Photo ID: 105120 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF coal load encountered a bit of an issue at the west switch of Hudson. What issue? Look closely...you'll notice some cars in places where they are not supposed to be. The train derailed 25-30 cars mid-morning. I took a picture from this same bridge just eight days earlier. That train had much better luck! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105121 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Ouch! Roughly 20 loaded hoppers are all piled up here at the west switch of Hudson. Early reports indicated that a broken wheel caused the derailment. Here, coal, ties, twisted rail, and twisted cars are all mixed together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105122 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1803 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Crews from BNSF (as well as a 3rd party contractor) huddle together at the west switch of Hudson. The crews are meeting to determine how they are going to get the line back open. The coal train in the background derailed (and piled up) 25-30 loaded hoppers when a broken wheel caused a derailment at the west switch of Hudson. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105123 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1966 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An overview of the worst part of a derailment on the BNSF Brush Sub. It appears that a broken wheel on one of the loaded hoppers caused 20-30 cars to derail at the west switch of Hudson. Fortunately, there were no injuries. At this point, crews were still trying to decide how to attack the derailed cars, and from where. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105124 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 2086 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This was the worst part of a 25-30 car derailment at the west switch of Hudson. Roughly 20 hoppers piled up together and tumbling down off the south side of the track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105125 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A derailment at the west switch of Hudson has two sets of toppled over cars. 20 or so cars piled up badly (in a short distance, to the right) while another four fell over (but didn't pile as much, to the left). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105126 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 2106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Got coal? There was quite a bit of it laying on the ground at the west switch of Hudson after this westbound BNSF coal load derailed. There were no injuries and no engines were involved. The derailment did, however, take out the west switch at Hudson as well as the eastbound signal. Crews definitely have their work cut out for them! The train loaded at the Black Thunder Mine (in the Powder River Basin) and was headed for Amarillo, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105127 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 2149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A rough start to Spring 2015 for BNSF on the Brush Sub. A broken wheel on this coal train caused 25-30 cars to derail on the west switch at Hudson. Most of the derailed cars fell over (and some appeared to be banged up well beyond repair), but a few of the derailed cars stayed upright. You can see the crews to the left, assembling and preparing to go to work to get the track reopened. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105128 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1765 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF While somewhere around 20 cars involved in a derailment on the Brush Sub fell completely over (many of which were twisted beyond recognition), about 10 came off the tracks but were able to stay upright. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105129 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1800 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A pair of horses look for food in a field, indifferent to the pileup of coal hoppers in the distance. In addition to the mangled hoppers, note the welded rail, twisted and looping, in the middle of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105130 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF 14,259-foot Long Peak stands tall in the distance, offering a nice backdrop to a less-than-nice scene in the foreground. A westbound coal load derailed at the west switch of Hudson, resulting in this pileup of 25-30 cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105131 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1950 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF These hopper cars almost aren't recognizable as hopper cars after a derailment at the west switch of Hudson. There is a certainly amount of dark irony in the advertised "Rapid Discharge" on the side of one of the hoppers. Surprisingly, it appears that most of the coal stayed in that particular hopper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105132 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 2124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF When this westbound coal load derailed, it didn't only take out 25-30 hoppers and track, but it also took out a switch at the signal at the west end of Hudson. You can see the signal mast (with its signal heads now missing) here, twisted among the derailed hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105133 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Hudson Hudson, CO 1769 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A couple of wheel sets and ties rest, largely buried in coal, after the westbound coal load derailed at the west switch of Hudson on the BNSF Brush Sub. Most likely these hoppers will be sent to the scrapper (if not scrapped onsite) as it is unlikely they will be able to be repaired. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105134 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hudson, CO 1945 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF When this BNSF coal train derailed, cars "accordioned" (as they often do in derailments), resulting in cars piled on top of cars and some of the cars perpendicular to the track. Or, to where the track was! Must have been an amazing site to see when this happened. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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