Photo ID: 110027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Outbound Main Denver, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars, led by a BNSF C44-9W, approaches the grade crossing at York Street at the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard. The tracks pass by a Purina pet food plant, kicking up some steam, on the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110026 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W011 (South Hazeltine) Adams County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific At the south switch of Hazeltine, BNSF 4664 and baretable train cross 104th Avenue on the main train. The siding is currently "plugged" with a string of empty auto racks. New cars were brought in and unloaded at UP's auto facility in Denver, named Rolla. After unloading, the cars are placed on the siding so they can head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine (8,232ft) Adams County, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars is led by a single BNSF C44-9W on the main at Hazeltine. The train is passing by a long string of empty auto racks that, later in the afternoon, will head north as the ARLLDR-07. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110024 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Platteville Weld County, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A BNSF C44-9W has a long string of empty well cars south on the Greeley Sub. A storm front is starting to creep its way over the top of the Colorado Rockies. It is expected to dump around 4" of snow overnight leading in to tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110023 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific Baretable trains...which are trains that have empty well cars used for hauling (intermodal) containers...are some of the lowest priority trains on any railroad. They do not generate any revenue as the railroad is just relocating the empty cars. A single power-shared BNSF C44-9W is the power on this southbound, getting ready to leave the siding at Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110022 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A UP conductor from on the southbound baretable gives a roll by to the northbound North Yard, CO to Green River, WY. Many of the cars on the northbound manifest are likely headed for Salt Lake City, and once would have run over the Moffat on the MNYRO. But it is has been several years since the MNYRO ran. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Here at Brush, the BNSF Brush Sub continues to the north toward Sterling, while the BNSF Akron Sub breaks off and starts heading east toward Lincoln, NE and (eventually) Chicago, IL. The signals in the distance are where the two subdivision converge when heading west toward Denver. Power for a local sit alongside the two mainlines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF GP39-2 and an SD40-2 sit with a single covered hopper in Brush. There is currently no crew on board, likely due to the fact that it is both a Sunday and New Year's Eve. Note the cab...or at least the number boards...look to have been rebuilt on the GP39-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of New Hillrose Morgan County, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Approaching the east end of BNSF's Brush Subdivision, this Q-Train is crossing the South Platte River on the final day of 2023. Not far ahead, the train will (seamlessly) move from BNSF's Brush Sub to UP's Julesburg Sub. BNSF has trackage rights on the Julesburg Sub between Union (just ahead) and Sterling, CO. Indeed, BNSF is the only railroad that uses this 24-mile stretch of UP's Julesburg Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crest to Wiggins Morgan County, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a westbound at the siding of Crest, this eastbound on the move again between Crest and Wiggins. The siding of Crest itself is somewhat isolated and not easily accessible. Whereas the other sidings on the Brush Sub are visible from I-76. While most of this Q-Train consists of double stack containers, if you look toward the end, you'll notice a handful of auto racks and a few general manifest cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109968 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF About a mile west of "downtown" Keensburg, an eastbound BNSF mixed intermodal/manifest Q-train rounds the curve. Once reaching Brush, the train will turn north and continue on the Brush Sub to Sterling, then north on the BNSF Angora Sub in to Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109967 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At first glance, you might guess this is a BNSF Z-Train. Particularly with the appearance of JB Hunt containers. However, this is actually a "Q" train that originated in Alliance, TX and is headed for Portland, OR, by way of Denver. The train is moving at track speed as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Tonville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109948 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound BNSF Denver-Provo has come to a stop in the siding at Flat as an eastbound UP oil train rolls by on the main. The manifest has a very colorful consist today, with a New Image SD70ACe leading a KCSM ES44AC, a Canadian Pacific AC4400CW, and a Heritage 2 AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109947 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, BNSF In 1996, when the Mexican government privatized freight railroad operations, one railroad formed was Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM). Kansas City Southern was one of the creators of and stock holder in the railroad. In 2005, KCS bought out its partners and took full control of the railroad. The name was changed to Kansas City Southern de Mexico, a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern. The subsidiary had its own fleet in the Retro Belle scheme, but with "de Mexico" printed on the unit. Here is an ES44AC sporting that paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109946 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Other than the westbound Zephyr, I only saw two other trains on the Moffat on this day. A loaded eastbound UP oil train, and a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. As it happens, the two trains met at Flat, between Sulphur and Kremmling. The BNSF manifest took the siding, although it was really close to a rolling meet as the two trains each knocked down their respective ends of Flat at close to the same time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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