Photo ID: 103339 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 (Crews) Crews, CO 1955 (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 2821 (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 2551 (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 2062 (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 2379 (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 2479 (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 2902 (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 2977 (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 2541 (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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103328 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 74 (Colorado Springs) Colorado Springs, CO 2428 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Rio Grande When it is not out on the road, you can always count on finding Union Pacific's Colorado Springs switch sitting just north of the depot on the east side of the siding in the Spring. Here, a patch Cotton Belt GP40-2 and a freshly repainted Rio Grande caboose (01513) sit waiting for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103327 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51 Palmer Lake, CO 2896 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe and an ES44AC work together as the tail end DPUs on this southbound coal load. The train is just coming into Palmer Lake (note the houses in the background), at which point the units will be able to throttle down and drop into dynamics. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103326 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 51 Palmer Lake, CO 2709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound is approaching the top of the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake. I don't think much more needs to be said for this shot... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 50 Palmer Lake, CO 2962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After stopping briefly in the sag to allow its traction motors to cool, this coal load has resumed its climb toward the top of the Palmer Divide, now less than two miles ahead of it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103324 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Spruce, CO 2850 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Spruce, southbounds drop into what is known as "the sag". This is so named because trains briefly descend down a 1% grade. This is the former location of a crossover when Rio Grande and Santa Fe each had their own tracks. When the crossover were removed and the lines connected (to operate as the Joint Line), the southbound Santa Fe track descended down the embankment to connect with the Rio Grande track below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103323 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 46 (Greenland) Greenland, CO 2170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The last DPU on a southbound coal load passes the grade crossing in Greenland. When looking to the southwest, you can get a nice shot of the DPU and the famous Pikes Peak in the same shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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