Photo ID: 103325 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 50 Palmer Lake, CO 3061 (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 2938 (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 2263 (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. Photo ID: 103322 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 46 Greenland, CO 2975 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A really nice barn stands in Greenland. The barn seems to be something of a staple in Greenland as I have seen many shots over the years of the barn in the foreground and southbounds in the background. I figured it was time I add my own shot from the location! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103321 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 41 Larkspur, CO 2356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This coal load is making about 15 MPH as it climbs the 1.4% grade on the north edge of Larkspur. As more and more GEVOs and ACes arrive on BNSF, the sight of an SD70MAC leading is becoming less and less common. Ten years ago, that is all would see on these trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103320 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 39 Castle Rock, CO 2836 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF After two significant snow storms in the past week, this particular Sunday was absolutely beautiful! Just north of Tomah Road, this southbound BNSF coal load is on the move under the care of an SD70MAC and an SD70ACe for power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103238 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Spruce, CO 2203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just a couple miles north of Palmer Lake and we catch a meeting between a southbound manifest and a northbound coal empty. The manifest is headed for Kansas City while the coal empty is headed for the Antelope Mine in the Powder River Basin. The last spec of light from the day shines on the ES44ACs leading the coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103237 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 48 Spruce, CO 2013 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Literally minutes before the sun set behind the mountains, this BNSF manifest is nearing the top of the hill on the Joint Line at Palmer Lake. The train is on Main 1...you can see Main 2 in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103236 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 33 Castle Rock, CO 1931 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver, CO to Kansas City, MO manifest comes through the horseshoe curve along I-25 at Castle Rock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Castle Rock, CO 2261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A trio of SD70-series units (two SD70MACs and an SD70ACe) bring up the rear of this southbound coal load on the Joint Line (Main One) south of Castle Rock. The SD70MACs are DPU units controlled by the head end, while the SD70ACe is a manned unit that was added at Big Lift (just south of Denver). The extra unit will help push up to Palmer Lake, and then cut off and return to Big Lift. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 36 Castle Rock, CO 1942 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Castle Rock along I-25 (which can just barely be seen to the right), this southbound BNSF coal load is working hard with a pair of SD70ACe's on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103182 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 39 Castle Rock, CO 2005 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Not quite Halloween yet, but that isn't stopping the white stuff from falling along I-25 just south of Castle Rock. A BNSF coal load makes good time up the 2% grade as it nears Tomah Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103181 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 27 Sedalia, CO 2049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF coal trains on the Joint Line typically run with a pair of units (SD70-series or a GE equivalent) on the point and a pair of DPU's pushing on the rear. These train tend to be slightly underpowered and can be very slow climbing up to the Palmer Divide. Recently, BNSF has been running more of these trains with an additional manned unit on the tail end from Big Lift (south of Denver) to Palmer Lake. Here, a single SD70MAC is returning north to Big Lift to await its next assignment south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103066 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2448 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Two SD70MACs server as the tail-end DPU on this southbound BNSF coal load. Perhaps the most famous of Colorado's numerous 14,000-foot mountain peaks, Pikes Peak stands in the distance. The highway to the left is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 35 Castle Rock, CO 2546 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A bit of an artsy shot looking north up the west rail of Main One at a southbound coal load. The train was still over a mile away when I snapped this shot! The beauty of telephoto. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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