Photo ID: 111592 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) Union Pacific UP 1828 is the power on UP's Julesburg Local, currently sitting in Sterling with no crew, waiting to head east. UP 1828 was delivered to UP in March 1975 as UP 3293. The snoot nose SD40-2 was recently rebuilt and is now designated as an SD40N. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111593 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan to Sterling Logan County, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF After a day shooting the Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Railway, I was hoping to find a BNSF train headed for Denver for the chase home. I headed east on the Angora Sub and came across a westbound coal load between Buchanan and Sterling. The clouds had pretty much blown out by this afternoon, so the late afternoon winter lighting was fantastic! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111594 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan to Sterling Logan County, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9121 is moving along the south (west) end of the Angora Sub at track speed as the train approaches the grade crossing of Logan County Road 46. Just ahead, the train has an Approach Medium (flashing yellow) aspect, so the train will start to slow. Upon reaching Sterling, CTC comes to an end and the train will enter yard limits. It will have to do so at restricted speed, hence the aspects of the coming signals and the beginning of the reduction in speed at this point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111595 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF At the east edge of Sterling, this training is coming to the end of the Angora Subdivision. Indeed, the crew is also coming to the end of their day. Sterling is an away terminal for crews coming from both directions. This crew will turn the train over to an outbound crew that will continue on to Denver. The crew on this train will stay the night in Sterling before returning home after the minimum 10 hours of rest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111596 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes, leading a westbound coal load, crosses over the US-138 as the sun quickly moves toward the western horizon. The train is now moving at about 15 MPH as it approaches the restricted limits of Sterling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111597 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The setup in Sterling is something of an interesting one. This is the south (west) end of BNSF's Angora Subdivision, which started to the north in Alliance, NE. BNSF does not own any trackage west out of Sterling. For 23 miles between Sterling and Union, BNSF trains run on UP's Julesburg Subdivision. Interestingly, UP does not own any track west of Union, and in fact does not operate any trains west of Sterling. BNSF now dispatches the UP-owned 23-mile stretch of track. UP's Julesburg Sub continues east from Sterling and meets with the UP Overland Route in Julesburg, CO, 60 miles to the northeast. In this shot, a BNSF coal load just had a crew change, and the outbound train is ready to depart west. The track(s) the coal train are on are still owned by BNSF. The track to the right is UP. The BNSF coal load will pull to the west end of Sterling to meet an eastbound coal empty before departing on the 23-mile of UP Julesburg track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111598 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) BNSF The sun is rapidly approaching the western horizon as a BNSF coal empty slowly pulls east toward a restricting signal at the west end of Sterling. Three units happen to lead this particular coal train this evening. The lead unit will be taken off the train in Alliance, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111599 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) BNSF The sun is shining hard off the side of BNSF 4727. The main reason I included this shot is to take note of the fact that the nose of this C44-9W is blank. Or, more specifically, it is simply orange. No cigar band or herald is on the nose. It is also interesting that a C44-9W, with DC-traction motors, is leading a coal empty. The unit will be taken off the train in Alliance, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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