Photo ID: 104049 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 2205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This is without a doubt one of those timeless locations you see in rail photography. Railfans have been shooting southbounds coming around this bend since the dawn of the camera, I would image! Nothing too special about this consist...just another BNSF coal train working over the top of the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104048 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce, CO 2156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Two miles north of Palmer Lake, this southbound coal load is entering "The Sag". It is so-named because of the relatively rapid descent southbounds make. Track ownership changes here and while most of the load is still on BNSF property, the head end is now on UP property! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104047 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greenland Greenland, CO 2390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This is probably one of the most photogenic spots to shoot a southbound anywhere on the Joint Line. It is around 2 o'clock in the afternoon as this BNSF coal load works hard to climb the remaining seven or so miles to Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104046 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 45 Greenland, CO 2365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This is why I love the Joint Line! When you are lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, you can catch a northbound and a southbound in the same frame. In this shot, a southbound coal load is approaching on the left as an empty darts north over to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104045 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 38 Castle Rock, CO 2011 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific It's pretty unusual to catch a UP coal train on the Joint Line these days. UP puts sufficient power on its coal trains to make descent speed up the hill to Palmer Lake. Which is why it was fortunate that this train was on the tail of a BNSF load that was dragging up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103756 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 6, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 2.5 Denver, CO 2207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Unfortunately, it was well after sunset when the Circus Train finally departed south out of Denver. The last shot I was able to get was a times shot of the train on Main 2 at Kalamath Street, about 2 1/2 miles south of town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103755 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 6, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 0 (20th Street) Denver, CO 2367 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey At the very start of the Joint Line (20th Street), the Circus Train heads south on Main 2 with the addition of an SD70MAC. This is the first time I've ever shot 20th Street from the north side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103730 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 8, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 20th Street Denver, CO 2150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A coal load heads south at 20th Street with the same crew that brought the train down the Brush Sub. The train will make a quick stop at Kalamath Street to swap out crews so the next crew can the train to La Junta. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103687 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Blakeland, CO 2159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Blakeland, this coal load went into emergency with power issues and had to come to a stop. The dispatcher let the train know they could go retrieve a spare unit from Castle Rock or have a manifest behind them cut off their power. I had to leave before hearing what the final resolution was. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103686 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Littleton, CO 2253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Hopefully you aren't sick of all these Warbonnet shots just yet! Here is one final one taken two minutes before sunset. The train is on Main 1 and crossing over US-85 just north of Blakeland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103685 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Littleton, CO 2158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF We are a bit south of the triple track and BNSF's Denver, CO to Pueblo, CO manifest is rolling along on Main 1. There was about 10 minutes of sun when I nabbed this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103684 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Littleton, CO 2504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Despite being a bit on the tattered side, these Warbonnets still look fantastic in the afternoon light. An interesting thing happened just after this shot. The conductor on the train came down and opened the nose door, clearly with the intention of trying to screw up my shot. I've heard of crews doing that before, but this was my first (personal) experience with it. At least I got the good shot before they did that! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103683 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF With the sun getting rather low in the western sky, the Warbonnet leading this manifest finds a sunny spot as the train climbs out of the Littleton Trench about a mile away from the end of CTC and the start of ABS and Track Warrants. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103682 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Denver (MP 8) Denver, CO 2722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Here we go! 2011 and you can still find a train with nothing but Warbonnets on it from time to time. Granted there are only two units, but I'll take it. A C44-9W and an SD75M lead the Denver, CO to Pueblo, CO manifest. Here the train enters the "triple track" section of the Joint Line in south Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103681 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 8 Denver, CO 2307 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of the old Gates Rubber plant, a southbound BNSF coal load is moving quickly along on Main 1. Coal empties awaiting new crews sit on both Mains 2 and 3. 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