Photo ID: 106534 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 65.2 Atwood, CO 1421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Julesburg (UP) BNSF After leaving Sterling, I was able to get quite a ways ahead of this westbound BNSF coal train. I had some time to kill on the shoulder of US-6 and decided to setup for an "artsy" shot utilizing the rearview mirror! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106533 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 1567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF After a quick crew change at the BNSF yard office a few blocks to the northeast, this westbound coal train is ready to continue toward Denver. The train had been a southbound on the Angora Sub, but has now switched to a westbound for the journey on the Brush Sub. The train is passing UP's yard office. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106531 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 1740 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This southbound is coming off the south end of the BNSF Angora Sub and is entering Restricted Limits at Sterling, leaving CTC bhind. The track way off to the far right is UP's track which runs to Julesburg, CO and the Overland Route. That track only sees about a train a week, when a local runs from Julesburg to Sterling and back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan, CO Logan County, CO 1641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF This southbound coal load is pulling up a hill on the main at Buchanan, about 14 miles north of Sterling, CO. This is the last siding north of Sterling and the last CTC siding roughly 40 miles! The next CTC siding is New Hillrose on the Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106529 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 87.2 Logan County, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF My personal favorite shot of this rather crummy, overcast day! The DPU on this southbound BNSF coal load passes by the iconic "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign that you can find along all (or at least most) of the road border crossings into Colorado. This crossing is on CO-131 between Peetz, CO and Lorenzo, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106528 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 87.1 Logan County, CO 1460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF In between Peetz, CO and Lorenzo, NE, we find the Colorado/Nebraska state line on CO-131. We also find a southbound BNSF coal load about to cross said border into Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106527 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Lorenzo Lorenzo, NE 1387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on the northbound empty in the siding steps down in order to give a roll by to the southbound coal load that just knocked down the signal at the north end of Lorenzo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106526 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 79 Cheyenne County, NE 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF South of Sydney, NE, where BNSF's Angora Sub crosses over UP's Overland Route, there is a bit of a climb up a hill with a nice sweeping curve. Here, a southbound coal load grinds up the hill around MP 79. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106525 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Lorenzo Lorenzo, NE 1416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF There is an interesting signal bridge located at the south end of Lorenzo on the BNSF Angora Sub. This northbound coal empty is taking the siding (hence the dim headlight) in order to meet a southbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106524 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Peetz Peetz, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF With an entire day free, I decided to get a little ways away from Denver for a few hours. This coal empty is making its way through downtown Peetz, CO! Peetz is just a few miles south of the Colorado/Nebraska border. This is BNSF's Angora Subdivision. This coal empty came up the Joint Line, then the Brush Sub. It is ultimately headed for the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106523 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Commerce City, CO 1766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This SD40-2 has some interesting equipment added to its roof. It appears as though it may be related to the remote control capabilities of the unit. No doubt this unit will be used as a yard switcher either at 38th Street or Rennicks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106522 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Commerce City, CO 1997 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF It sure is great that, in 2017, there is still a large number of Warbonnets that are really in very good condition, considering the age of their paint. BNSF 784 is one such example on this westbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106521 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Commerce City, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF manifest has a clear shot the rest of the way in to the yard at Denver. It is currently running on clear signals at Irondale. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106520 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Denver, CO 1651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With BNSF's yard in Denver currently without an empty track, the Provo-Denver is being held at Tennyson Street on Main 1. When UP added a second main between C&S Jct and Arvada, they basically added another siding, when needed, west of Denver. Prior to the second main being added, this train would have been held in the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106519 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1796 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Utah Railway, BNSF At the beginning of the 21st Century, the least Utah Railway had on their SD40s expired. In 2001, they received six MK5000Cs. These unique units were rebuilds by Morrison Knudsen. In 2003, their MK prime movers were replaced with EMD prime movers and they were redesignated as MK50-3s. At the end of 2016, Utah Railway lost their last coal contract and a century of coal hauling for the railroad came to an end. As a result, their MK50-3s are being sent to the KYLE railroad in eastern Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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