Photo ID: 102073 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1771 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, BNSF A good looking Warbonnet SD75M idles in the distance while the UP Transfer heads from BNSF's 31st Street Yard back to UP's 36th Street Yard. At least once per day, UP comes to 31st Street from 36th Street to drop off and pick up interchange cars. Likewise, BNSF heads to North Yard from 31st Street to do the same. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102074 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 470 Fort Morgan, CO 2593 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Just a few miles west of Fort Morgan, the daily Z-Train from Denver to Chicago is approaching the siding of Bijou on a yellow signal. An SD40-2 and a GP60M are the power for the 42-car, 4166-foot-long train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102075 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pinneo Pinneo, CO 1734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) BNSF East of Brush, CO on the Akron Sub, the ZDENCHI1-17 has a clear signal at Pinneo. It is 155 miles across the Akron Sub to McCook, NE for this Z-Train. Incidentally, this is the same route that the California Zephyr takes, although it usually hits this section of track at night... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102076 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wiggins Wiggins, CO 1771 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Brush Sub dispatchers sets up a very well-timed meet as a coal empty (BNSF 6069) pulls toward the east end of the siding as a coal load (BNSF 9857) starts to accelerate on a clear signal on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102077 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wiggins Wiggins, CO 2125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44AC's in the New Image scheme lead an eastbound coal empty stopped on the siding at Wiggins. A westbound coal load has an H2 SD70MAC flying back on the main track. After the coal load clears, BNSF 6069 will get a clear signal to continue east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102078 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 146 Brush, CO 1678 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At Brush, CO, BNSF trains either head east on the Akron Subdivision toward Chicago or northeast on the (rest of the) Brush Subdivision. Coal trains use the Brush Sub to head toward the Power River Basin in Wyoming. This coal empty is just a few miles north of Brush running on an approach signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102079 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Hillrose, CO 1824 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) BNSF A few miles north of Hillrose, CO is the rail location of Union. This is where the BNSF Brush Sub connected with the UP Julesburg Sub. In 1993, UP abandoned and ripped up the Julesburg Sub between Union and Kersey (near La Salle). In this shot, I would have been standing in the middle of the UP tracks. Now, the switch is gone and the line just curves to the BNSF Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102080 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Hillrose, CO 1735 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) BNSF UP once ran trains between Julesburg, NE and La Salle, CO along the Julesburg Sub. At Union, BNSF's Brush Sub connected with the Julesburg Sub and BNSF coal train had trackage rights on the Julesburg Sub for 25 miles to Sterling. In 1993, UP abandoned the Julesburg Sub from Union to Kersey (near La Salle) and ripped the track out. Now, at Union, operations switch from CTC to TWC/ABS and ownership changes from BNSF to UP. However, BNSF dispatches the line between Union and Sterling as they have the only trains that run on the tracks! Here, a BNSF coal load enters CTC and moves from UP tracks on the Julesburg Sub to BNSF tracks on the Brush Sub at Union. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102081 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Blue Mountain, an eastbound manifest (the daily MRONY) works its way through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The gondolas in the background are just over 3,000 feet away from the head end (by rail), but only about half that distance as the bird flies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102082 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 1913 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The curves between the west end of Clay and Tunnel 1 are some of the best anywhere! Train crews don't often get the chance to observe their train as well as they can here. The MRONY wraps through the curves. The head end is approaching the Blue Mountain grade crossing while the tail end of the train still emerges from Tunnel 1. The back end of the train is almost 100 feet higher than the lead unit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102083 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A coal empty with eight units (only three pulling) pulls through Barbara's Gulch about 14 miles west of North Yard. The train will set out five of the eight units at Glenwood Springs to be used as swing powers for eastbound coal loads coming out of Grand Junction. This particular coal empty, consisting of 103 empties, is heading for the mine at West Elk on the North Fork Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.