Photo ID: 108061 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 967 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Kansas City Southern Much to my delight, a Kansas City Southern ES44AC was bringing up the rear of this coal empty at Sedalia under cloudy skies. The unit was also facing the "right way" for a nice shot. Main 1 currently sits empty in the foreground, waiting for the next southbound to come grinding through south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108060 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 822 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF If you've ever traveled on Hwy 85 around Sedalia, then you know you can pretty easily see Main 2 from the highway. However, you cannot see the rails for Main 1. That is because they are slightly lower than Main 2, hiding them from the highway. This is a location where Rio Grande and Santa Fe once crossed paths via a grade separation. Today, it is one of only two places between Littleton and Palmer Lake (the other being Big Lift) where there is a means of crossing over between the two mains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108044 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1002 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe leads a southbound coal around the bend on Main 1 toward downtown Sedalia. The town of Sedalia would be a grea one to live in as a railfan as downtown is sandwiched by the Joint Line. Main 1 on the south side of downtown and Main 2 on the north side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107939 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1031 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Sedalia, a southbound BNSF coal load makes its way south on Main 1 of the Joint Line. Main 1 is now entirely CTC and is dispatched by BNSF. Main 2 is still ABS with track warrants and is dispatched by UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106285 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 31, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 2283 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific The final shot of 2016 for ColoradoRailfan.com! Just a few minutes prior to the sun dipping behind the Rocky Mountains, a southbound UP manifest pulls through Sedalia on Main 1. Honestly, I don't think I could have wound up with a better final shot for the year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104640 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 2159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF North Peterson Road winds lazily north along Main 2 just north of Sedalia. The far-busier highway US-85 is located off to the right, hidden by this northbound empty. When the train eventually returns to Colorado, it'll like have a pair of manned helpers added to the end to help up the climb to Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104639 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1991 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound rounds the curve on the west side of Sedalia, along the 3,200-foot-long Sedalia siding. The siding is too short to be of much use beyond the temporary storage of cars...as is the case on this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104638 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1964 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF About a month earlier, a northbound (empty) BNSF manifest derailed in Sedalia. All the cars remained upright, although the wheelset from one of the cars became dislodged and actually rolled down the main street in Sedalia and crashed in to the stone pillar at a gas station. Here, one of the tank cars involved in the derailment sits on the siding at Sedalia. If you look closely, you can see a dent in the end of the car (on the left side of the picture). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103514 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 2200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Sedalia, there is a pretty massive fill that was built for both tracks to keep them on close to the same grade. This shot is looking up at the tail end DPU of a southbound coal load on Main 1. You can see Main 2 just barely visible on the far left side of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103474 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 26 Sedalia, CO 2091 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF In my (very humble) opinion, the SD40-2 (and T-2) has the best profile shot of darn near any units ever produced. I really enjoyed catching two of them, along with an SD60, on a southbound manifest on the Joint Line in 2010! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103473 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 2163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP After receiving a new track warrant (with authority extending further south), this BNSF manifest (with very colorful power) throttles up to continue pulling south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103181 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 27 Sedalia, CO 1926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF coal trains on the Joint Line typically run with a pair of units (SD70-series or a GE equivalent) on the point and a pair of DPU's pushing on the rear. These train tend to be slightly underpowered and can be very slow climbing up to the Palmer Divide. Recently, BNSF has been running more of these trains with an additional manned unit on the tail end from Big Lift (south of Denver) to Palmer Lake. Here, a single SD70MAC is returning north to Big Lift to await its next assignment south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102745 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 1907 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF I love the town of Sedalia! I remember going there many times with my dad to watch trains when I was growing up. Here, a BNSF coal load pulls up the grade and into town on its journey south toward Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 4, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1747 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Never a dull moment on the Joint Line, a coal empty moves quickly north on Main Two while a coal load creeps slowly by on Main One, just north of Sedalia. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100605 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Crossover Sedalia, CO 2420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Sedalia marks the location where the two mains change ownerships. BNSF 4479 is passing the crossover between the two mains as it moves from UP-owned track to BNSF-owned track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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