Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> Could you be a bit more specific? The original
> cutoff ran from what today is the end end of which
> center siding?


Going from east to west on #3 or #4 track, you will first encounter East Speer, which is a crossover from #3 to #4 and also the connection from #4 to the east leg of the wye, that goes to the line to Denver.

Continuing west on #3 or #4 you will next encounter Center Speer. This is where he west leg of the wye to Denver connects to #4 track. This is also the east end of the center siding, which connects to both #3 and #4 tracks, AND it is where the line from Denver started across the prairie to Borie to connect with #1 and #2 at Borie.

Now, continuing west on #3 or #4, you next get to West Speer, which is where #4 track connects to #3 track, the west end of the center siding is (with access to either #3 or #4, and it's where the connection is today (and has been since 1953-or '54) to the Borie cutoff. As noted, you can still see the old grade from what is now Center Speer to the "old" Borie cutoff.

The cutoff was realigned at the time #3 and #4 were built so it connects at West Speer. To do that, they took up about 1/3 or so of the east end of the "old" Borie cutoff and connected what was left to #3 at West Speer. Trains can come eastbound on the cutoff (or #3) to West Speer and either be lined into #4 track, or the center siding.

Make sense now????