Photo ID: 101634 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 43 Larkspur, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Perry Park Avenue in Larkspur, a southbound BNSF coal load is stopped while waiting for a southbound further ahead to start moving. Often times, due to the single track through Colorado Springs, trains on either side of the single track can get backed up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101635 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 43 Larkspur, CO 1883 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Reflecting on the moment! This southbound BNSF coal load was stopped on Main One on the Joint Line, waiting for a southbound to clear further down the track. The opportunity was perfect for a nice reflection shot off the top of the east rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101636 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 2008 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Rio Grande, Union Pacific Just outside the Colorado Springs depot, UP 1350 idles away, partly in the shade. This is UP's Colorado Springs switcher, which is used each weekday. Until January 2006, this GP40-2 was DRGW 3100 - the last four-axle Rio Grande unit to be patched! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101637 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 1917 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Running on clear signals, BNSF's "Den-Kick" (HDENKCK-20, Denver to Kansas City) passes through the Springs with an interesting mix of new and old power. The train is relatively short on this particular day, with boxcars dominating the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101638 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kelker Colorado Springs, CO 1905 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Some classic (and fantastic sounding) power picks up a string of TOFC cars that had been tied down at Kelker. In an hour or two, after running around the train, the train will run as a baretable south to Bragdon, where the TOFC cars will be tied down (on the siding). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101639 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Pueblo Yard Pueblo, CO 1651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF From the 4th Street overpass in Pueblo, you can get a good view of either the UP (ex-DRGW) yard or the BNSF (ex-ATSF) yard. This shot shows the former Santa Fe Yard with a coal load slowly passing by on the main track. UP's yard is to the left on the other side of the road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101640 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Avondale Boone, CO 1532 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Pueblo (BNSF) BNSF To get from Denver to Kansas City, BNSF run south from Denver to Pueblo, then southeast from Pueblo to La Junta, CO on the Pueblo Subdivision. From there, trains use the La Junta Subdivision to head east into Kansas. Here, the HDENKCK highballs Avondale, along US-50. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101641 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Avondale Boone, CO 1771 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Pueblo (BNSF) Electro-Motive Division East of Pueblo, you can find the Transportation Testing Center, which is capable of performing just about any test you can think of on a locomotive. At the entrance to the facility, EMDX 70 - one of the first SD70ACes - sits idling by itself along BNSF's main track. Why it was here, alone? I do not know... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101642 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Raton Raton, NM 1577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak The sun is getting very low in the western sky as Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief, approaches its station stop in the town of Raton, NM. Amtrak is just about the only train that uses this track across southeast Colorado and northern New Mexico. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101643 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Raton Raton, NM 1562 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak At the depot in Raton, Amtrak 4 - the Southwest Chief - slows for its station stop. The consist is almost identical to the typical consist for the California Zephyr. On this day, the train had an extra car on the end - a California Surfliner car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101644 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 645 Trinidad, CO 1552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak Even though there is almost no light left, I went ahead and grabbed this shot of the Southwest Chief descending the grade off Raton Pass. As of the time of this picture, this was the first time I'd shot an Amtrak train other than the California Zephyr...When taking that into consideration (and not know how much longer Raton Pass will even be around), I thought it was worth taking the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.