At about 2 PM today, the conveyor system went into action. As a result, excavation of the bus box has resumed with a new process. A bulldozer pushes dirt from the floor of the hole to within reach of the big excavator which loads it into a hopper. The hopper feeds it to the first of six conveyors. Each conveyor hands off the dirt to the next until the dirt drops onto a growing pile near the top of the northeast side of the bus box hole.

While progress is steady, it will take quite a while to remove tens of thousands cubic yards of dirt.

For more photos of the new conveyor system, including some close-up shots, please see our Denver Union Station page at JobSiteVistor.com.