Photo ID: 104887 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern, BNSF A pair of Norfolk Southern units (plus a Heritage 2 unit obscured by the curve) lead a southbound Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest. The second unit out is one of Norfolk Southerns 20 heritage units. Specifically, it is the "Southern" heritage unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104886 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 11, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Louisville Louisville, CO 1644 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern, BNSF The previous day, this consist was supposed to run south from Cheyenne to Denver. However, for reasons unknown, it was pulled off its train and stayed the night in Cheyenne. It then made a run down the Front Range Sub in fantastic afternoon light on this day instead! Here, the train is approaching the 96th Street bridge on the south edge of Louisville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104879 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Cheyenne, WY 1492 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern A 500mm shot of the Southern Heritage Unit (NS 8099). It is sitting in the yard at Cheyenne, awaiting its next assignment. At least it wasn't entirely obstructed! I'll take a long, slightly awkward angle over no shot at all. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104878 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Cheyenne, WY 1886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Norfolk Southern One of Norfolk Southern's 20 heritage units (NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit) has been spending some time on the left side of the country! It came to Cheyenne on the HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) manifest and was pulled off in the yard at Cheyenne. It was not in a particularly accessible location, so this was about the best shot I could get. 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 2421 (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 1741 (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: 104740 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 47th Avenue Denver, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Norfolk Southern This Central of Georgia (Norfolk Southern)-led manifest is facing a red signal at the east end of "Coal 2" at 47th Avenue. A fair amount of opposing traffic would result in the train sitting here for quite awhile awaiting a signal more favorable that stop! 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 1655 (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 1877 (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: 104711 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1550 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Oil shipments by rail have seen a dramatic uptick in the last two years. Two years ago, railroads hauled less than 1% of the oil transported in the country. That number has jumped to over 10%! It isn't higher because there is a two year backlog of new tank cars. Because of the increase in traffic, BNSF has found itself short on power. This has resulted in a lot of leased power appearing on BNSF trains. Case-in-point is this eastbound Provo, UT to Lincoln, NE manifest. A leased C40-9W and SD70, from Norfolk Southern, lead the train along with a BNSF C44-9W. Rumor has it BNSF could be ordering as many as 500 units in 2014, so this leasing bonanza is unlikely to last. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104710 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF A "Catfish" leads an eastbound BNSF manifest out the east end of Leyden on a beautiful March afternoon. These C40-9Ws are referred to as "Catfish" because they are predominantly black and have white "whiskers" across their noses. An interesting feature of these Norfolk Southern units is that the ditch lights are only illuminated when the horn is activated (and then for a period of time thereafter). That happened to be the case here, as the train is approaching the 80th Avenue grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104709 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1580 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Only 120 standard cab SD70s were produced, most of which went to (and are still with) Norfolk Southern. They look very similar to SD60s. They do use HTCR trucks instead of HTC/HTC-R trucks and the frame is an inch or two higher. Under the hood, they offer 4000 HP instead of the 3800 HP from an SD60. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104708 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Here is a unit that might look a little out of place for the venue! This BNSF manifest is being led by a [leased] Norfolk Southern C40-9W as the train passes the east switch at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104547 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Titan Road Littleton, CO 1858 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Norfolk Southern One last shot of the Pennsy Heritage Unit for the day...and, considering how it is in fact a Norfolk Southern unit, quick possibly the last ever! Who knows If I'll have the chance again. It was a fun chase though and I was glad I finally got to see at least one of the NS Heritage Units in person. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104543 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogans Alley Denver, CO 2041 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Norfolk Southern NS 8102 is the first of the 20 heritage units that Norfolk Southern released a few years ago that I have seen. The unit came to Denver on a BNSF manifest as part of a power share. It was in town for less than 24 hours, departing south on President's Day. The Pennsylvania Railroad started in 1946 and was the largest railroad in the United States (in terms of traffic and revenue) for the first half of the 20th century. In its history, it actually had a budget larger than the US government and had a workforce of 250,000 people. In 1968, it merged with New York Central to create Penn Central. Eight years later, Penn Central became a part of Conrail. Finally, Conrail was split in 1999 with 58% going to Norfolk Southern. 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