Photo ID: 111446 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Douglas County, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After being stopped for over three hours due to a broken rail, this southbound BNSF Q-Train is finally on the move again. A BNSF repair crew got the broken rail fixed, and this double stack is slowly rolling south over the fresh repair. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109910 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Douglas County, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's has a couple of run-through freights that come through Denver (and do not break up in the yard). This is one such train. This is the QSPOALT, which runs from Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX. It just on Main 1 on the Joint Line, running alongside Big Lift just south of Littleton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108383 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Douglas County, CO 1057 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific A southbound UP coal load on Main 1 grinds past Big Lift a few miles south of Littleton. Big Lift was originally built by Santa Fe to server as an intermodal facility. The intermodal trains ran between Denver (well, here at Big Lift) and La Junta, CO and vice versa starting in the late 1980s. The intermodal trains did not last, and the facility has been repurposed as an auto facility for BNSF. If you buy a car in the Denver-Metro area, there is a chance your car arrived via train and Big Lift! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104616 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Louviers, CO 1962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Decades ago, ATSF built an intermodal terminal called "Big Lift" south of Littleton. While it has been used as an intermodal facility in many, many years, it is still used as an unloading terminal for other types of freight. It is also where BNSF keeps helper sets for certain southbound coal loads. To save on fuel, some loads now run in a 2x1 DPU setup (instead of 2x2) and then two manned helpers are added to the tail end at Big Lift. The train then runs 2x3 to Palmer Lake. Here, a coal train passes an icy looking parking lot and a helper set waiting for the train to arrive that they will tack on to. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100300 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 19, 2004 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Littleton, CO 1677 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound coal load, led by BNSF 9909, is about to pass underneath Titan Road, not too far south of Littleton on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.