Photo ID: 105097 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 1879 (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. Photo ID: 105096 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 1723 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF there is a nice cut about a mile west of Keensburg. It is a great place for getting both eastbounds and westbounds. Case in point is this eastbound manifest, currently in dynamics as it heads down grade. The train is being led by a (recently) highly popular ES44C4. While BNSF management appears to love these units, word is that engineers are not so crazy about them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105095 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Hudson Hudson, CO 1958 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A coal load, led by a great looking SD70MAC (with the original "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway" herald still on the nose) progresses west out of Hudson. If you look carefully in the distance, you can see a train in the siding at Hudson. That is the Hudson Turn, a local which regularly switches out a large industry just northeast of town. This coal load, which is following I-76, will take the siding at Tonville to meet an eastbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105094 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roggen Roggen, CO 1749 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Piles of new ties line the right of way. BNSF has approved sinking some money in to the Brush Sub in 2015, hence the new ties along the mainline. This westbound coal train load is headed toward Denver. Once there, it will get a new crew before turning south and heading for the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105093 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roggen Roggen, CO 1755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound coal load is just starting to roll on the siding at Roggen. The gates are down for Weld County Road 73, which the train is just about to cross as it heads for the west end of Roggen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105092 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Roggen Roggen, CO 1943 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This train just received a fresh crew and the dispatcher got a signal at the west end of Roggen for the train to depart. BNSF has approved some capital expenditures for the Brush Sub, hence the ties littering the right of way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105050 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It seems that, in general, "taggers" (those individuals that choose to apply graffiti) tend to hit rail cars and not engines. BNSF 5293 seems to be an exception, however. BNSF has applied some orange paint to cover the graffiti, but has not yet had the chance to reapply a BNSF logo to the long hood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105049 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a few weeks of a lot of snow and fairly frigid temperatures, the sun is shining and the snow slowly recedes as a nice looking BNSF manifest glides by. A (relatively new) ES44C4 runs on the point of the manifest. These units were, for quite a while, only owned by BNSF. In fact, BNSF now owns over 1,000 such units. Recently, Florida East Coast became the second railroad to own these, with their order for 25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105048 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1485 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's eastbound trackage rights manifest is approaching the grade crossing at Simms Street. For several years now, this train has been largely dominated by tank cars. Thanks to trackage rights...and an operating agreement between BNSF and Utah Railway...a lot of the tank business in the Salt Lake City area goes to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105041 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 2, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just from looking at this picture, it would make sense to assume that this is one of BNSF's trackage rights trains that run on the Moffat. As it turns out, this is actually UP's MNYRO headed west (away from the camera). The BNSF C44-9W seen here is being borrowed, along with two more on the head end, to assist in the journey to Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105038 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Irondale Commerce City, CO 1784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest sits stopped west of the west switch at Irondale (and 88th Avenue). The train was looking at a red signal at the west end of Irondale. Despite having my scanner turned on, I never did hear why the dispatcher was holding the train west of Irondale. The train was still sitting there after departing to find other action. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105033 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1549 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF In order to facilitate the arrival of new units on the roster, BNSF has been shuffling some older units around. In some instances, the change had to be done rather hastily! Such is the case with the B40-8, formerly in the 8600-series. Some quick number boards and an interesting red and white patch on the cab moved this unit in to the 500-series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105031 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Arvada, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Has there ever been (or will there ever be) an engine as amazing as the SD40-2? With very few exceptions, every railroad in the United States, Canada, and Mexico owned at least a few SD40-2s. And now, 40 years later, railroads are still rebuilding them and keeping them on the roster. Granted they are used for switching and local work more often than in mainline service now, but it still cool to see them on the rail. How much longer will that last? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105029 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A ES44C4 and a pair of C44-9Ws, all running elephant-style, head toward the west switch of Leyden and the siding. While this day offer a break from snow flurries, the sun still never fully came out as there was a thin layer of clouds. The temperature for this shot was hovering right around 11°F! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105028 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF manifest is kick up a little bit of snow as it crosses over Indiana Street. The train is approaching a Diverging Approach (red-over-yellow) signal at the west end of Leyden. The BNSF yard in Denver currently has no room for the train, so it will need to hang out in the siding at Leyden for a bit until some space opens up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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