Photo ID: 105170 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1576 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's SD60Ms have disappeared from and reappeared on the system a couple times over the last 15 years. When business has slowed and there has been a surplus of power, the SD60Ms have been put in storage. With the recent boom in oil, virtually all stored power has been put back on the active roster. Here, a pair of SD60Ms (recently patched in to the 1400-series) is moved toward the engine house by some yard hostlers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105169 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Watkins Watkins, CO 1929 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF The last view of this interesting UP oil train with BNSF power comes at this short but long bridge at Watkins, CO. I'm not entirely sure if there is a creek here, or if this primarily a flood plain. If you know, feel free to share in the comments! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105167 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bennett Bennett, CO 1835 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF Prior to the construction of I-70, CO-36 was the main route east of Denver out on to the plains. A westbound oil train moves up and down with the plains landscape parallel to US-36 a few miles west of Bennett, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105166 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1520 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF This shot just screamed black and white to me. I really like the look of the long line of uniform tank cars. A single DPU pushes behind the "buffer" car located at the tail end of the westbound oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105165 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) BNSF This UP oil train was borrowing some power from BNSF. It would have been great to have this good looking Warbonnet on the point, but having it facing the "correct direction" as the sole DPU works too. The train is passing through downtown Strasburg, CO on its journey west toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105164 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Strasburg Strasburg, CO 1515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF As the push to move from coal to oil and natural gas continues, long unit trains of hoppers are slowly being replaced by long unit trains of tank cars. That's good news for some lines out there, one of which is the UP Limon Sub. Other than a daily freight and a few locals, the Limon Sub is primarily supplied by coal trains. Fortunately, oil trains will hopefully help to bring traffic to a line that is seeing a decrease in coal. Here, an empty oil train heads west through Strasburg, about 35 miles east of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105162 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Byers Byers, CO 1542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF BNSF train on the Limon Sub? No, this UP oil train is just borrowing some BNSF power for the journey. The train original in St James, LA and is headed for Carr, CO where it will be loaded and return back to Louisiana. The train is crossing over the West Bijou Creek (west of Byers, CO) over a good looking truss bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105150 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 1934 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A pair of SD40-2s starts pulling on a long string of double stacks out of the loading area at Rennicks. These containers are quite possibly bound for Chicago on the highest priority train BNSF runs out of Denver, the ZDENCHI. If that is the case, they will see an early morning departure the following day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105148 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 1744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Located on the east side of UP's North Yard in BNSF's Rennicks Yard. This yard represents BNSF's intermodal presence in Denver (which, admittedly, isn't much). BNSF runs an intermodal train between Denver and Tacoma, WA and one between Denver and Chicago, IL. Thus, the two tracks located at Rennicks are sufficient to get the job done! Here, a pair of SD40-2s prepare to pull a string of double stack containers south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105144 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's "Longmont Switch" has completed its work at Broomfield and is now on its way back to Longmont. The train just passed underneath the Northwest Parkway and is approaching the south end of Louisville. Note that there is actually a caboose (now referred to as a "shoving platform") on the tail end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105143 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1692 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty has come to a stop, the end DPUs sitting on the Westminster Fill. The train will likely be meeting a southbound at the siding of Broomfield. However, Broomfield has two grade crossing and, as such, northbounds will usually hold near Church Ranch Lake until the dispatcher tell them to pull in to the clear when the southbound is close enough. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105142 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 2236 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF For about a decade, the SD70MAC reigned king on BNSF coal trains. Today, it is somewhat rare to find a pair lashed up together! However, that was the case on a beautiful Thursday afternoon as this pair of SD70MACs bring up the rear of a northbound coal empty. Longs Peak makes for a great backdrop as the train hustles across Wadsworth Blvd in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105141 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 1629 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF To alleviate some congestion on the Brush and Angora Subs, BNSF will frequently send a few coal empties north on the Front Range Sub. One such example is this empty, which is headed for a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Here, the train is passing underneath 92nd Avenue in Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105140 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1658 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF It's pretty great that in 2015, twenty years after the BN / ATSF merger, you can still find C44-9Ws running around in the first (official) BNSF paint scheme. The Heritage scheme didn't last long before being ousted by the Heritage 2 scheme. The Heritage scheme greatly resembled the paint scheme of the Great Northern. The Great Northern used a goat on their herald and, it is for this reason, that these units are often referred to as "Goat Boats". The "boat" portion coming from an old designation of 1st and 2nd generation GE units as "U-Boats". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105139 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1664 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF On the last day of March, a northbound manifest (most likely headed for Laurel, MT) passes through Broomfield on the main track. With the switches at both ends aligned for the main and no train to meet, the train rolled through town at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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