Photo ID: 109629 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Douglas County, CO 320 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF coal load slowly climbs the grade on Main 1 as a northbound military train sits stopped on Main 2. The military train departed Fort Carson a few hours earlier, and unfortunately tripped a dragging equipment detector. The conductor is currently walking the train to find the culprit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109628 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Spruce Douglas County, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An ES44AC and an SD70ACe lead this coal train south on Main 1, just south of Greenland. As we get deeper in to fall and closer to winter, the landscape loses more and more color, turning to a relatively flat yellow-brown color. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109627 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Larkspur Douglas County, CO 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Larkspur, a southbound BNSF coal load navigates the curves on Main 1 as the train continues toward Greenland, Palmer Lake, and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109626 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A trio of units serve as the rear DPU on this southbound coal load. The train is crossing over Spruce Mountain Road and West Fox Farm Road as it continues south toward Greenland. Spruce Mountain Road (on the left) is the road that will take cars further south to Palmer Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109625 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Larkspur Larkspur, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF On the south edge of the small town of Larkspur, a southbound BNSF coal load crosses over the classic "Santa Fe" lettered bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109624 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF There is a typical sea of orange at BNSF's Engine House in Denver as Sunday morning commuters on RTD's N-Line to Thornton sail by on a bridge. The commuter train is nearing the end of its southbound journey at Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109623 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF As time marches onward, fewer and fewer "green and cream" units remain on BNSF's roster as repaints continue. However, you can still find them here and there. BNSF 9709 is one such example, sitting near the engine house in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109622 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF keeps a HazMat cleanup train set stored at Denver. It includes this caboose and several tank cars, all painted in this eye-catching, bright-red paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109621 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Even though it is Sunday morning, switching at BNSF's 31st Street Yard in Denver continues at both the north and south end, just as it does 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109594 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A northbound military train sits in the siding at Carr, waiting its turn to continue north, as a southbound military train approaches a clear (green) signal in the distance at the south end of Carr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109588 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Nunn, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF It is a pretty rare sight to find BNSF orange on UP's Greeley Sub! In 2023, it seems that most lines, regardless of the owner, have at least one other railroad with trackage rights on their line. UP's Greeley Sub between Denver and Cheyenne is not one of those lines. UP is the owner and no other railroad has trackage rights. So these BNSF units must just be power sharing units on this northbound military train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109587 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Nunn, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Just north of the siding of Nunn, we have an extremely unique northbound manifest on the Greeley Sub. A loaded military train, which originated at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, is led by a pair of BNSF ES44C4s and an UP AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109578 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W023 (Powars) Brighton, CO 324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF While BNSF 8102 sits on one of the leads for the Vestas wind turbine plant, a northbound UP manifest passes on its journey north up the Greeley Sub toward Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109577 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W023 (Powars) Brighton, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF A week ago, I got a shot of BNSF 6705 sitting right here near the Vesta plant in Brighton. A week later, and sister unit BNSF 8102 has joined 6705! Not sure why these units are sitting here along the Greeley Sub. They must be power share units as BNSF has no trackage rights on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109574 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF manifest is tied down on Main 3 at Englewood. It would seem that there was no room in the yard at Denver when the train got to this point, so it was tied down. Once room in the yard opens up, no doubt a crew will retrieve the train and bring it the rest of the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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