Photo ID: 113887 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville to Hudson Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Just minutes before the sun dipped behind the mountains, the last bit of sunlight lights up the side of this eastbound BNSF Q-train, including three Boeing 737 fuselages. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113886 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This eastbound BNSF Q-train finally has a green signal to depart the siding of Tonville eastbound. The last bit of direct sunlight lights up the six units leading this eastbound BNSF Q-train under some beautiful, stormy clouds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113885 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Some dramatic evening storm clouds are lit as the sun breaks through the clouds to the west, illuminating three Boeing fuselages on this Q-train at Tonville. The first fuselage is a 737-9 MAX and the second two are 737-8 MAXs. They are headed to final assembly at Renton in Seattle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113884 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, CPRR A pair of Canadian Pacific units (an ES44AC and a AC4400CWM) are on this eastbound BNSF Q-train, stopping in the siding at Tonville. The CP paint scheme is, of course, one that will be disappearing in the months and years to come after the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, creating CPKC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113883 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Sunset is not far off as BNSF's Z-train streaks by two Boeing fuselages that are currently in the siding at Tonville. Once the Z-train, which is clipping along at 50+ MPH, clears the east switch, the Q-train will get a light to proceed east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113882 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Two of the highest priority trains that BNSF runs on the Brush Sub meet at the siding of Tonville. The train on the main is the ZCHIDEN, which is the highest priority train that BNSF has in the state of Colorado. So, no surprise that the Q-train is the train in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113881 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Q-train is in the siding at Tonville, meeting BNSF's westbound ZCHIDEN (Z-train from Chicago, IL to Denver, CO). The Z-train largely consists of JB Hunt containers, and is the hottest train that BNSF runs in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113880 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A brand new Boeing 737-8 MAX sits on on a flat car (without its wings, of course) on an eastbound Q-train in the siding at Tonville. The fuselage is headed to the Boeing assembly plant at Renton, southeast of Seattle, for final assembly. Interestingly, in this shot, an American Airlines plane is on final approach at Denver International Airport. It was too far away to identify, but if it is a 737, there is a good chance its fuselage may have once been on a train, right here at Tonville as well! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113879 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After the evening Zephyr overtook this Q-train here at Tonville, the Q-train still has to wait a little bit longer as the Zephyr is meeting a Z-train at Hudson, the next siding to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113878 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Green signals ahead for the eastbound Zephyr. In the middle of winter, the Zephyr emerges from the Moffat Tunnel in the last rays of sunlight (when on time). This time of year, the train is well out onto the plains before the sun disappears. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113877 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 3 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The evening eastbound Zephyr is overtaking an eastbound Q-train that is in the hole at Tonville. The Zephyr kinda snuck up on me as I was expecting the Q-train to meet the westbound Z-train (and that it would meet #6 at Barr). However, #6 got out of town in a hurry, and here we are! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 388 (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 342 (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 314 (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 824 (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.

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