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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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31st Street Yard
Denver, CO
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1521 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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BNSF
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BNSF has been receiving a lot of new power lately. In order to keep like-power in (reasonably) sequential number ranges on the roster, a lot of older power has been renumbered. Case-in-point is this SD75M. It was recently reactivated and the "8" of its previous number was hastily patched over, making the units new number simply 240.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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Denver, CO
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1877 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Norfolk Southern
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For the second time in three months, I was lucky enough to witness one of Norfolk Southern's heritage units passing through (leased by BNSF) in Colorado. NS 8101 wears the paint scheme for the railroad "Central of Georgia". It is paired up with a CSX AC4400CW on a train that originated in Provo and is headed for McCook, NE.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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31st Street Yard
Denver, CO
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1411 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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BNSF
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It is currently a very good time to try to get shots of BNSF trains if you are a fan of pool/lease/colorful power. Due to a shortage of power, a lot of foreign and older power has appeared on BNSF lately. Such is the case here as a C44-9W in the Heritage 1 scheme sits as leased Central of Georgia (Norfolk Southern) passed by which is alongside a pair of CitiRail leasers.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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47th Avenue
Denver, CO
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1741 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Norfolk Southern
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As close to a roster shot as I could get of NS 8101, the Central of Georgia Heritage unit. This is the 2nd of Norfolk Southern's 20 heritage units that I have been lucky enough to shoot in Denver. Central of Georgia started WAY back in 1833 (as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company). It acquired a lot of railroads in the 19th century and, in 1956, operated 2,646 miles of track. On June 17, 1963, the railroad became a subsidiary of Southern Railway which, of course, was one of the founding railroads of today's Norfolk Southern.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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Kevin Morgan
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47th Avenue
Denver, CO
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2421 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Norfolk Southern, BNSF
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BNSF has a problem. I suppose it is a good problem when compared to the types of problems the Rock Island or the Pennsy once had. BNSF is under powered, under manned, and over capacity. This McCook-bound manifest was supposed to pass this spot close to 36 hours earlier. But it got tied down in western Colorado due to a shortage of available crews. Then, when it finally reached Denver, it was again supposed to depart around 0900. A crew wasn't called for it until 1230 and then it had several problems getting going. It is nearly 1700 in this shot as the train holds at the east end of yard for westbound traffic. It would remain here until after 1830. That means that in the six hours the crew was on duty (half their time), the train moved just a hair over three miles!
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