Photo ID: 112838 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley Weld County, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The last shot of the Big Boy steam excursion for 2025 would come here, at the bridge over the South Platte River between La Salle and Greeley in northern Colorado. The lighting was beautiful and the smoke from UP 4014 was pumping out nicely as the train continued on its journey north back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112806 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W071 (South Nunn) Weld County, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Between the small plains towns of Ault and Nunn, UP 4014 is moving along at track speed (around between 50 and 60 MPH) as the train charges south along the two lane US-85 and several open fields. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112805 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W071 (South Nunn) Weld County, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 and UP 1616 lead UP's passenger equipment on a special excursion at the south end of Nunn. It is overcast and a bit cooler that it has been, helping the steam coming off the Big Boy to show up a bit better. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112804 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Weld County, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is putting on a decent show as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the north switch of Carr. The trees have grown quite high here, so a bit of elevation is needed to avoid blocking the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112803 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr to Speer Weld County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific North of Carr, UP 4014 leads a UP passenger special southbound on a very overcast July morning. UP auctioned off a few cab rides on UP 4014 for this trip...to the tune of $25,000 per ticket! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111875 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Keensburg Curve Weld County, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific After chasing this unit grain train for about 3 1/2 hours on the Brush Sub, I was really hoping that there would be some direct sunlight available here at "Keensburg Curve". Alas, overcast skies prevent that. However, it's still hard to complain with a unique shot like this one, regardless of the lighting. CP 7007 (a former SD9043MAC, #9119, now an SD70ACu) and CP 8501 (an AC4400CW) leads this loaded grain train, headed for Guernsey, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9208 leads a westbound coal load through the west end of Tonville and across a bridge over a small pond. The train has green signals the rest of the trip in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111324 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Montana Rail Link, BNSF One of the 29 MRL SD70ACes is the second unit on this westbound Lincoln, NE to Denver, CO manifest sitting in the siding at Tonville. All 29 SD70ACes, as well as the rest of MRLs power, transferred over to BNSF ownership at the start of 2024 after BNSF bought out the contract with MRL. The contract was formed in 1987 and was originally signed for 60 years, set to expire in 2047. With increasing traffic on BNSF's norther Transcon, BNSF wanted to reclaim possession of the MRL. Both railroads came to agreement on the terms, and the STB approved the early contract termination in March 2023. On January 1, 2024, the MRL ceases to exist, with all assets absorbed by BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111323 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9256 and MRL 4319 sit in the siding at Tonville, waiting to head west to BNSF's 31st Street Yard. It is not entirely clear why the train is currently stopped. In the distance, you can see the headlight of an approaching westbound coal load that will overtake the manifest. That alone does not seem like the reason for the manifest to be held. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110394 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Platteville Weld County, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After passenger trains, the second most difficult train to get ahead of is definitely a Z-Train! I was able to set up for this shot just south of Platteville, with four GEs on the point. But this would be the last shot I was able to get prior to the train arriving in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110392 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Weld County, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Not too far north of Nunn on the Greeley Sub, a quartet of GEs has this southbound Z-Train on the move at track speed. Since PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading) has somewhat taken over several railroads, there are more "mixed" trains. Case-in-point is this Z-Train which has many auto racks on the front, and traditional stacks and pigs on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110228 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 574 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Longs Peak offers a great backdrop to these Boeing 737 fuselages, which are making their way to Seattle for final assembly. Perhaps, at some point in the future, these very planes will be flying high above Longs Peak! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110227 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The dimensions of a 737 just happen to allow for the assembled fuselages to be hauled by rail! The fuselages are assembled in Kansas, and are hauled by rail to the Boeing plant in Seattle. There, assembly will be completed, with the wings and tail being added. Here are four such 737's at Tonville, making their wait toward Seattle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110226 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A pair of C44-9Ws, one BNSF and one Norfolk Southern, lead a Q train that is currently tied down in the siding at Tonville. The eastbound train has four Boeing 737 fuselages on the train today, ahead of a string of intermodal containers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110224 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tampa Weld County, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak You can see the progress that crews are making to clean up the derailment of the eastbound California Zephyr. A sleeper is being carried above the rails (what is left of them, in places), taking it back to the rest of the train. The transition sleeper, whose front truck derailed, will be taken next. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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