Photo ID: 108147 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bridgeport Bridgeport, NE 644 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad South Morrill (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF There is a fairly substantial car maintenance facility located in Bridgeport, NE. The facility is owned and operated by Progress Rail. It connects with UP's South Morrill Sub on one side and BNSF's Valley Sub on the other, offering services for either railroad. As you can see, open hoppers are the primary thing maintained at this facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108148 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bridgeport Bridgeport, NE 739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad South Morrill (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Bridgeport, NE is the location of a lot of railroad action most days! BNSF's Valley Sub joins in with the Angora Sub here. A wye allows trains coming off the Valley Sub to turn north toward Alliance or south toward Colorado and the Brush Sub. In addition, UP's two main track South Morrill Sub cuts through the scene, crossing the Angora Sub on a diamond. In this shot, a UP coal empty heading for the Powder River Basin (in the foreground) heads west as a BNSF coal empty, also heading or the Powder River Basin (in the background) heads west as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108149 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bridgeport Bridgeport, NE 661 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A rather interesting view looking straight down on the diamond in Bridgeport, NE where the BNSF Angora Sub (single track) crosses over the UP South Morrill Sub (two tracks). The two tracks to the right are transfer tracks between the UP and BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108150 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Northport Bridgeport, NE 649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Valley (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes swing around a leg of the wye at Northport from the Angora Sub to the Valley Sub. There is a loaded coal train that needs manned helpers to assist in the 30 mile trip (climb) from Bridgeport to Alliance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108151 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Northport Bridgeport, NE 648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Valley (BNSF) BNSF After receiving a pair of manned helper to help with the climb to Alliance, this BNSF coal load is swinging around the wye from the Valley Sub (coming from the Powder River Basin) to the Angora Sub to continue its journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108152 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Northport Bridgeport, NE 718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF A pair of manned SD70ACes help shove on the back of this eastbound coal train as it leaves the Valley Sub behind and starts on the climb up the Angora Sub toward Alliance. The sole DPU on this train is an SD70MAC. A bit of a special catch these days as the majority of SD70MACs are currently in storage around BNSF's system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108153 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney, NE 777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX, SLGG The Sidney and Lowe Railroad is a shortline railroad consisting of about 11 miles of track in the Sidney, NE area. They interchange with both BNSF and UP and are owned by Progress Rail Service. Here, two former BNSF SD75Ms sits shut off, awaiting their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108154 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney, NE 755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX, SLGG A former BNSF (and, before that, Santa Fe) SD75M sits waiting an assignment near Sidney, NE. This unit was BNSF 8241 until being sold to Progress Rail Services, which operates the Sidney and Lowe shortline near Sidney. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108155 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney, NE 846 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX, SLGG Here is an interesting looking creature! PRLX 1323 is a PR30C, a Progress Rail Services rebuild from an SD40-2. The prime mover has been replaced and the unit upgraded to Tier 2 emissions standards. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108156 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sidney, NE 938 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots PRLX, SLGG A quartet of brand new (or at least freshly painted) PR30C rebuilds sit on the Sidney and Lowe shortline near Sidney, NE. Former BNSF SD40-2s, the units are now lettered for PRLX, which is Progress Rail Services, the company that rebuilt them. Not sure why they would have fresh BNSF paint but be lettered PRLX. Regardless, here they sit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108157 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 408 Sidney, NE 667 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific With the current decline in the economy, Class 1 railroads are in need of less power and, to help reduce fuel and maintenance costs, many units have been placed in storage. Such is the case of Union Pacific as a string of 40 to 50 SD70Ms are currently being stored in the small yard in Sidney, NE along the Overland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108158 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 408 Sidney, NE 686 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific One of my absolute favorite (more modern) engines is the SD70M Phase 2. The Phase 2 is my favorite in particular because the radiator intakes are angled out slightly. Not as much as an SD45, but more than an SD70M Phase 1. In addition, the teardrop windshield is in place and the original EMD wide cab looks great before the new nose introduced in the Phase 3 (and subsequently on SD70ACes). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108159 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kimball, NE 856 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots HPC One of many, many grain elevators that can be found across the fruited plain, High Plains Co-Op has a large elevator in Kimball, NE. They even have an old GP9 to shuffle covered hoppers around the elevator! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108160 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kimball, NE 901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots HPC When was the last time you recall seeing a high nose unit? This GP9 has found a nice "retirement" job, working as the High Plains Co-Op switcher in Kimball, NE. The GP9 started life as Pennsylvania Railroad #7011, built in 1955. It went through the New York Central merger and became Penn Central #7011. When Penn Central went belly up and Conrail was former, this guy survived and became Conrail #7011 and was then renumbered to Conrail #7516. It was finally retired and purchased by High Plains Co-Op. I found some pictures of the unit in previous lifes on Railroad Picture Archives. Here are some links: Pennsylvania 7011 Penn Central 7011 Conrail 7516 Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108161 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie Laramie County, WY 654 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Amazingly, when traveling between Sidney, NE and Cheyenne, WY, there was not a single train to be found on the Overland! The first train encountered was this eastbound grain train at Borie a few miles west of Cheyenne. It was a good catch though as an SD70ACe-T4 was leading the train on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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