Photo ID: 109493 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado River Bridge Wharton, TX 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A pair of CP units leads a unit tank train across the Texas version of the Colorado River. This is not the same Colorado River that the former Rio Grande runs alongside of through Colorado and Utah. This river runs its entire 862 miles within the state of Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109492 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC With the annual harvest largely completed at this point in September, a north unit tank train passes by fields of dirt with just some leftover stalks sticking up from the ground. Since the official approval of CPKC, it has not taken much time for KCS and CP units to become "mixed" across the former two systems. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109491 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A few minutes before 8am find a northbound CPKC unit tank train passing through the small Texas town of El Campo. A pair of CP GEs leads the train north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109488 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Kendleton Fort Bend County, TX 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A few miles north of Kendleton finds a northbound mixed intermodal/auto rack train on the move with a fresh crew. As part of this trip, I was really hoping to get shots of KCS Belle's on as many trains as possible. So it was quite ironic how many trains I caught with solid CP power! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109487 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Canadian Pacific, CPKC A pair of Canadian Pacific GEs shove part of an intermodal train back in to the ramp at the Kendleton Yard. Once complete, the train will pull to the north end of the yard limits and wait for a recrew. A southbound covered hopper train waits for a recrew in the distance as a northbound tank train also pulls in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109486 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bernard Creek Bridge Hungerford, TX 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Canadian Pacific, CPKC Once Canadian Pacific retired all of its SD90MACs, the units went on to find life as rebuilds. Canadian Pacific had 60 of the units rebuilt by Progress Rail with a new designation as an SD70ACu. One such example is CP 7026, second unit on a northbound CPKC unit tank train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109485 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bernard Creek Bridge Hungerford, TX 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Kansas City Southern (ALL), CPKC A northbound CPKC unit tank train, with a KCS Belle and a CP SD70ACu (rebuilt from a UP SD9043MAC) cross West Bernard Creek just outside of Hungerford, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109484 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A GP38-2 and a rebuilt GP40-3 (of Frisco origins) switch a string of autoracks at CPKC's Kendleton Yard in Kendleton, TX, which is located a little over 40 miles southwest of downtown Houston. This yard serves as a crew change point for CPKC trains on the Rosenberg Sub. Trains departing north do not stop in Houston, but continue straight through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109483 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wharton Wharton, TX 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound CPKC manifest sits in the relatively new siding of Wharton on the north side of Wharton, TX. This siding was built at the start of 2023. A few miles further is the CPKC yard of Kendleton, which serves as a crew change point. If the yard tracks are full (or cannot be blocked), northbounds will tie down here at Wharton. Such is the case today as this northbound waits for a new crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109482 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC Despite the fact that final approval for the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern just came through a few months ago, the sign at the entrance to the intermodal facility and yard in Kendleton, TX has already been changed to reflect the new CPKC name, logo, and colors! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109351 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Gilcrest Weld County, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific A lake that normally would not exist has popped up along the tracks as a field has flooded in the recent high volumes of rain. Cows in the distance seem to be enjoying the plentiful grass mixed with water as a southbound UP manifest, with a KCS lead, roll by south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109350 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilcrest (MP 40.3) Weld County, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV is moving south on the Greeley Sub at Gilcrest along US-85. Near-record rainfall in May and June has resulted in some flooded fields along the tracks, creating an interesting dynamic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109349 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River La Salle, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific Throughout much of the year, the South Platte River seems to be down at almost a trickle. However, after a winter with a lot of snow fall and a ton of rain this spring, the South Platte have flowed a bit over its banks! A southbound UP manifest has a Kansas City Southern "Retro-Belle" SD70ACe on the point as the train crosses the river. Although this is a manifest in UP's system, there are several dozen double stacks at the front of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109348 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W057 Eaton, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific A Kansas City Southern "Retro-Belle" SD70ACe leads UP's MNPDV-17 south on the Greeley Sub mainline at Eaton, CO. The train has a clear (green) signal at CP W057 and will continue south to Rolla to drop off auto racks at the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109347 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV-17 is putting its train together at Eaton to prepare for the continued trip south. In the foreground is a irrigation pivot, used to water one of the many fields found on the farmland of eastern Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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