Photo ID: 113878 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Green signals ahead for the eastbound Zephyr. In the middle of winter, the Zephyr emerges from the Moffat Tunnel in the last rays of sunlight (when on time). This time of year, the train is well out onto the plains before the sun disappears. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113877 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Weld County, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The evening eastbound Zephyr is overtaking an eastbound Q-train that is in the hole at Tonville. The Zephyr kinda snuck up on me as I was expecting the Q-train to meet the westbound Z-train (and that it would meet #6 at Barr). However, #6 got out of town in a hurry, and here we are! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113876 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's hottest train (in Colorado) is the Z-train between Chicago and Denver (and vice versa in the morning). Here, the Denver-bound Z-train is moving through Brush at around 50 MPH. The train is currently at the far west end of the Akron Subdivision, which is about to join with the Brush Subdivision, the track to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113875 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An afternoon thunderstorm has moved through Brush and is now headed toward Sterling. Meanwhile, a westbound unit oil train, which departed Sterling about an hour ago, is pulling toward a red signal at Brush. The train will have to wait here for the hottest train in Colorado, BNSF's ZCHIDEN (Z-train from Chicago, IL to Denver, CO). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113874 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF runs a local out of Brush, CO, and the power on that local (currently just being stored as the local is not running today, Memorial Day) is an GP60M and a GP38-3 (former GP35). In fact, this is the first GP60M that I have shot in 17 years! Not since 2009 have I managed to catch one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113822 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek to Fox Denver, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The morning Zephyr passes by Riverside Cemetery alongside Brighton Blvd on the northeast side of Denver. The sun has risen and ducked behind a morning cloud layer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113821 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek to Fox Denver, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak On a mostly overcast May morning, the westbound Zephyr is on the west end of the Brush Sub, nearing its station stop in Denver. It just came by the Suncor refinery in Commerce City and passed underneath the RTD N-Line (commuter rail) overpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox to Sand Creek Denver, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty is approaching the signal at BNSF's Fox Junction on the Brush Sub. This train will ultimately head west on the Moffat for loading in Utah, but the power will first swap out in Denver. BNSF's Brush Sub dispatcher has informed the train that they will tie down on the track named "Coal 2", leaving room for six units on the head end. They have also been instructed to take the three units currently on the train to "the pit", meaning the fueling tracks, for servicing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113688 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox to Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound empty oil train is rolling by the Suncor oil refinery along the Brush Sub. In the foreground, an RTD N-Line commuter train crosses over a bridge that is several miles long on its way north toward the Denver suburb of Thornton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113400 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek to Irondale Commerce City, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Right at sunrise, as the sun crests the horizon to the east, a westbound (soon to be southbound) coal load rolls by the massive grain elevators just east of the diamond at Sand Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Two DPUs bring up the tail end of a westbound (soon to be southbound) coal load. The train, still on the Brush Sub, just crossed UP's Greeley Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112837 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak UP's steam train excursion proceeds north on the Greeley Sub toward Cheyenne to the left, while the California Zephyr prepares to continue to Denver on BNSF's Brush Sub, coming from Chicago, to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112834 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The morning Zephyr, running just a few minutes late, has come to a stop on the main track on BNSF's Brush Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek. UP's steam excursion is about to depart north and has priority across the diamond over the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112683 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A ballast regulator works on the BNSF Brush Sub while a bulldozer pours out some ballast on the Market Street turnout, which was replaced along with the diamond. The work was done on a Sunday as a BNSF switch job works on the industries that the turnout accesses the rest of the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112682 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific BNSF put in place a substantial track curfew at Sand Creek so the diamond could be replaced. It was indeed replaced earlier in the day, and crews are now working to place fresh ballast to complete the work. The curfew actually necessitated the morning Zephyr being delayed by four hours, so it departed Chicago the day before four hours late, running at #1005 (instead of #5), with the entire schedule being delayed by four hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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