We had finished the W Line and now would ride the Southwest Line of the Denver Light Rail system. Once our operator switched ends at Auraria West, we started down the Southwest Line, or D Line, which is joined by the Southeast Line which includes the C, E and W Lines at this point.
We left the W line behind and started down the C and E lines.
One of the many crossovers.
We then came to the junction of the D, F and H lines that would be with us now until Interstate 25-Broadway station.
The south end of that connection.
On the way to 10th-Osage station.
10th-Osage station.
The former Denver and Rio Grande Western Burnham shops were located here.
The Auraria carbarn shops.
On the way to Alameda station.
Alameda station.
On the way to Interstate 25-Broadway station, we passed an inbound light rail train.
Interstate 25-Broadway station.
The connection to the E, F, R and H Lines.
BNSF staged a coal train here as we made our way to Evans station.
Evans station.
The Denver Light Rail shops between Evans and Englewood stations.
A BNSF coal train and an inbound light rail train pass as we make our way to Englewood station.
Englewood station.
You can see the skyline of downtown Denver.
Another staged BNSF stack train between Englewood and Oxford-City of Sheridan.
Oxford-City of Sheridan station.
Another staged BNSF coal train.
Our train took the flyover over the BNSF tracks as we continued to Littleton-Downtown station.
On the way to Littleton-Downtown station.
Littleton-Downtown station. The Denver and Rio Grande Western station still stands but has been turned backwards from its original location.
On the way to Littleton-Mineral station.
Arriving at the end of the D Line at Littleton-Mineral, we met an inbound train.
The Littleton-Mineral train.
Our trolley at Littleton-Mineral. Here they gave everyone another photography and bathroom stop.
The tail track to a layover yard south of the station.
Another train for downtown Denver was ready to leave. Our operator announced that if anybody wanted to stay on the car, we would go down to the layover facility. This would be a chance to get very rare mileage on the Denver light rail system, so Elizabeth and I stayed on.
We went down half a mile and stopped.
Another train came in and parked in front of us, causing us not to be able to escape.
DPUs of a BNSF coal train came by while we were on the layover track.
Next a BNSF local came up the Joint Line by us. Once that trolley in front of us cleared and headed to downtown Denver, we were now free to head north. We pulled back to the station and picked up all our passengers then proceeded north.
Our return trip to north of the Interstate 25-Broadway station. Next we would ride the Southeast Line.