Photo ID: 103060 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 1902 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This is a little bit of an odd sight! A UP C44AC-CTE is poking its head out of BNSF's engine shop in Denver. BNSF was borrowing the unit from UP, and at this moment the unit was being used to drag a unit out of the engine facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103061 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 1901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Union Pacific A trio of units sit near BNSF's engine shop in Denver as a (somewhat unusual) morning storm moves in toward Denver from the southwest. An interesting note about UP 5701. That was the number ex-Rio Grande GP60 #3155 was originally slated to get in UP's roster. However, the GP60s were moved into the 1900-number series before the unit could actual pick up the number. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103062 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 1845 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Okay everybody, why is it important to not race the train to the grade crossing? About two weeks earlier, a tanker truck loaded with Ethanol attempted to beat this SD40-2 to a grade crossing. The result was a huge fireball and a lot of heat! Amazingly, nobody was hurt in the incident. The SD40-2 was doing local switching. It had no cars at the time and was running long hood forward, which is no doubt what saved the crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103063 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 2136 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With its journey nearly in the books, BNSF's daily HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) freight pulls across Pecos Street. In the next four to eight years, this scene is supposed to be quite different as RTD Light Rail (or Commuter Rail) should be visible at this location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103064 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Castle Rock, CO 1783 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CATAMJ-10 The town of Castle Rock is in the process of running Plum Creek Parkway west underneath the southbound main of the Joint Line. The problem is that there isn't yet an "underneath" for the road to follow! You can just barely see the new rail bridge that is being built to the right of the power in this shot. For now, the train runs on the dirt that has yet to be dug out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2241 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A bit of an artsy shot looking north up the west rail of Main One at a southbound coal load. The train was still over a mile away when I snapped this shot! The beauty of telephoto. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103066 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2134 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Two SD70MACs server as the tail-end DPU on this southbound BNSF coal load. Perhaps the most famous of Colorado's numerous 14,000-foot mountain peaks, Pikes Peak stands in the distance. The highway to the left is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103067 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Arvada, CO 1620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sometimes, particularly in the summer, the clouds just simply don't cooperate with you. A little tip...in bad (overcast) lighting, I like to use black and white. When you bump up the contrast, you can still get a pretty descent (i.e. dramatic) shot. Such is the case here as the MNYRO charges west on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103068 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A nifty telephoto trick here with the MNYRO coming through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky. The hopper cars on the right are actually close to a 1/4 mile back from the lead unit of the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103069 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 1766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west switch of Rocky, a coal empty destined for the Energy Mine climbs up the nearly 2% grade toward Big Ten Curve and Rocky. I'm a fan of this spot as it offers a nice view of westbounds as well as the flatirons off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103070 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 1598 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A 19mm wide angle shot of the lower half of Big Ten Curve. The power for this coal empty has no trouble getting the train up and around the curve toward Clay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103071 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 20 Arvada, CO 1993 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is one of the coolest parts of Big Ten Curve. Up and to the right in this picture, the head end power is on the approach to Clay. Looking out the window, however, they can observe the tail end of their train, just coming out of Rocky getting read to climb up around the curve as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103072 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 1758 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily trackage rights manifest, which runs from Denver, CO to Provo, UT, is making its way west on the Moffat. The train has just crossed Kipling Street (back at the red intermediate) and is approaching 72nd Avenue. Note the sign that says "X" and "QZ". The "X" indicates to the crew that a grade crossing is approaching. The "QZ" indicates that the crossing is a "Quiet Zone", and that the horn should not be used (unless somebody is actually on the tracks). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103073 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1696 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44AC provides a little help on the tail end of the QDVPVJ. I chose this particular angle, however, to capture not only the tail end of the train, but the clear (green over red) signal that the train has up ahead at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.