Photo ID: 104247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 1, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton, CO 2085 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The highest priority train on the Greeley Sub has clear signals for the rest of the trip in to town. Here, the train passes underneath the E-470 tollway a few miles north of Hazeltine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104003 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W021 (North Brighton) Brighton, CO 2139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This northbound manifest is moving at close to track speed (45 MPH) as it heads down the mainline at Brighton. A bit of dust is getting kicked up along the right of way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104002 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W011 (South Hazeltine) Brighton, CO 2054 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A UP northbound is passing underneath I-76 as it approaches a yellow signal at the south end of Hazeltine. The train is 7,200 feet long, but a pair of AC4400CW's is all that is needed to traverse the relatively light grade of the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104001 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 (Henderson) Brighton, CO 2001 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific One last look at this southbound sitting in the morning sun. About five minutes after taking this shot, the train would start pulling south to meet the northbound which was now on its way out of Denver. The two trains would meet at Hazeltine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104000 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 (Henderson) Brighton, CO 2222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It is just after 7am as we take a look at the silhouette of an SD70M sitting in the rapidly-rising sun. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103999 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 1, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 (Henderson) Brighton, CO 2212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific In the pre-dawn light, a southbound manifest sits north of 124th Avenue at Henderson. DS-86 has informed the crew that they will meet a northbound at Hazeltine, but the northbound won't be ready to depart for about an hours. The train won't fit in the siding at Hazeltine without blocking crossing, so here it will sit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103785 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Brighton, CO 3489 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After some sever thunderstorms, the sun peaked out from behind the clouds for about 20 minutes prior to sunset. UP 1989 leads a train south toward the siding at Brighton where it will meet a northbound before continuing in to North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103633 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 532 Brighton, CO 2268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Despite a very cloudy sky on this evening, there was a nice break in the clouds as the Hudson Turn heads west toward Denver. A nice shot to close out the day... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103632 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 532 Brighton, CO 2067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The Hudson Turn, carrying a string of tanks, heads back west toward Denver in between Barr and Irondale. The train will meet a Denver-Edgemont manifest that is waiting in the siding at Irondale. I had wanted to get some shots of the manifest from this overpass (as it was led by a trio of SD60M's), but alas I was unable to. The brakes on the fifth car back on the Hudson Turn are sticking! The train stopped to inspect just east of Irondale, blocking the Denver-Edgemont. By the time the Hudson Turn moved out of the way, the manifest was held for a Z-Train and the sun set with it sitting at Irondale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103631 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 534 (Irondale) Brighton, CO 2633 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Even though the lighting is horrible here, I included the shot because I was intrigued by the nose of this SD60M. For whatever reason, the white face is gone and instead it is a green face! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103630 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 534 (Irondale) Brighton, CO 2726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF So with three SD60M's and an SD70MAC, what were the odds that the MAC may have led? Turns out it's not a 25% chance. In fact, the odds are next to zero that the MAC was in the lead. BNSF has a policy that if there are AC and DC units mixed on a train, a DC unit must be on the point. If the AC unit was on the point, the engineer could actually burn out the traction motors on the DC units without realizing it from the AC unit on the point. With the DC unit leading, the risk of burning out the traction motors is greatly reduced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103629 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 5, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 533 Brighton, CO 1879 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound coal load with an SD70ACe and an ES44AC for power pulls over a slight hill on the approach to the east switch of Irondale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103551 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 522 Brighton, CO 1711 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Fall colors are pretty well in full swing down at the lower altitudes on the plains. The Edgemont to Denver manifest is just east of Barr running on clear signals headed back toward town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103549 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 527 Brighton, CO 2013 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After meeting two eastbound coal empties at Barr, this westbound load is coming off the siding and headed toward town. The overpasses in the distance include E-470 (closest), an off-ramp and Buckley Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103548 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 529 Brighton, CO 1835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound loaded coal train makes its way down the Brush Sub between Barr and Irondale. The overpass in the background is 120th Avenue. The tracks run parallel here to I-76. 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