Photo ID: 111872 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Morgan County, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific CP 7007 and CP 8501 just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Bijou on the BNSF Brush Sub. A half a dozen railfans (myself not included) came out here to the County Road 12 overpass to get a few shots of the visitors from the north. A pair of Canadian Pacific units is unusual enough, but the SD70ACu on the point, rebuilt from a SD9043MAC, is rare enough that it added even more motivation to get track side for a few shots. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111871 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Morgan County, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific Word of a pair of Canadian Pacific units leading a westbound grain train on the Brush Sub spread quickly to a lot of railfans. Six of them are gathered on the County Road 12 overpass at the west switch of Bijou, just west of Fort Morgan. The are getting their shots as the grain train slowly starts to accelerate after meeting a coal empty, which is visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111870 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Morgan County, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific A westbound BNSF grain train with a pair of CP units leading is stopped on the main near the west end of Bijou, just west of Fort Morgan on the Colorado plains. The train just met a coal empty and is waiting for a signal to proceed west. A pivot watering system sits in a farmer's field, waiting for spring time and seed planting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111869 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Corona to Bijou Morgan County, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Between the sidings of Corona and Bijou, an eastbound BNSF coal empty is moving quickly along, but starting to slow as it will be taking the siding ahead at Bijou. You might not that the headlight has already been dimmed as the train is meeting a westbound grain train, already stopped and waiting on the main at Bijou. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106584 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Morgan County, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Over the last few years, BNSF has sunk a lot of money into the Brush Sub! Most of the sidings between Denver and Brush have been extended by several thousand feet. The siding of Bijou, the west switch of which this Z-Train is passing by, is no exception. The signal is located almost directly beneath a road bridge. BNSF has actually built a whole new siding, named Corona, between Bijou and Wiggins. All-in-all, BNSF has laid over seven miles of new track to extend existing sidings or create a new one. Hudson was extended from 6,146 feet to 15,256 feet. Roggen was extended from 7,048 feet to 14,966 feet. Crest was extended from 7,133 feet to 10,078 feet. Bijou was extended from 7,870 feet to 17,285 feet. As is evidenced by this shot, the Denver-Chicago Z-Train hauls both FedEx and UPS trailers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106583 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bijou Morgan County, CO 1486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound coal load, which had been tied down in the siding of Bijou just west of Fort Morgan, has just received a relief crew and is getting ready to head west. Before the dispatcher will align it out the siding, however, the train must wait for a Z-Train and an S-Train (Stack Train). Here, the new conductor on the westbound is on the ground to give the Z-Train a roll-by. Note that there is a little bit of a grade for eastbounds here, climbing up toward Fort Morgan and Brush. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106582 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bijou Morgan County, CO 1636 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF When it comes to trains, Colorado has always been known for coal. But if you are looking to get some pictures of double stacks - or intermodal trains in general - Colorado is likely not the first place that would come to mind. However, BNSF does run an eastbound Z-Train daily from Denver to Chicago. The train departs Denver between 6:30am and 7:00am. It is the highest priority train for BNSF in Colorado. Here, a pair of units has the train rolling east on a clear signal at West Bijou. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106581 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bijou Morgan County, CO 1473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF When I set out on the Brush Sub on this particular morning, my main goal was to try to track down and chase BNSF's Denver to Chicago Z-Train. As luck would have it, the train caught up to me just west of Fort Morgan. An ES44C4 and an ES44DC lead the train on this first day of fall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106580 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bijou Morgan County, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound (soon to be northbound) coal empty, headed for the West Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming, approaches the west switch of the siding of Bijou. I-76 is visible in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100708 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 22, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bijou Fort Morgan, CO 2234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF What was comes face-to-face with what could have been. A "green and cream" SD70MAC on the left stares at the one and only "vomit-bonnet" in the siding at Bijou. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100707 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 22, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bijou Fort Morgan, CO 4384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF When Burlington Northern and Santa Fe first mergered in 1995, they went through a few experimental paint schemes before standardizing on the Heritage II scheme. This was one of the experiments and it is a one-of-a-kind. It is often referred to as the "vomit-bonnet" because many railfans do not care for the "copy-cat" of the famous warbonnet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.