Photo ID: 104550 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 1994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific The last shot of the day on this President's Day. A former Espee GP40-2 (now UP 1456) and a former Espee GP40P-2 (now UP 1373) work the South Local on the branch at Military Junction leading to the industries at Cedar Creek. The GP40P-2 is now just a GP40-2 and has been for nearly thirty years! The steam generator was removed in 1985. But the extended long hood still remains. Unfortunately, some graffiti has appeared on the long hood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104549 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific Shots like this just take me back to my childhood! I have always (and will always) LOVE the EMD Spartan Cab. Here, the South Local makes a safety stop on the Military Junction branch leading to Western Metals by Cedar Creek. You can see the intersection at South Natches Ct in the background. Note the "double green" traffic signal, indicating the local is clear to back across South Natches Ct. This prevents the traffic signal from giving a green signal across the tracks and enables a "no right turn" electronic sign for traffic approaching Oxford on Natches Ct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104548 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 1930 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific A pair of GP40-2s slowly backs down toward Cedar Creek on the branch at Military Junction. The grade here is actually quite steep (in railroad terms). The local backs down the branch about a half mile to Western Metals Recycling. Western Metals fills gondolas with scrap metal...hence all the (empty) gondolas seen in this shot. All-Coast Forest Products will also take delivery of a center beam or boxcar (or two) of lumber. Those were at the end of the local and out of the frame here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104051 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2070 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Hooray! A GE unit running the way I remember from my childhood! The second unit in this consist was having some issues and putting out quite a bit of exhaust as this southbound manifest works out of the Littleton Trench. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104050 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2077 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Regional Transportation District This is a shot that deserves the title "The Right Place at the Right Time"! A southbound Light Rail train approaches the camera as a northbound train sneaks past heads toward Union Station. The Light Rail trains were just a bonus as I was waiting on the BNSF manifest in the distance! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103687 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Blakeland, CO 2115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Blakeland, this coal load went into emergency with power issues and had to come to a stop. The dispatcher let the train know they could go retrieve a spare unit from Castle Rock or have a manifest behind them cut off their power. I had to leave before hearing what the final resolution was. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103686 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Littleton, CO 2202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Hopefully you aren't sick of all these Warbonnet shots just yet! Here is one final one taken two minutes before sunset. The train is on Main 1 and crossing over US-85 just north of Blakeland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103685 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Littleton, CO 2100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF We are a bit south of the triple track and BNSF's Denver, CO to Pueblo, CO manifest is rolling along on Main 1. There was about 10 minutes of sun when I nabbed this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103684 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Littleton, CO 2432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Despite being a bit on the tattered side, these Warbonnets still look fantastic in the afternoon light. An interesting thing happened just after this shot. The conductor on the train came down and opened the nose door, clearly with the intention of trying to screw up my shot. I've heard of crews doing that before, but this was my first (personal) experience with it. At least I got the good shot before they did that! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103683 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF With the sun getting rather low in the western sky, the Warbonnet leading this manifest finds a sunny spot as the train climbs out of the Littleton Trench about a mile away from the end of CTC and the start of ABS and Track Warrants. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103680 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Who knows how much longer this branch line will remain active! For the time being, however, it sees a train twice a week when UP's South Local comes to switch out one or two industries on the branch. Here, the power for the South Local is return light to the Joint Line, which crosses over Oxford on the bridge in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103679 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific After picking up a string of empty gondolas, UP's South Local is backing away from the camera to head down the Military Jct branch after crossing Santa Fe Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103678 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2742 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific Near the east end of the Military Jct branch, UP's South Local throttle up in order to pull a huge string of loaded gondolas up the steep grade on the branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103677 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific UP's South Local backs down the Military Jct branch on the south side of Oxford Avenue. Empty gondolas are being spotted at Western Metal Recycling so the scrap can be hauled away by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103676 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Military Jct (MP 10) Sheridan, CO 2517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The branch line at Military Jct runs across Santa Fe Drive west a few blocks along Oxford Avenue to Western Metals Recycling. I've wanted to get a shot of a train on this branch for years and finally got the opportunity on this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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