Photo ID: 104638 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1879 (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 1995 (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 1969 (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 2057 (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 1834 (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 1792 (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 1672 (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 2280 (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. Photo ID: 90007 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Sedalia, CO 1631 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This shot really puts into perspective the size of this hydrotreater, as well as the Schnabel car used to move it! The hydrotreater weighs 570 metric tons and is 115 feet long. It is also a bit wider than the average load, which is why signals and switch stands had to be (temporarily) removed at points along BNSF during the move. This was the largest item ever unloaded (to date) at the Houston Port Authority! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 90006 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Sedalia, CO 1616 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF From a bluff just north of Sedalia, we get a good overall view of this special train. The hydrotreater being moved to Commerce City, CO came from Italy. It was said that the total cost of transportation (ship and rail combined) exceeded $3 million! Close to half that cost was just on BNSF alone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100336 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 11, 2004 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF 100 covered hoppers of grain work their way south with three elephant-style C44-9CWs. The second and third units wear the warbonnet paint scheme, the second of which is still an unpatched Santa Fe unit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100324 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 24, 2004 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Sedalia along Highway 85, a BNSF northbound moves slowly through a slow order on main two. The coal empty has an unusual four units up front. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100310 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 10, 2004 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load creeps past this wonderful curve just north of Sedalia on the Joint Line. There are four SD70MAC's on the coal train and it is moving at a slow 14 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100222 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 1673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A rare GP40X (and the first one I have ever seen) was the fourth unit on a northbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100204 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 28, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 2260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Rio Grande The South Local is backing down main one out of Sedalia to cross over to main two and return back to North Yard in Denver. On this day, DRGW 3109 is the second unit on the local in between UP 1900 and UP 1901, formerly DRGW 3154 and DRGW 3155, respectively. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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