Photo ID: 103469 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 2 Denver, CO 2146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian Pacific Nope, I honestly didn't make a quick trip up to Winnipeg in Canada! Canadian Pacific was repaying BNSF some power miles in the form of two SD40-2s and a (SOO) SD60. The train is coming down through Hogan's Alley on Main 1. The tower at Elitch Gardens is visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 1807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This manifest was running right on the yellow blocks of the coal load ahead of it, so I didn't have enough time to get north of Palmer Lake and back into the light (note the house and hillside in the distance). Instead, I settled for this shot at the grade crossing at Palmer Lake. This is BNSF's daily Denver to Pueblo manifest. When I first saw it, I thought it was a baretable train as I only saw the empty well cars initially! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 Palmer Lake, CO 1852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Minutes before the sun ducks behind the mountains west of Palmer Lake, this southbound works through the S-Curve just south of the lake. Leave it to BNSF to run the last unit nose-forward! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 52 (Palmer Lake) Palmer Lake, CO 2157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load makes the final effort to get over the top of Palmer Divide, about 7,200 feet above sea level. Here, the double track ends and the single track CTC begins. The single track runs for 32 miles between Palmer Lake and Crews, and there are four sidings along the way to facilitate train meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103341 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 79 (Kelker) Colorado Springs, CO 2662 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF It can be hard to get northbounds in good light on the Joint Line, but the tracks sweep to the west, offer a nice opportunity around Kelker for some good light. Case in point is this northbound, running on clear signals on the main at Kelker. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 2131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a southbound manifest here at Crews, this northbound has a clear signal and is throttling up to enter the CTC-controlled single track mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103339 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This northbound coal empty is stopped at Crews to wait for a southbound manifest that is currently at Kelker. I thought it was somewhat interesting that there are only three unique numbers between the two units (9992 and 8888). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103338 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 108 (Bragdon) Bragdon, CO 2720 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Most shots from Bragdon show southbounds coming off the double track on Main 1. I wanted to find a new perspective, so I found this shot of a northbound approaching Bragdon on Main 2. The diverging route in the picture is used when BNSF trains coming out of Pueblo need to cross over to Main 2, or on the rare occasion when BNSF trains run the "wrong way" on Main 2 from Crews and have to cross back over to the BNSF main into Pueblo. The train approaching a BNSF coal empty that is running on UP's main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103335 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 109 Bragdon, CO 2450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound coal train is passing over I-25 just south of the south switch of Bragdon. At this point, the Joint Line has ended and BNSF trains, such as this one, run on the BNSF track from Bragdon to Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103334 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 82 (Crews) Crews, CO 2018 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National This Canadian National SD75I was something of a treat here in Colorado! The unit the second of two on BNSF's daily Kansas City to Denver priority manifests. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103333 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 82 Crews, CO 2270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This northbound Kansas City to Denver manifest is on the single track main between Crews and Kelker. It'll go into the siding at Colorado Springs to meet a southbound that was up around Monument at the time of this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103332 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 85 Crews, CO 2379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Prior to the Joint Line being run as the Joint Line, the Santa Fe track crossed over the Rio Grande track just south of Crews. In this shot, you can see the embankment in the top-right corner where the Santa Fe track used to run. The southbound coal load here is staying on Main 1, but the ownership of the rails is changing from Union Pacific to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103331 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 2787 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF About 10 miles south of Colorado Springs, double track starts once again at Crews for the remainder of the trip down the Joint Line. You can see this coal load diverging onto the southbound main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103330 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 74 (Colorado Springs) Colorado Springs, CO 2862 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load passes by the Colorado Springs depot as seen from the Colorado Avenue overpass. Note UP's Colorado Springs switcher sitting idle, awaiting its next assignment later in the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103329 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 75 (Colorado Springs) Colorado Springs, CO 2434 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound coal empty is on the siding in Colorado Springs. It will meet a coal load at the north end of the siding. In the distance, you can see the Drake Power Plant as well Cheyenne Mountain, which houses NORAD. 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