Photo ID: 112529 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF On the north edge of Sedalia, a BNSF coal load headed for Texas from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming snakes its way through several S-Curves. With more and more power plants in the country switching away from coal, how much longer will coal dominate the Joint Line? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112528 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blakeland Douglas County, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF coal load starts the real grind up toward Palmer Lake as the tracks increase around 1.2% and will remain around that for the trip to the top of hill. Longs Peak is visible in the background, as some clouds start to move toward the plains from the mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112527 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans Ave Denver, CO 217 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF This unit grain train originated in North Dakota on May 27th and is making its way south and west toward Barstow, CA. A nice little bonus is a Canadian National leader. Here, at the Evans Ave RTD station, the train is tied down and awaiting a crew that is currently enroute. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111841 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This southbound grain train has had a short reprieve from the climb to Palmer Lake, but it is about to start up the 1.5% grade toward the top of the hill at Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111840 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 395 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CPRR Bringing up the rear of this southbound unit grain train is a Canadian Pacific ES44AC and a BNSF AC4400CW. This same train has a Canadian National and CSX unit on the head end, making for a very colorful train overall. On this particular day, I saw the following railroads represented: Amtrak, Union Pacific, BNSF, Kansas City Southern, Ferromex, Canadian National, CSX, and Canadian Pacific! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111839 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CN, CSX, BNSF If you were unfamiliar with the terrain here, you might think this shot was taken somewhere east of the Mississippi! After all, a CN/CSX lash up is rare enough, but it is almost unheard of in Colorado. CN 3368, an AC44C6M, and CSX 3293, an ET44AH, lead the way south on Main 1 in perfect afternoon light on Super Bowl Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111838 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CN, BNSF I wanted to get a few shots of this southbound grain train as it is pretty rare to find either a Canadian National or CSX unit in Colorado, let alone seeing those two together! Longs Peak is clearly visible, snow capped, in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111837 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CN, BNSF This southbound grain train round the curve from the east edge of Chatfield Reservoir. You can actually get a pretty clear view of the tracks climbing the grade, a slight angle compared to the reservoir wall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111836 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes lead a southbound coal load on Main 1 at Acequia. Off in the distance, you can see Longs Peak, of the four "Front Range" 14ers. This time of year, this area appears to be somewhat bleak as there are no leaves to be found on the trees. However, this is also a fantastic scene for fall colors, usually in October. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111835 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Englewood, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CN, BNSF I will certainly admit that, when I set out to take some pictures today, I did not expect that one of the pictures I would capture would be a loaded grain train being led by a Canadian National ET44AC, passing by a Boeing 737-8 MAX fuselage! Yet, here we are at the intermedial signals at Evans Avenue where that exact thing is happening. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111834 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Englewood, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) CN, BNSF Talk about an interesting mix of power! Between these two trains meeting at Evans Avenue, there are four units, each from a different railroad. Only one of which is "native" to Colorado. Of particular interest is the Canadian Nation ET44AC from north of the border and the Ferromex SD70ACe from south of the border! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111833 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Denver, CO 268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian National This southbound grain train had been tied down at Denver and was originally not supposed to be called until around 5:45pm. However, BNSF changed things up and it was called at 11am! I was up at Crescent when I got the news, and I immediately headed south so i could get some shots of the northern visitor. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111832 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Englewood, CO 351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The next time you are flying, headed somewhere for business or on vacation, if you are on a Boeing 737, consider the fact that the plane you are in was almost certainly once riding the rails! Four Boeing 737-8 MAX fuselages are headed to Renton, WA from Wichita, KS for final assembly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111831 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Englewood, CO 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF In addition to trains, I actually happen to really enjoy planes as well. So there's nothing better than coming across a Boeing 737 fuselage when it is in the process of being shipped from Wichita, KS to Renton, WA. Here is a good look at a 737-8 MAX fuselage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111830 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Englewood, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The most popular commercial airliners in the world is essentially a tie between the Boeing 737 (in all of its variants) and the Airbus A320 (and all of its variants). Boeing 737 fuselages are initially built in Wichita, KS, before being shipped by rail to Renton, WA for final assembly. Four such 737s are in transit here, currently sitting on Main 2, waiting to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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