Photo ID: 102941 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 Denver, CO 1965 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Sitting on the outbound track north of 36th Street, UP 4791 has a fresh crew. This train is carrying blades for wind turbines. The turbines are headed for Carr, CO where they will be offloaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102942 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 (CP W006) Commerce City, CO 2008 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just north of the Adams Hold signal, UP 4791 has a windmill blade train rolling. The Denver skyline is a bit obscured by a rather humid day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102943 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 27 Ft Lupton, CO 2386 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It is interesting to see windmill blades transported by rail. The use sets of five articulated spine cars whose original purpose was for trailers (piggy back). Here you can see how two blades fit on a set of five cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102944 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 41 Gilcrest 1723 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This windmill blade train consists of 21 sets of articulated spine cars (five cars per set). That means there are 42 blades on the train. Enough for 14 windmills at a wind farm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102945 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 47 La Salle, CO 2072 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Kind of looks like some futuristic science fiction train, doesn't it? It reality, these are simply wind turbine blades being transported to northern Colorado for a wind farm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102946 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51 Greeley, CO 2208 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just south of Greeley, a northbound coal empty has a clear signal. The empty came from the Nixon power plant south of Colorado Springs. It'll load at the North Antelope mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102947 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 74 Nunn, CO 2136 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just north of Nunn, the MNYNP is led by UP 6000 and a patched CNW AC4400CW. I always wonder where a handful of coal hoppers are headed when they aren't a part of a unit coal train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102948 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 85 Carr, CO 2259 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The MNYNP heads north on the mainline in Carr. Not a lot of shots come out of Carr because it is roughly halfway between US-85 and I-25 in northern Colorado, so it is a bit of a drive to get there! Note the windmill blade on the left side of the shot. This is where windmills components are being offloaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102949 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 85 Carr, CO 1695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific An interesting look at some windmill blades loaded onto articulated spine cars. Interesting the way there is such an efficient use of space! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102950 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 76 Ft Collins, CO 1897 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) GW Sitting in the yard in Ft Collins is this pair of Great Western GP9's. They certainly have seen better days and could use a fresh coat of paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102951 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 73 Ft Collins, CO 2337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Mason Street! Honest to goodness street running at its best. BNSF's daily Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest creeps down the center of Mason Street in downtown Ft Collins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102952 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 62 Loveland,CO 1806 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In Loveland, BNSF 4854 and BNSF 4863 work hard (along with a single ES44DC pushing on the back) to climb grade southbound. Note the "40" on the yellow sign alongside the unit, indicating a (maximum) speed change to 40 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102953 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 53 Berthoud, CO 1911 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The topography just south of Berthoud is a little bit interesting. There is a dip and a rise that the tracks must negotiate. In the distance, you can see the back part of the train coming down the "dip", while the front end of the train here is climbing up the "rise". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102954 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Broomfield, CO 1925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The weather was all over the place on this Spring day! There was a little bit of sunshine, a bit of wind, overcast skies, lightning, thunder...and a LOT of rain. BNSF's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest pulls down the main at Broomfield where it will wait to meet its southbound counterpart. Dark lightning clouds hover ominously to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.