Photo ID: 109621 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Even though it is Sunday morning, switching at BNSF's 31st Street Yard in Denver continues at both the north and south end, just as it does 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109594 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A northbound military train sits in the siding at Carr, waiting its turn to continue north, as a southbound military train approaches a clear (green) signal in the distance at the south end of Carr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109588 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Nunn, CO 142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF It is a pretty rare sight to find BNSF orange on UP's Greeley Sub! In 2023, it seems that most lines, regardless of the owner, have at least one other railroad with trackage rights on their line. UP's Greeley Sub between Denver and Cheyenne is not one of those lines. UP is the owner and no other railroad has trackage rights. So these BNSF units must just be power sharing units on this northbound military train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109587 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Nunn, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Just north of the siding of Nunn, we have an extremely unique northbound manifest on the Greeley Sub. A loaded military train, which originated at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, is led by a pair of BNSF ES44C4s and an UP AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109578 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W023 (Powars) Brighton, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF While BNSF 8102 sits on one of the leads for the Vestas wind turbine plant, a northbound UP manifest passes on its journey north up the Greeley Sub toward Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109577 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W023 (Powars) Brighton, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF A week ago, I got a shot of BNSF 6705 sitting right here near the Vesta plant in Brighton. A week later, and sister unit BNSF 8102 has joined 6705! Not sure why these units are sitting here along the Greeley Sub. They must be power share units as BNSF has no trackage rights on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109574 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest is tied down on Main 3 at Englewood. It would seem that there was no room in the yard at Denver when the train got to this point, so it was tied down. Once room in the yard opens up, no doubt a crew will retrieve the train and bring it the rest of the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109573 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Littleton Littleton, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver to Amarillo manifest (HDENAMS) parallels US-85 and crosses over an overflow outlet for the nearby (man-made) McLellen Reservoir. Construction along US-85 is the name of the game this summer and fall! Incidentally, the lead unit, BNSF 6610, is one of the first 25 ES44C4s delivered to BNSF as part of a pilot program. The program was successful, as over 1,200 subsequent units have been delivered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109572 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Littleton Littleton, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF For several miles south of Denver, through Englewood and Littleton, RTD's Light Rail (D-Line) parallels the Joint Line. This stop at Mineral Avenue is the last one for Light Rail to the south. Incidentally, one this that is quite remarkable about the Joint Line between here and South Denver is the elimination of grade crossing in the past 40 years. Every single grade crossing that once existed in this five miles of track is now gone! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109571 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Littleton Littleton, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF manifest headed for Amarillo, TX officially starts the climb to Palmer Lake, passing through the control point at Littleton. Here, the CTC triple track ends and it is Main 1 (now CTC and under the control of BNSF) all the way to Palmer Lake. While manifest generally make better speeds than coal loads on the Joint Line, this manifest will be encountering yellow signals soon enough as it trails a coal load just a few miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109570 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Near the north end of the Joint Line, a southbound BNSF coal train is taking on the ruling grade for the climb to Palmer Lake. The second unit on the head end, an SD70MAC, is burping up a bit more (visible) exhaust than is normal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109569 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP 363 Castle Rock, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF When BNSF installed CTC on Main 1 on the Joint Line a few years ago, they included two "control points" absolute signals between Sedalia and Palmer Lake. CP 363, seen here, is one of those control points. This was done so track and time could be issued to maintenance, allowing trains to still run on opposite sides of the control points. Pro Tip: How can you know this is an "absolute" signal (dispatcher controlled) and not an "intermediate" signal? The lack of milepost plates on the signal masts are dead giveaways. Intermediate signals have milepost plates, while absolute signals do not. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109568 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Castle Rock and we find a lot going on! As a southbound BNSF coal load approaches, it parallels the west Frontage Range road which runs alongside the (significantly busier) I-25. There is also an east Frontage Road on the opposite side of I-25. The rock which is the namesake of the city of Castle Rock stands tall in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109565 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Moving away from the camera, this southbound coal load has passed an intermediate signal (now red) in the distance on its way to Greenland and Palmer Lake. Note the black and yellow "35" sign, tilted at a roughly 45° angle. This indicates there is a speed change to 35 MPH maximum coming up. Not that such a speed limit is of any concern to this coal load, which is barely making 10 MPH with all units throttled to the max in run 8. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109564 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A slightly different view of a very commonly photographed bridge on the south edge of Larkspur. This Santa Fe bridge spans West Fox Farm Road (closer), East Plum Creek, and Spruce Mountain Road (distant). As is quite common on BNSF coal loads, a pair of DPUs, an SD70ACe and an ES44AC, bring up the tail end of this southbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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