Photo ID: 111471 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's strategy for powering their oil trains on the Moffat differs quite a bit from UP. UP will send westbound empty oil trains with anywhere from 2 to 6 units on the head end. When they come east, the power is usually 2 x something x something. BNSF, on the other hand, pretty consistently run trains west with six units on the head end, and returns east on loads with three on the point and three DPUs on the end. Such is the case here, as three units lead this oil train east through Barbara's Gulch. Note the covered hoppers, which is serving as a buffer car (protection car) between the power and the oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111470 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending nearly 10 hours tied down in the siding at Rocky, a fresh crew showed up and is now taking this loaded oil train the remaining 17 hours or so into the yard at Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111469 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 4098 and two additional units are on the point of a southbound manifest on Main 1. The train has come to a stop at "The Sag", a location where southbounds frequently stop to cool off traction motors before continuing over Palmer Lake, and while waiting for northbound to come by. You can see a northbound that just came by on Main 2 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111468 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF manifest sits at "The Sag" on Main 1, waiting for its turn to head south over the top of the hill at Palmer Lake. Meanwhile, a northbound Q-Train zips by on Main 2 in the background. With the Q-Train now in the clear of the single track main ahead, BNSF 4098 has a clear (green) intermediate on the approach to Palmer Lake, and the manifest will start rolling south soon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111467 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF We are deep into "blue hour" as the light is quickly fading after sunset. The weather has been quite nice and it is still around 40°F (4°C) here at Palmer Lake as a northbound BNSF Q-Train leaves the single track behind and enters into the Track Warrant Control (TWC) limits of Main 2, dispatched by UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111466 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Palmer Lake, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Q-Train that runs from Alliance, TX to Portland, OR is approaching Palmer Lake and the top of Palmer Divide. The sun has set and the light is fading rapidly here at 4:35pm, ten days before Christmas. The first half of the train consists of doublestacks, the second half of the train is essentially a general manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111465 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Palmer Lake, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, BNSF Official sunset is still about 20 minutes off, but the sun is well-hidden by the mountains on the west side of Palmer Lake. As we look north, we see a diverging clear signal, indicating a northbound is coming and will take the usual route onto Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111464 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6339 and train have just crossed over the Royer Street grade crossing and are now approaching a clear (green) signal at the south end of Colorado Springs. This is one of the higher priority trains on the Joint Line, so BNSF's Denver South dispatcher is going to do what he can to keep the train moving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111463 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF Q-Train, coming from Alliance, TX and headed for Portland, OR is approaching the south end of the Colorado Springs siding. The tracks here parallel Las Vegas Street on the south side of Colorado Springs. The train is all doublestacks up front, but actually has some general mixed freight cars at the back. A practice that has becoming more common on railroads in the last decade or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111455 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This BNSF Q-Train is rolling by a completely empty yard in Colorado Springs. It is also passing by the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, located right in the downtown area. Construction on the museum started in 2018 and it officially open at the end of July in 2020. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111449 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF It is still rather amazing to me that in 2024, almost 30 years after the BN/ATSF merger, that there are still Warbonnet-painted units that are in relatively good condition! BNSF 789 is a great example. the red and silver are both still quite strong. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An ES44C4 and a Warbonnet C44-9W lead a JB Hunt Q-Train south at Sedalia. The train was built in Rennicks in Denver, and it is headed for Los Angeles. The train will head south to Amarillo, TX and join the BNSF Transcon to head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111447 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Now that is a long line of JB Hunt containers! A southbound BNSF Q-Train, headed for Los Angeles, is winding through some curves just on the north edge of Sedalia. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111446 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Lift Douglas County, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After being stopped for over three hours due to a broken rail, this southbound BNSF Q-Train is finally on the move again. A BNSF repair crew got the broken rail fixed, and this double stack is slowly rolling south over the fresh repair. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111441 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF While the Buck Lead is used daily by the morning California Zephyr to access Union Station, it is also used periodically throughout the day by BNSF when they need to wye power (turn it around). Four units are being brought out on the Buck Lead now for that exact reason. To be turned around and added to a train in the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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