Photo ID: 109947 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 118 (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: 109534 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Kansas City Southern This is a paint scheme that I am definitely going to miss! Granted, Kansas City Southern units don't make it to Colorado particularly often, but when they do, they are great to see. With the merger of CP and KCS, creating CPKC, both the Canadian Pacific and KCS paint schemes will be replaced by a new scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109533 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern A Canadian Pacific ES44AC and a Kansas City Southern SD70ACe lead a northbound UP coal empty by some new industries in Eaton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109528 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Brighton Weld County, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern A pair of CPKC units (one CP, one KCS) are quite a ways from home as they lead a coal empty north on the Greeley Sub. The train is slowing for the grade crossing at MP 29.99 (County Road 22). A previous train reported that the main lights and gates were working, but the lights on one of the gates were broken off and hanging down. Consequently, an "XH" order was placed on the crossing. This requires all trains to slow to ensure no cars are going through the crossing when they shouldn't. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109526 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton (8,203ft) Brighton, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific This coal empty was holding south of the siding of Brighton so as not to block grade crossing through town. When the southbound it was meeting showed up, the train pulled in to the siding. However, nobody informed the crew that the southbound is a local that is blocking the north end of the siding, preventing the coal empty from leaving! So the crossing in Brighton wound up blocked for over 30 minutes anyway. 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 138 (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: 109218 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF The sun is not quite high enough yet to fully light all of the power sitting at BNSF's engine facility ("the house"). Of note is the C44-9W in the foreground on the left that appears to have been sold to Kansas City Southern! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109130 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Union Pacific Helper is not quite as much a hub of activity as it was 20 years ago. With manned helpers replaced by DPUs, and the disappearance of coal, it is a bit more quiet. But not totally inactive. An eastbound Herzog ballast train removes some mid-train swing helpers, leaving them in the yard. Meanwhile, power from a westbound oil empty that arrived the day before sits waiting for its next assignment in the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109106 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico Despite being in the arid climate of the Utah desert, the month of May has brought quite a bit of rain and turned the desert into a pretty nice shade of green. A westbound oil train moves away from the camera, crossing underneath I-70, headed toward a clear (green) signal at east Whitehouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109105 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico UP has a little power sharing going on with a Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC. The KCS unit is bringing up the tail end of an empty unit oil train. The power will be removed at Wash, where the train will be loaded. The power will be taken to Helper to await the return trip east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108344 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF Two days earlier, I saw these exactly same units as DPUs on the Denver-Provo. I shot them at Glenwood and then again at Grand Valley in Parachute. The got to Provo overnight and then departed back east on the Provo-Denver a little later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108343 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF As the head end power makes its way through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky, a pair of DPUs (including a KCS ES44AC) makes its way around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108339 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grand Valley Parachute, CO 742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF Before starting the 200 mile journey back home, I stuck around at Grand Valley for one last look as KCS 4742 and BNSF 8597 as they bring up the rear of the Denver-Provo. Within 90 minutes or so, the train will reach Grand Junction for a crew change and some switching of cars before continuing on toward Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108334 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG361 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF Today's Denver-Provo has a bit of a surprise visitor as the first of two DPUs. A Kansas City Southern ES44AC is currently being power shared with BNSF, joined with a BNSF SD70ACe. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108140 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 366.4 Alliance, NE 679 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF, Kansas City Southern (ALL) In Alliance, NE, the Butte Sub comes to an end at BNSF's yard in Alliance. Three subdivisions actually meet in Alliance. This manifest is heading around the wye from the Butte Sub to the Sand Hills Sub to continue its journey east toward Kansas City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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