Photo ID: 103521 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greenland Greenland, CO 1951 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Greenland, this BNSF coal load passes by the handful of houses and barns located in Greenland, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103520 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 41 Larkspur, CO 2095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific This UP auto rack train has followed I-25 about as far as it is going to before heading toward Larkspur. Tomah Road is just out of view to the right in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103519 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 41 Larkspur, CO 1949 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An angle on the Joint Line that I haven't seen before. This is the end DPU of a southbound coal load that is rounding the curve that leads towards Larkspur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103518 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Castle Rock, CO 2240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific Holy cow! Here is something that seems like it has become increasingly rare on the Joint Line. A non-coal UP train! Or heck, any UP train for that matter. These days, the Joint Line is pretty much dominated by BNSF. UP does run daily manifests between Denver and Pueblo, but they run overnight in the dark. This auto train is all empty as the racks are being repositioned. The racks were pulled from the auto facility at Rolla, CO and are headed for Arlington, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103517 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 41 Larkspur, CO 2135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF When I first took this shot, I was very unhappy with the clouds that were casting a shadow over half the scene. However, the shot has actually grown on me now as I like the sunlight drawing the viewers eye to the lead units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103516 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Castle Rock, CO 2071 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A wide angle shot with a polarizing filter makes for a nice view of this southbound coal train running on Main 1 along I-25. Note the new interchange with Plumb Creek Parkway that was recently built. Castle Rock's namesake rock stands in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103515 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Castle Rock, CO 1994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF In order to accommodate Plum Creek Parkway continuing west of I-25, a new bridge was recently built for Main 1. Prior to the construction of the bridge, the tracks ran along a fill all the way through this picture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103514 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 2245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Sedalia, there is a pretty massive fill that was built for both tracks to keep them on close to the same grade. This shot is looking up at the tail end DPU of a southbound coal load on Main 1. You can see Main 2 just barely visible on the far left side of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103513 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Littleton, CO 2105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe and a AC4400CW lead up a loaded coal train approaching Titan Road just south of Littleton. The train has 120 hoppers and four units for power. This is pretty typical for BNSF and the train won't make much better than 15 MPH for its trip up the Palmer Divide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103475 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Castle Rock, CO 2023 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) SOO, BNSF Not too hard to tell where this train is! The rock, towering like a castle, kind of gives it away. A pair of CP SD40-2s and a SOO SD60 lead a southbound BNSF manifest along its way on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103474 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 26 Sedalia, CO 2114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF In my (very humble) opinion, the SD40-2 (and T-2) has the best profile shot of darn near any units ever produced. I really enjoyed catching two of them, along with an SD60, on a southbound manifest on the Joint Line in 2010! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103473 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 2186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP After receiving a new track warrant (with authority extending further south), this BNSF manifest (with very colorful power) throttles up to continue pulling south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103472 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 21 Louviers, CO 2130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP These three classic EMDs are working to pull this manifest south on Main 1 over a (currently dry) creek in Louviers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103471 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Littleton, CO 2627 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The overpass on Titan Road offered a great view of this southbound BNSF Denver-Pueblo manifest. Note the winterization hatches on the radiator fans on the leading SD40-2 and the SD60. Very common on Canadian Pacific units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103470 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Littleton, CO 2334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian Pacific, BNSF At the south end of the Littleton Trench, the sun was finally able to break through the clouds, bringing some great Spring sunlight to this southbound manifest, running through the Trench on Main 2. Imagine, a trio of standard (Spartan) cab EMDs on a mainline freight, on a class one railroad in 2010. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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