Photo ID: 112536 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF Q-Train is heading northbound on Main 2, meeting a southound coal train that is wrapped around The Sag on Main 1. The Q-Train has a Boeing 737 fuselage, a string of double stacks, and some general manifest freight on the train. Most likely, this train is headed to Portland or Seattle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112535 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF coal load is stopped on Main 1 at The Sag between Greenland and Palmer Lake. It is waiting on the second of two northbound trains. There is a massive thunderstorm coming off from the Rockies and over Colorado Springs. You can see the north face of Pikes Peak in the distance to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112534 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greenland Douglas County, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF CN 3321 is currently facing a red intermediate signal at MP 45.8. There is a coal train ahead that is currently stopped in The Sag, waiting for two northbounds. As such, the crew has the headlight on dim, and is patiently waiting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112533 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Sag Douglas County, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound BNSF coal train is currently stopped in "The Sag", just north of Palmer Lake. Southbound loads often stop here to cool their traction motors and/or wait on northbounds. It was here that the Santa Fe main once went over the Rio Grande main. With the creation of the Joint Line, Main 1 now zig-zags a bit, and heads down a grade briefly, hence the "sag". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112532 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF As a fairly significant summer thunderstorm rolls east, a CN-led, BNSF grain train crosses East Plum Creek, Spruce Mountain Road, and Fox Farm Road on the old Santa Fe bridge, which still sports a faded Santa Fe label and herald. Shots from the north side of the bridge are hard to get due to lighting, but the overcast skies made it possible on this June 1st. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112531 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia to Orsa Douglas County, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF CN 3321, an AC44C6M (rebuild) crosses over East Plum Creek on the bridge at MP 26.60 on Main 1 on the Joint Line. The train is following a coal load, and is actually making better time than the coal load, so the grain train will make a few stops at (red) intermediate signals as it continues south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112530 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Several storm clouds move toward the plains from the Rockies at 12:30pm as a southbound BNSF coal train crosses Clay Street in Sedalia on Main 1. These cloud build ups are very normal for summer afternoons along the Front Range in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112529 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF On the north edge of Sedalia, a BNSF coal load headed for Texas from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming snakes its way through several S-Curves. With more and more power plants in the country switching away from coal, how much longer will coal dominate the Joint Line? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112528 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blakeland Douglas County, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF coal load starts the real grind up toward Palmer Lake as the tracks increase around 1.2% and will remain around that for the trip to the top of hill. Longs Peak is visible in the background, as some clouds start to move toward the plains from the mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112527 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans Ave Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF This unit grain train originated in North Dakota on May 27th and is making its way south and west toward Barstow, CA. A nice little bonus is a Canadian National leader. Here, at the Evans Ave RTD station, the train is tied down and awaiting a crew that is currently enroute. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112518 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I missed the era of caboose running on the backs of trains on the mainline. So, I was pretty happy to receive a tip that BNSF was transporting this caboose (shoving platform) from Denver to (most likely) Grand Junction. It may not be a "real" caboose in 2025, but still looks fine on the end of the oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112517 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF When looking at this caboose on the end of this westbound oil train, you might notice the bars welded across the door and windows. The cabooses that remain on the rosters of class one railroads these days are generally blocked off and are referred to as shoving platforms. They are generally used on locals to allow crew members to ride during switching, rather than hanging on to freight cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112516 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 2025 or 1985!? The paint may not be in great shape, but seeing a caboose on the tail end of a non-local train on the mainline was something special to see. More than likely, this caboose (now called a shoving platform) is likely being sent to Grand Junction for use on locals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112515 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six units lead a westbound BNSF oil train at Plain. Six units on the point of these oil empties is very common (on BNSF) on the Moffat as BNSF runs the trains 3x3 when they return east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of SD70ACes leads an eastbound oil train on the main at Plain. The conductor on BNSF 9160 is giving a friendly wave out the cab window as the train rolls along at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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