Photo ID: 110059 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CPRR, CPKC Staring at the nose of CP 7020, tied down in the siding at Hogan's Alley in Denver. The unit is painted in Army Green in tribute to the military. The train is waiting for a fresh crew to take the train south on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110058 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CPRR, CPKC A look at the cab of the army-green SD70ACu on Canadian Pacific (now CPKC's) roster. The unit was unveiled just over four years ago in tribute to the military. The ribbon has a clever design that represents both Canada and the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110057 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CPRR, CPKC, BNSF In 2019, Canadian Pacific painted five units in military-inspired paint schemes in tribute to the military. The units were unveiled on Remembrance Day (Canada's version of Veterans Day in the US). CP 7020 is one of the five units, and happened to be leading a southbound grain train through Denver on January 8, 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110056 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CPRR, CPKC, BNSF CP 7020, one of five military tribute units on CP's roster, happened to lead a California-bound grain train through Denver. The train is tied down here on the siding in "Hogan's Alley", awaiting for a recrew. The grain train originated in Sweetwater, MT and is destined for Modesto, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109924 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Several years ago, UP did some preliminary work to upgrade Main 2 on the Joint Line to CTC. However, progress seemed to drop off and the track is still controlled by Track Warrants and Automatic Block Signals. If you look on the opposite side of this northbound BNSF manifest, you can see an intermediate signal. But note the signal head for southbound is point 90° to the right as it is not currently operational. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109923 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Main 2 crosses from the east side to the west side of I-25 on the northwest side of Castle Rock. BNSF's Kansas City to Denver manifest is crossing the busiest freeway in Colorado. The auto racks on the head end of the train will be set out at Big Lift, just south of Littleton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109922 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This manifest is headed north on Main 2 just south of Larkspur. On this particular part of the Joint Line, Main 2 is (technically) owned by UP. UP also dispatches trains on Main 2, which still uses Track Warrants and ABS (Automatic Block Signals). BNSF has upgraded Main 1, which is now CTC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109921 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 3890, a Tier-4 compliant ET44C4, leads the northbound HKCKDEN. BNSF often refers to this as the "Kick Den", which runs between Kansas City and Denver. The train is about to wrap around Palmer Lake and move on the Main 2 for the trip to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109920 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Colorado Highway 105, runs between Palmer Lake and Monument and (more or less) parallels to the single track main. A trio of GEs lead BNSF's Kansas City to Denver manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109919 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just about a half mile south of Palmer Lake, BNSF's northbound Kansas City to Denver is rolling through the S-curves on the single track main. An ET44C4 is on the point of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109918 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Monument Monument, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Not too far north of Monument, a southbound BNSF manifest is on the move on the single track mainline. Directional running (on two tracks) ended at Palmer Lake, and it is single track running (with a few sidings) between Palmer Lake and Crews, south of Colorado Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109917 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just north of Palmer Lake is a location now known as "The Sag". Over 100 years ago, Santa Fe's mainline crossed over Rio Grande's mainline right here. You can clearly see the abutment from the bridge that has long since been removed. When the Joint Line was formed, the tracks of the Grande the Santa Fe were connected in places where the mainlines previously crossed each other. Here, the ownership of the track changes right here from BNSF to UP as the train moves south. Regardless of ownership, BNSF dispatches the track, which has been CTC for the past few years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109916 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Douglas County, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF manifest on Main 1 is about to pass an SD70ACe that BNSF keeps on a sub track at Spruce, just north of Palmer Lake. The unit can be used as a helper for any southbound that needs it on the climb to Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109915 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greenland Douglas County, CO 264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF In the past decade or so, it has become far more common to find certain trains that have a mix of general manifest (box cars, covered hoppers, lumber, etc) along with intermodal. BNSF's QSPOALT, which runs from Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX, is an example of such a train. The front half of the train is general manifest, but the second half is mixed TOFC and COFC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109914 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 4992 and BNSF 8247 lead southbound over the classic Santa Fe bridge on the south side of Larkspur. The train is BNSF's Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX Q-train. Notes quite a few loads of lumber from the Pacific Northwest. The second half of the train is TOFC and COFC intermodal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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