Photo ID: 106755 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific About a week ago, I got some shots of an eastbound coal train that was led by CSX units. Today, I was able to catch another eastbound coal load, but this one was led by a Norfolk Southern "catfish". A name given to wide cab Norfolk Southern units because the white stripes on the nose look a bit like whiskers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106754 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific In eastern Aurora, I-70 runs northwest-to-southeast and crosses over UP's Limon Sub right at Mesa. With I-70 visible in the background, the NS-led eastbound is about to pass underneath I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106753 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Aurora, CO 1223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Typically when I nab a picture that includes the Denver skyline, I'm on the west side of town. On this particular day, however, I'm on the east side of town! A Norfolk Southern unit leads the eastbound coal load on the main at Mesa. Much of the Limon Sub in Aurora parallels Smith Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106752 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa (8,880ft) Denver, CO 1133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific At Mesa, an eastbound coal load is on the move on the main track. A bit of an unusual visitor, a Norfolk Southern ES44AC leads the train on its journey toward the Colorado plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106751 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1801 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific On a partly cloudy morning, a cloud has moved in to cast a shadow on the scene as an ES44AC leads an eastbound coal train toward the York Street grade crossing. The train is leaving the Belt Industrial Lead behind and will soon turn east toward the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106750 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1647 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific A northbound UP local (whose last car is just visible on the right side of the shot) has just cleared the north end of the 36th street yard. A coal load with an eastern leader is pulling toward the yard from the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106748 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This coal train was loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. It ran over the Moffat at night, but had a new crew called in Denver for 7:15am. Here, the crew has the train rolling east at York Street on the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106439 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF An original catfish! When C44-9Ws first came out and were delivered to Norfolk Southern, they quickly earned the nickname "catfish" due to the fact they are predominately black but with white "whiskers". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1587 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Today's MNYNP will have an all-EMD consist, including a pair of Norfolk Southern units being borrowed by UP. The unit featured in this shot is an SD70M-2. Even though EMD released them at the start of 2005, I've seen fewer than a dozen in the last 11 years. Neither UP nor BNSF bought any, so they don't show up in Colorado too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105812 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1456 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Here is a scene you don't see everyday! A Norfolk Southern unit crossing Blue Mountain Road on the way west on the Moffat. I intentionally cut out the second (BNSF) unit from the frame to make the scene that much more unusual! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105811 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Interesting story behind this westbound BNSF manifest. As it was headed west through Leyden, one of the three units developed a problem. The train crawled at 12 MPH to Rocky and stopped on the main. Ultimately, BNSF ran this Norfolk Southern unit west to Rocky where the crew attached it to the point of the train, and the train continued heading west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105263 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1665 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern A leased Norfolk Southern C44-9W and a Warbonnet C44-9W (which looks to be in very good shape) coming around the big fill in Westminster with an empty windmill blade train. The fill had to originally be built in order to cross over the Big Dry Creek. Building a fill was apparently less expensive that build a large (curved) bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105262 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westminster Fill Westminster, CO 1509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern A southbound (empty) windmill blade trains come around the big fill in Westminster. The train just met a northbound coal empty at Broomfield and now has a track warrant from the South Siding Switch Broomfield to Restricted Limits MP 4. That will take the train all the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105260 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1738 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern July 8th was an extraordinarily cool and rainy day in the Denver area. So much rain was falling, in fact, that water was quickly building up in ditches and depressions. Such is the case here as a southbound (empty) windmill blade train proceeds on the siding at Broomfield. In the not too distant future, this shot will no longer be possible. BNSF is in the process of shifting the siding at Broomfield to the north, meaning this portion of the siding will soon be torn up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105259 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1818 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF, Norfolk Southern That smoke coming off the engines doesn't look too good! Not to worry...it actually isn't smoke at all. As the train was sitting (and idling) in the siding, some of the falling rain accumulated on the radiator. When the engines throttled up (and heated up), the water turned to steam! With a new track warrant taking them all the way to Denver, this southbound has crossing Nickel Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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