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Sunday, December 17, 2023
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Kevin Morgan
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The Sag
Douglas County, CO
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138 (Add a Comment)
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF)
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BNSF
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Just north of Palmer Lake is a location now known as "The Sag". Over 100 years ago, Santa Fe's mainline crossed over Rio Grande's mainline right here. You can clearly see the abutment from the bridge that has long since been removed. When the Joint Line was formed, the tracks of the Grande the Santa Fe were connected in places where the mainlines previously crossed each other. Here, the ownership of the track changes right here from BNSF to UP as the train moves south. Regardless of ownership, BNSF dispatches the track, which has been CTC for the past few years.
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Sunday, December 17, 2023
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Kevin Morgan
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Greenland
Douglas County, CO
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130 (Add a Comment)
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF)
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BNSF
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In the past decade or so, it has become far more common to find certain trains that have a mix of general manifest (box cars, covered hoppers, lumber, etc) along with intermodal. BNSF's QSPOALT, which runs from Spokane, WA to Alliance, TX, is an example of such a train. The front half of the train is general manifest, but the second half is mixed TOFC and COFC.
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Sunday, December 17, 2023
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Kevin Morgan
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Sedalia
Sedalia, CO
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF)
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BNSF
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Sedalia is an unincorporated town along the Joint Line between Littleton and Castle Rock. As of the 2020 census, there were 177 residents in the town. Much of the town, including the "downtown" area, is actually located between Main 1 and Main 2 on the Joint Line. When there is a northbound and southbound passing through town simultaneously, the center part of town is cutoff (by car)! Here, a southbound crossing Manhart Avenue near the southeast side of town.
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Sunday, October 15, 2023
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Kevin Morgan
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Castle Rock
Castle Rock, CO
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171 (Add a Comment)
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF)
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BNSF
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A northbound BNSF coal empty has stopped 200 feet from the back of a northbound military train on Main 2 alongside the Plum Creek golf course in Castle Rock. Unfortunately, the UP crew on the military train reached their hours of service at 12:30pm, forcing them to stop their train. They are legally prohibited from operating it any further. Another crew will not show for a few hours, bringing northbound traffic on the Joint Line to a complete hault.
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