Photo ID: 103237 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 48 Spruce, CO 1762 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Literally minutes before the sun set behind the mountains, this BNSF manifest is nearing the top of the hill on the Joint Line at Palmer Lake. The train is on Main 1...you can see Main 2 in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103236 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 33 Castle Rock, CO 1725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver, CO to Kansas City, MO manifest comes through the horseshoe curve along I-25 at Castle Rock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Castle Rock, CO 2000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A trio of SD70-series units (two SD70MACs and an SD70ACe) bring up the rear of this southbound coal load on the Joint Line (Main One) south of Castle Rock. The SD70MACs are DPU units controlled by the head end, while the SD70ACe is a manned unit that was added at Big Lift (just south of Denver). The extra unit will help push up to Palmer Lake, and then cut off and return to Big Lift. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Castle Rock, CO 1725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Castle Rock along I-25 (which can just barely be seen to the right), this southbound BNSF coal load is working hard with a pair of SD70ACe's on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103182 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 39 Castle Rock, CO 1790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Not quite Halloween yet, but that isn't stopping the white stuff from falling along I-25 just south of Castle Rock. A BNSF coal load makes good time up the 2% grade as it nears Tomah Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103181 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 27 Sedalia, CO 1836 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF coal trains on the Joint Line typically run with a pair of units (SD70-series or a GE equivalent) on the point and a pair of DPU's pushing on the rear. These train tend to be slightly underpowered and can be very slow climbing up to the Palmer Divide. Recently, BNSF has been running more of these trains with an additional manned unit on the tail end from Big Lift (south of Denver) to Palmer Lake. Here, a single SD70MAC is returning north to Big Lift to await its next assignment south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103066 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2020 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Two SD70MACs server as the tail-end DPU on this southbound BNSF coal load. Perhaps the most famous of Colorado's numerous 14,000-foot mountain peaks, Pikes Peak stands in the distance. The highway to the left is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2123 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A bit of an artsy shot looking north up the west rail of Main One at a southbound coal load. The train was still over a mile away when I snapped this shot! The beauty of telephoto. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103064 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Castle Rock, CO 1734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CATAMJ-10 The town of Castle Rock is in the process of running Plum Creek Parkway west underneath the southbound main of the Joint Line. The problem is that there isn't yet an "underneath" for the road to follow! You can just barely see the new rail bridge that is being built to the right of the power in this shot. For now, the train runs on the dirt that has yet to be dug out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102799 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 0 (20th Street) Denver, CO 1788 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A baretable train consisting entirely of TOFC flat cars heads south out of Rennicks Yard and starts its journey on the Joint Line. The train is headed for Oklahoma City, OK, where the cars will presumably be placed in storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102798 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 0 (20th Street) Denver, CO 1911 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At the north end of the Joint Line, two units bring a rotary plow into Denver. The plow is based in Alliance, NE, but was moved down to Pueblo in case it was needed after a major Spring blizzard. My understanding is that its services were not ultimately needed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102747 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 40 Larkspur, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF On the approach to Tomah Road at the south end of the I-25 Frontage Road, these SD70s (an SD70MAC and an SD70ACe) are pulling hard in run eight in order to reach the top of the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102746 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 1572 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Most shots along the Joint Line south of Castle Rock are on Main 1 on the west side of I-25...for good reason! The lighting is great there almost any time of day. So, I decided to try out a shot of a northbound on Main 2 on the east side of I-25. The lighting isn't nearly as good, but you get a nice view of Pikes Peak! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102745 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 1796 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF I love the town of Sedalia! I remember going there many times with my dad to watch trains when I was growing up. Here, a BNSF coal load pulls up the grade and into town on its journey south toward Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102744 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Littleton, CO 1755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load pulls card on Main 1 in the area of Acequia and Blakeland. This shot was taken from the overpass at Titan Road...note Longs Peak in the background, with a surprisingly small amount of snow for March! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

Previous Page     Next Page