Photo ID: 111868 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific At first glance, you might expect that I made a little trip to somewhere along the Canadian Pacific in Canada! In reality, a bit of Canada came to Colorado, in Brush, CO specifically. A pair of CP units leads this loaded grain train west on the Brush Sub. The train was loaded in Canada and was turned over to BNSF, the CP units staying on the train, in Sweet Grass, MT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111867 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific CP 7007 is on the Brush Sub, passing by the depot in Brush, CO, headed west. The track to the right is actually a completely different subdivision. That track is the very west end of the BNSF Akron Subdivision, which converges with the Brush Sub right here in Brush, CO. The Brush Sub east of Brush heads to Sterling, CO and eventually Alliance, NE. The Akron Sub east of Brush heads to McCook, NE and, eventually, all the way to Chicago, IL. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111866 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Montana Rail Link As I have mentioned in previous pictures take in the past year, now that Montana Rail Link is owned by BNSF, the MRL SD70ACes have entered into the general BNSF locomotive pool and have been scattered to the system. Many of them run in coal service and, as a result, come through Colorado on the way from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to the plants in Texas. MRL 4305 was a DPU on a westbound coal load, tied down at Brush. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Here at Brush, the BNSF Brush Sub continues to the north toward Sterling, while the BNSF Akron Sub breaks off and starts heading east toward Lincoln, NE and (eventually) Chicago, IL. The signals in the distance are where the two subdivision converge when heading west toward Denver. Power for a local sit alongside the two mainlines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF GP39-2 and an SD40-2 sit with a single covered hopper in Brush. There is currently no crew on board, likely due to the fact that it is both a Sunday and New Year's Eve. Note the cab...or at least the number boards...look to have been rebuilt on the GP39-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106595 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Brush Morgan County, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Hard to believe that the GE "Evolution Series" engine (in all its various forms) has been around for nearly 15 years now. And man has it proven to be a popular model! GE has produced of 4,000 units just for BNSF and UP alone! More than 7,000 units have been produced for all North American railroads combined. Here, an ES44C4 leads a westbound Q-Train in between Brush and Fort Morgan. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106594 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Brush Morgan County, CO 1636 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF If you are a fan of corn on the cob, there is a chance that the last corn you ate came from Colorado! This westbound Q-Train is passing by a corn field in between Brush, CO and Fort Morgan, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106593 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Several new trains have appeared on in Colorado in the past year or so. BNSF has started some new intermodal service between the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf Coast. There is also a Q-Train also runs to Alliance, TX on the Brush Sub. Here, that Q-Train is just coming in to the town of Brush. The Brush Sub will converge with the Akron Sub (although it will remain the Brush Sub) here in Brush. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106585 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 1775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's daily eastbound Z-Train passes through downtown Brush, CO. It is here that the Brush Sub swings to the north toward Sterling, CO and the Akron Sub starts, heading east toward McCook, NE. Coal empties will head north on the Brush Sub, while many non-coal trains will head east on the Akron Sub. The California Zephyr also uses the Akron Sub to get two and from Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106540 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 1677 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After a rainy few days, a nice, reflective puddle of water pooled up near the tracks at the signal at Brush Center. Train headed the opposite direction here can either continue on the Brush Sub to the north, or the Akron Sub to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106539 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 1675 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At the location known as "Brush Center" (in Brush, CO), this BNSF coal load joins with the Akron Sub to continue west on the Brush Sub toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105104 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Brush Brighton, CO 1766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF With its switching complete for the day, the westbound Hudson Turn knocks down a clear signal at the east switch of Barr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.