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Archive of entries posted on July 2011
Denver Union Station Update #76
No golden spikes, not even a little fanfare for connecting two sets of tracks … at least not yet. I took the following photo at about 4:20 this afternoon (Saturday) as crews were connecting the new light rail tracks with the old tracks near the Millennium Bridge.
Lids are going on new structures. Roof work has started on the Chestnut Pavilion. And a round top was placed on the air intake tube for the bus station.
This next item is a bit off topic, but I thought you might enjoy seeing photos of airplane fuselages being shipped by rail. I took the photo at about 6:30 last evening from my balcony as the train passed by the DUS project.
Next Union Station Tour: August 6
Our next Union Station walking tour will be Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 AM. I’ll post a reminder a day or two before that date. Have a great weekend!
Denver Union Station Update #75
As the world knows by now, the Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line was shut down last Friday. Today, let’s take a look at what has happened since then. I took the following series of photos at about 9:00 this morning.
The tracks at the light rail station are mostly gone.
The tracks that were embedded in the two-block section of 16th Street are completely gone.
The curved tracks that wrapped around the new DaVita Building at the base of the Millennium Bridge are gone.
Tracks from the new light rail station have been extended southward, under the Millennium Bridge, and are en route to meet up with the old tracks next to the DaVita Building.
Today, I uploaded 19 more photos to our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com in addition to the five that I uploaded on Tuesday.
