Photo ID: 104858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Even though BNSF's "New Image" scheme has been around for nearly ten years now, you can still find a fair number of C44-9Ws (in the 1000-series) that wear the "Heritage" scheme. The scheme, and the "Heritage 2" scheme, were both developed as tributes to the Great Northern, one of the original railroads that merged to form Burlington Northern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104857 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2005 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A couple times a year, I like to grab a shot of the engine tracks near BNSF's engine house in Denver, just to see how things change over time. newer GE power dominates the scene on this chilly November afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104856 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Ten years ago, the C44-9W (AKA Dash 9-44CW) was king of BNSF's roster. They had more of these on the roster than any other model. Today, the ES44DC and ES44AC (including the ES44C4) reign king. Good to see the paint scheme still in pretty great shape here on BNSF 4078. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104842 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Belt Lead Industrial Tracks Denver, CO 1719 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Denver Rock Island While looking around Denver for something to shoot, I stumbled across this Denver Rock Island switcher. The Denver Rock Island is a private short line that switches several industrial parks. They have eight units, including this former Espee SW1500. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104783 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Amtrak is backing down toward the newly built "Train Hall" at Union Station. Note the track that comes to a sudden end to the left. This track will be part of the commuter rail line being constructed from Denver to Arvada and Wheat Ridge (the "Gold Line"). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The conductor for the westbound California Zephyr is on the ground, replacing the pad lock on this switch after throwing it. The switch had been aligned for the passenger lead after the eastbound Zephyr departed the night before. With the switch thrown, the arriving Zephyr can back down in to the station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104781 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1944 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak To say the performance of the westbound California Zephyr has been dismal lately would be something of an understatement! As of this shot, the last time the westbound Zephyr left Denver on time was on May 1...more than three months earlier! On this day, the Zephyr is a little over four hours late as it pulls through BNSF's yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104780 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1927 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is something of a rare shot in that there aren't currently any units at the fuel racks to the left of the engine house. Typically, there are several units there being serviced. On this Sunday, however, just a single SD40-2 sits idling away, awaiting assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104779 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1858 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A sharp looking SD40-2 (wearing the "New Image" scheme) sits north of BNSF's engine house, most likely awaiting a switching assignment either in the yard or on a local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104742 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 47th Avenue Denver, CO 2828 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern, BNSF BNSF has a problem. I suppose it is a good problem when compared to the types of problems the Rock Island or the Pennsy once had. BNSF is under powered, under manned, and over capacity. This McCook-bound manifest was supposed to pass this spot close to 36 hours earlier. But it got tied down in western Colorado due to a shortage of available crews. Then, when it finally reached Denver, it was again supposed to depart around 0900. A crew wasn't called for it until 1230 and then it had several problems getting going. It is nearly 1700 in this shot as the train holds at the east end of yard for westbound traffic. It would remain here until after 1830. That means that in the six hours the crew was on duty (half their time), the train moved just a hair over three miles! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104741 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 47th Avenue Denver, CO 2015 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern As close to a roster shot as I could get of NS 8101, the Central of Georgia Heritage unit. This is the 2nd of Norfolk Southern's 20 heritage units that I have been lucky enough to shoot in Denver. Central of Georgia started WAY back in 1833 (as the Central Rail Road and Canal Company). It acquired a lot of railroads in the 19th century and, in 1956, operated 2,646 miles of track. On June 17, 1963, the railroad became a subsidiary of Southern Railway which, of course, was one of the founding railroads of today's Norfolk Southern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104739 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1634 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It is currently a very good time to try to get shots of BNSF trains if you are a fan of pool/lease/colorful power. Due to a shortage of power, a lot of foreign and older power has appeared on BNSF lately. Such is the case here as a C44-9W in the Heritage 1 scheme sits as leased Central of Georgia (Norfolk Southern) passed by which is alongside a pair of CitiRail leasers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104738 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1885 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern Not a BNSF unit to be found in this shot of a BNSF train taken in a BNSF yard! A pair of borrowed power including one of Norfolk Southern's Heritage units (Central of Georgia) lead this McCook-bound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104737 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 2110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern For the second time in three months, I was lucky enough to witness one of Norfolk Southern's heritage units passing through (leased by BNSF) in Colorado. NS 8101 wears the paint scheme for the railroad "Central of Georgia". It is paired up with a CSX AC4400CW on a train that originated in Provo and is headed for McCook, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104736 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF has been receiving a lot of new power lately. In order to keep like-power in (reasonably) sequential number ranges on the roster, a lot of older power has been renumbered. Case-in-point is this SD75M. It was recently reactivated and the "8" of its previous number was hastily patched over, making the units new number simply 240. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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