental...intended to be depiction of the Joint Line rails in the foothills south of Pueblo.

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A view from underneath the overpass.
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A view from underneath the overpass.

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This is the original configuration for the diesel serving facility.
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This is the original configuration for the diesel serving facility.

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These Texas Zephyr E-5s are resin shells on LL mechanisms. A gentleman connected with the BRHS makes these and they're amazing little gems. I still need to do some work on them...hand grabs, windows, wipers, etc., but I'm very happy with the way they are starting to turn out.
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These Texas Zephyr E-5s are resin shells on LL mechanisms. A gentleman connected with the BRHS makes these and they're amazing little gems. I still need to do some work on them...hand grabs, windows, wipers, etc., but I'm very happy with the way they are starting to turn out.

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This set of modules is ment to represent an area south of Littleton and what is now called "Big Lift". It's a part of the Joint Line just west of Daniels Park. Santa Fe drive would be to left side of the module.
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This set of modules is ment to represent an area south of Littleton and what is now called "Big Lift". It's a part of the Joint Line just west of Daniels Park. Santa Fe drive would be to left side of the module.

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This is an older photo. Just trying to rough in the location of the towers.
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This is an older photo. Just trying to rough in the location of the towers.

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This steam ear sanding tower survived in service well into the 1970's.
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This steam ear sanding tower survived in service well into the 1970's.

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Roughing in the turntable and roundhouse.
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Roughing in the turntable and roundhouse.

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The TT bridge at the Colorado & Southern's Denver facility was dual gauge and measured in at right at 100'. Peco's TT and bridge are approximately ninety scale feet, so it's not an exact match, but this is pretty close; all of the others scale out to 120' or more.
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The TT bridge at the Colorado & Southern's Denver facility was dual gauge and measured in at right at 100'. Peco's TT and bridge are approximately ninety scale feet, so it's not an exact match, but this is pretty close; all of the others scale out to 120' or more.

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The CB&Q had several TT bridges that looked very similar to this. This is my version made from a peco base and built with Central Valley bridge girders and card stock.
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The CB&Q had several TT bridges that looked very similar to this. This is my version made from a peco base and built with Central Valley bridge girders and card stock.

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This was my first real attempt at a cottonwood tree.
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This was my first real attempt at a cottonwood tree.

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Roughing in a new overpass. Seen from the yard side.
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Roughing in a new overpass. Seen from the yard side.

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The "Ready" track at Rice Yard.
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The "Ready" track at Rice Yard.

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30 Mar 2012
Mile High Stadium seen through the cottonwoods.
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Mile High Stadium seen through the cottonwoods.

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Still working with placement of overpass.
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Still working with placement of overpass.

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New backdrop and better lighting.
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New backdrop and better lighting.

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A Concrete Sand Drying Tower in the background remained a part of the yard until the mid 80's when it and the remainder of the yard were disassembled to make way for the Elitch Gardens amusement park along the Platte River.
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A Concrete Sand Drying Tower in the background remained a part of the yard until the mid 80's when it and the remainder of the yard were disassembled to make way for the Elitch Gardens amusement park along the Platte River.

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C&S 825 as she looked in the spring of 1969, just one year prior to the merger of Hill lines into the Burlington Northern.
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C&S 825 as she looked in the spring of 1969, just one year prior to the merger of Hill lines into the Burlington Northern.

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09 Sep 2010
Colorado & Southern 812. One of ten SD 7's purchased by the C&S in the 1950's. She survived the merger to become BN 6072, but was scraped in the early 80's. These SD7's were built with steam generators and sometimes aided in passenger service.
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Colorado & Southern 812. One of ten SD 7's purchased by the C&S in the 1950's. She survived the merger to become BN 6072, but was scraped in the early 80's. These SD7's were built with steam generators and sometimes aided in passenger service.

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SW1200 C&S 160 moves through Rice Yard with a caboose to complete a train departing southbound towards Colorado Springs and then Pueblo where there will be a crew change. Santa Fe crews frequently ran the southbound freights along the jointline. AT&SF trains could be seen with C&S cabooses and C&S/FW&D diesels could at times be seen with a Santa Fe caboose trailing at the end of a train.
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SW1200 C&S 160 moves through Rice Yard with a caboose to complete a train departing southbound towards Colorado Springs and then Pueblo where there will be a crew change. Santa Fe crews frequently ran the southbound freights along the jointline. AT&SF trains could be seen with C&S cabooses and C&S/FW&D diesels could at times be seen with a Santa Fe caboose trailing at the end of a train.

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