Photo ID: 110134 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale to Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest rolls along Colorado Highway 2 between Sand Creek and Irondale. The train just departed the yard and is on its way to Lincoln, NE. The skyline of Denver stands tall, set against the background of the Colorado Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110133 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Irondale Commerce City, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF You can see that the switch is bent and aligned in to the siding of Irondale at the west switch. It might appear that the signal is displaying a red over dark aspect, but it is actually red over flashing red...the shot is just in the middle of the flash. This is a restricting indication as the siding of Irondale does not have any occupancy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110132 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Commerce City, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44ACs lead a westbound Z-train on the main at Irondale. There are two more units DPU'd on the tail end of the train. This hot train has a lot of JB Hunt, Amazon Prime, and FedEx containers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110131 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Commerce City, CO 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Chicago to Denver Z-train is holding up on the main at Irondale, the first siding east of Denver. There currently is no route for the train to get through the yard to Rennicks, so it has to hold here for one eastbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110130 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Weld County, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs lead a westbound Z-train just west of Keensburg. This Z-train, which originated in Chicago and is headed for Denver, is the hottest train that runs in to Denver on either UP or BNSF. Amtrak actually ran through the siding at Keensburg so the Z-train could get back up to track speed more quickly once the Zephyr cleared. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110129 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Weld County, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a very late Zephyr at Keensburg, BNSF's Z-train from Chicago to Denver is approaching the "Keensburg Curve" just west of the west switch. There are a lot of JB Hunt and Amazon Prime containers on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110128 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is running 12 1/2 hours late as it approaches the west switch of Tonville. The train departed Emeryville, CA almost 10 hours late, and lost more time enroute. The train is trying to make up time as best it can, moving along at track speed as it passes by the frozen pond. Three P42DCs are on the point today, and in addition to the baggage car, there are Superliners in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Here at Brush, the BNSF Brush Sub continues to the north toward Sterling, while the BNSF Akron Sub breaks off and starts heading east toward Lincoln, NE and (eventually) Chicago, IL. The signals in the distance are where the two subdivision converge when heading west toward Denver. Power for a local sit alongside the two mainlines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF GP39-2 and an SD40-2 sit with a single covered hopper in Brush. There is currently no crew on board, likely due to the fact that it is both a Sunday and New Year's Eve. Note the cab...or at least the number boards...look to have been rebuilt on the GP39-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of New Hillrose Morgan County, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Approaching the east end of BNSF's Brush Subdivision, this Q-Train is crossing the South Platte River on the final day of 2023. Not far ahead, the train will (seamlessly) move from BNSF's Brush Sub to UP's Julesburg Sub. BNSF has trackage rights on the Julesburg Sub between Union (just ahead) and Sterling, CO. Indeed, BNSF is the only railroad that uses this 24-mile stretch of UP's Julesburg Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crest to Wiggins Morgan County, CO 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a westbound at the siding of Crest, this eastbound on the move again between Crest and Wiggins. The siding of Crest itself is somewhat isolated and not easily accessible. Whereas the other sidings on the Brush Sub are visible from I-76. While most of this Q-Train consists of double stack containers, if you look toward the end, you'll notice a handful of auto racks and a few general manifest cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109968 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF About a mile west of "downtown" Keensburg, an eastbound BNSF mixed intermodal/manifest Q-train rounds the curve. Once reaching Brush, the train will turn north and continue on the Brush Sub to Sterling, then north on the BNSF Angora Sub in to Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109967 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Tonville Weld County, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF At first glance, you might guess this is a BNSF Z-Train. Particularly with the appearance of JB Hunt containers. However, this is actually a "Q" train that originated in Alliance, TX and is headed for Portland, OR, by way of Denver. The train is moving at track speed as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Tonville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109405 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak It is exceptionally rare to be able to catch the eastbound Zephyr crossing through the diamond at Sand Creek in this type of lighting. Normally, the Zephyr would come through here around 7:45pm (when on time). However, it is 11:30am and the Zephyr is over 16 hours late due to flooding and an out of service track in Nevada the previous day. Here, the train is crossing over Sand Creek in the highly industrial town of Commerce City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Sand Creek Denver, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak After passing mine a derailment near the Suncor oil refinery, the westbound Zephyr crosses over the west end of UP's Belt Industrial Lead at UP Junction, paralleling Brighton Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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