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: 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: 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: 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: 105107 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Barr Brighton, CO 1799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF The Hudson Turn slows to a crawl as it approaches the CO-2 overpass west of Barr. There is a coal load holding the main east of Irondale (the next siding to the west) and, as a result, the local here is approaching a red intermediate, the tail end of the coal load just on the opposite side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105106 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Barr Brighton, CO 1666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Being an "EMD guy", I really love how reliable old EMDs prove themselves to be. Railroads continue to rebuild and use EMD power that is 40+ years old! Here, the Hudson Turn sports two GP38-2. The first unit receive a repaint after its last rebuild, and sports the New Image scheme. The second units still wears the original Heritage scheme. While subtle, this shot clearly shots that the Heritage scheme did indeed use a very dark green, whereas the New Image scheme just uses black. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105105 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Barr Brighton, CO 1673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Between the sidings of Irondale and Barr, CO-2 crosses over the tracks. The bridge offers a pretty good view of westbounds. Such is the case with this shot of the westbound Hudson Turn. The train entirely consists of tank cars and covered hoppers, and is blocked accordingly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105104 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Brush Brighton, CO 1685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF With its switching complete for the day, the westbound Hudson Turn knocks down a clear signal at the east switch of Barr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105103 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Roggen Roggen, CO 1617 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound coal load has come to a stop, hanging out the east end of the siding of Roggen. Once the eastbound it is meeting gets closer, the dispatcher will instruct the train to pull in to the clear. Piles of new ties lay along the right of way, ready to be installed. By the end of the year, the east end of the siding will likely be behind the photographer, as BNSF intends to lengthen the siding in 2015. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105102 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Roggen Roggen, CO 1760 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Just east of Roggen, Country Road 75.5 crosses the tracks. A westbound coal load has just cleared that dirt road, and is slowing to come to a stop. The train is taking the siding at Roggen, but will hang out the east end for a bit so as not to block the grade crossing in town. Once the westbound it is meeting gets closer, the dispatcher will instruct the crew to pull in to the clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105101 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Roggen Roggen, CO 1762 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A telephoto shot of this westbound coal load amplifies the "roller coaster" feel of the tracks on the plains. There are miles and miles of ties along the right-of-way as BNSF is investing roughly $140 million in the Brush Sub in 2015. In addition to tie replacement, BNSF is extending the sidings of Bijou, Crest, Hudson, Messex, Roggen, and Tonville. They will also start on projects to extend Barr, Keensburg, New Hillrose, and Wiggins, although those projects won't be completed until 2016. It has also been suggested that BNSF plans to add a second main track to some (or even all) of the Brush Sub in the next few years to increase fluidity on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105100 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wiggins (6,954 ft) Wiggins, CO 1640 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At the siding of Wiggins (in the town of Wiggins, CO), a westbound coal load (in the siding) meets an eastbound manifest (on the main). As is common in so many plains towns, agricultural buildings can be found alongside the tracks. BNSF 5746 (leading the coal load) is a pre-production ES44AC; one of the first such units built. It was actually released prior to the introduction of BNSF's New Image scheme, first seen in 2005. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105099 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 1705 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF There is a long, sweeping curve that approaches a cut just west of Keensburg on the Brush Sub. While this curve offers pretty descent shots any time of day, afternoon shots of westbounds are just about as ideal as you could ask for. Such is the case here, as this westbound coal load slowly pulls up the grade out of Keensburg. The train just met a manifest, and had to start pulling up the grade from a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105098 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 1639 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) CEFX, BNSF A CEFX leasor SD60 adds a splash of color...or perhaps, more accurately, a splash of lack of color...with its dominate white scheme. This eastbound manifest is round a long curve just west of Keensburg, which is visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105097 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 1657 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) CEFX, BNSF A former SOO SD60 (now owned by CIT Finance, a railroad leasing company) heads east out of Denver on a manifest. I thought it was particularly fortuitous, catching this unit, as I have shot it a couple of times over the previous nine months in and around Denver. For most of its time in town, it was used as power on the Beer Run between Denver and Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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