Photo ID: 106590 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Yuma Yuma County, CO 1189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) BNSF This will be the end of the chase of this Denver to Chicago Z-Train on this particular day. Commitments back home later in the day, mixed with the time it'll take to get back home (with a little chasing along the way) means this is the eastern-most point of this trip. The Z-Train approaches a clear signal at the west end of the siding of Yuma. We are about 40 miles west of the Colorado-Nebraska border here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106589 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Yuma Yuma County, CO 1180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) BNSF There is a great bridge just west of Yuma, CO in which US-34 crosses over the tracks. It offers a nice opportunity to get some elevated shots of both eastbounds and westbounds. Here, an eastbound Z-Train is moving at track speed (around 60 MPH) as it approaches a clear signal at West Yuma. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106588 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Yuma Yuma County, CO 1242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF Even though the plains are indeed quite flat, you might find it curious that this eastbound Z-Train has only two units. The reason being that, despite this train being loaded with containers (up front) and trailers (toward the back), it is actually almost entirely empty. Denver tends to be a net receiver of goods, so intermodal trains come to Denver loaded, but frequently end up leaving largely empty. That fact is reflected in the trains symbol. This is the ZDENCHI7-22. The "7" in the symbol indicates this train is an extension off another high priority train. If this was a loaded train, it would have the symbol ZDENCHI9-22. The "9" in the symbol (on Z-Trains) indicates the train 1st section, critical arrival. There are no higher-priority trains on the system than "Z9" trains. Still, the dispatcher will keep this "Z7" rolling over most other trains on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.