Photo ID: 111325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9208 leads a westbound coal load through the west end of Tonville and across a bridge over a small pond. The train has green signals the rest of the trip in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111324 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Montana Rail Link, BNSF One of the 29 MRL SD70ACes is the second unit on this westbound Lincoln, NE to Denver, CO manifest sitting in the siding at Tonville. All 29 SD70ACes, as well as the rest of MRLs power, transferred over to BNSF ownership at the start of 2024 after BNSF bought out the contract with MRL. The contract was formed in 1987 and was originally signed for 60 years, set to expire in 2047. With increasing traffic on BNSF's norther Transcon, BNSF wanted to reclaim possession of the MRL. Both railroads came to agreement on the terms, and the STB approved the early contract termination in March 2023. On January 1, 2024, the MRL ceases to exist, with all assets absorbed by BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111323 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9256 and MRL 4319 sit in the siding at Tonville, waiting to head west to BNSF's 31st Street Yard. It is not entirely clear why the train is currently stopped. In the distance, you can see the headlight of an approaching westbound coal load that will overtake the manifest. That alone does not seem like the reason for the manifest to be held. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110228 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 434 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Longs Peak offers a great backdrop to these Boeing 737 fuselages, which are making their way to Seattle for final assembly. Perhaps, at some point in the future, these very planes will be flying high above Longs Peak! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110227 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The dimensions of a 737 just happen to allow for the assembled fuselages to be hauled by rail! The fuselages are assembled in Kansas, and are hauled by rail to the Boeing plant in Seattle. There, assembly will be completed, with the wings and tail being added. Here are four such 737's at Tonville, making their wait toward Seattle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110226 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A pair of C44-9Ws, one BNSF and one Norfolk Southern, lead a Q train that is currently tied down in the siding at Tonville. The eastbound train has four Boeing 737 fuselages on the train today, ahead of a string of intermodal containers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110128 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is running 12 1/2 hours late as it approaches the west switch of Tonville. The train departed Emeryville, CA almost 10 hours late, and lost more time enroute. The train is trying to make up time as best it can, moving along at track speed as it passes by the frozen pond. Three P42DCs are on the point today, and in addition to the baggage car, there are Superliners in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109967 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At first glance, you might guess this is a BNSF Z-Train. Particularly with the appearance of JB Hunt containers. However, this is actually a "Q" train that originated in Alliance, TX and is headed for Portland, OR, by way of Denver. The train is moving at track speed as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Tonville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109210 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Tonville Weld County, CO 420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is moving along at track speed at the west switch of Tonville, about 20 miles east of Denver. The Zephyr departed Fort Morgan 23 minutes late, but is making up time here and will get in to Denver 17 minutes early. The small pond at the west end of Tonville offer up a crystal clear reflection of the Zephyr as it hustles west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106599 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Lochbuie, CO 1450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The Brush Sub dispatcher has done a great job keeping this Q-Train running on clear signals ever since leaving New Hillrose, north of Brush. Here, the three GE units on the head end knock down the signal at West Tonville. The west switch is located nearly a small pond that helps to offer a nice foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105439 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Hudson, CO 2015 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, GE Leasing Got the blues? A quartet of ET44ACs are being moved to Denver on the ZCHCDEN. These Tier 4 emissions units, built by GE, are going to be tested in coal service. As of January 1, 2015, all locomotives sold in the United States are required to meet Tier 4 standards. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105438 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Hudson, CO 2096 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Got power? Despite the eight units on the point of this Chicago-Denver Z-Train, only the first four are online. All four blue units are DIC (Dead In Consist). They are General Electric test units. Specifically, they are ET44ACs, built to meet the EPA Tier 4 requirements for emissions. Rumor has it that they are going to be put in coal service for testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105437 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Lochbuie, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The westbound Hudson Turn heads for the siding at Irondale. There, it may or may not need to clear the siding (there are multiple tracks off the siding long enough to facilitate the local), depending on whether or not the Zephyr has departed Denver and needs to meet the Z-Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104455 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 5, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Lochbuie, CO 2582 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) General Electric Just another GEVO? Look a little closer! The radiator housing has a higher slope and the compartment that houses the prime mover is a bit higher. This is a General Electric prototype for an engine that complies with the EPA's Tier 4 emissions requirements. The unit (GECX 2022), along with the GE dynamometer test car (#100), are on the way to the Transportation Technology Center east of Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104454 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 5, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Lochbuie, CO 1622 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF Galesburg-Denver mixed freight charges west past the small lake near the east switch of Tonville. At this time of year (and day), the train is heading almost directly in to the sun...makes it hard to get well-lit shots of the side of the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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