Photo ID: 103474 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 26 Sedalia, CO 1971 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF In my (very humble) opinion, the SD40-2 (and T-2) has the best profile shot of darn near any units ever produced. I really enjoyed catching two of them, along with an SD60, on a southbound manifest on the Joint Line in 2010! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103473 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 2059 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP After receiving a new track warrant (with authority extending further south), this BNSF manifest (with very colorful power) throttles up to continue pulling south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103472 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 21 Louviers, CO 2005 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP These three classic EMDs are working to pull this manifest south on Main 1 over a (currently dry) creek in Louviers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103471 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Littleton, CO 2345 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The overpass on Titan Road offered a great view of this southbound BNSF Denver-Pueblo manifest. Note the winterization hatches on the radiator fans on the leading SD40-2 and the SD60. Very common on Canadian Pacific units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103470 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF At the south end of the Littleton Trench, the sun was finally able to break through the clouds, bringing some great Spring sunlight to this southbound manifest, running through the Trench on Main 2. Imagine, a trio of standard (Spartan) cab EMDs on a mainline freight, on a class one railroad in 2010. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103469 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 2 Denver, CO 1996 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific Nope, I honestly didn't make a quick trip up to Winnipeg in Canada! Canadian Pacific was repaying BNSF some power miles in the form of two SD40-2s and a (SOO) SD60. The train is coming down through Hogan's Alley on Main 1. The tower at Elitch Gardens is visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 1682 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This manifest was running right on the yellow blocks of the coal load ahead of it, so I didn't have enough time to get north of Palmer Lake and back into the light (note the house and hillside in the distance). Instead, I settled for this shot at the grade crossing at Palmer Lake. This is BNSF's daily Denver to Pueblo manifest. When I first saw it, I thought it was a baretable train as I only saw the empty well cars initially! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Minutes before the sun ducks behind the mountains west of Palmer Lake, this southbound works through the S-Curve just south of the lake. Leave it to BNSF to run the last unit nose-forward! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 2028 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load makes the final effort to get over the top of Palmer Divide, about 7,200 feet above sea level. Here, the double track ends and the single track CTC begins. The single track runs for 32 miles between Palmer Lake and Crews, and there are four sidings along the way to facilitate train meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103341 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 79 (Kelker) Colorado Springs, CO 2407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF It can be hard to get northbounds in good light on the Joint Line, but the tracks sweep to the west, offer a nice opportunity around Kelker for some good light. Case in point is this northbound, running on clear signals on the main at Kelker. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 1983 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a southbound manifest here at Crews, this northbound has a clear signal and is throttling up to enter the CTC-controlled single track mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103339 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 1750 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty is stopped at Crews to wait for a southbound manifest that is currently at Kelker. I thought it was somewhat interesting that there are only three unique numbers between the two units (9992 and 8888). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103338 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 108 (Bragdon) Bragdon, CO 2475 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Most shots from Bragdon show southbounds coming off the double track on Main 1. I wanted to find a new perspective, so I found this shot of a northbound approaching Bragdon on Main 2. The diverging route in the picture is used when BNSF trains coming out of Pueblo need to cross over to Main 2, or on the rare occasion when BNSF trains run the "wrong way" on Main 2 from Crews and have to cross back over to the BNSF main into Pueblo. The train approaching a BNSF coal empty that is running on UP's main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103335 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 109 Bragdon, CO 2204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound coal train is passing over I-25 just south of the south switch of Bragdon. At this point, the Joint Line has ended and BNSF trains, such as this one, run on the BNSF track from Bragdon to Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103334 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 82 (Crews) Crews, CO 1874 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National This Canadian National SD75I was something of a treat here in Colorado! The unit the second of two on BNSF's daily Kansas City to Denver priority manifests. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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