Photo ID: 110038 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Ralston Road Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe and an SD70MAC lead two SD40-2s and train on the Beer Run, heading to Golden. The two SD40-2s will be used as power on the "Golden Switch", which runs six days a week out of the (upper) Golden Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110037 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Ralston Road Arvada, CO 464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Beer Run is crossing underneath Ralston Road on the east side of Arvada. The trains is running parallel to RTD's Gold Line (commuter rail). The G-Line drops from two tracks to a single track when heading west here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110035 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Union Pacific UP's intermodal yard in Denver is right next to their 36th Street Yard. A crew works to unload some containers off a train as a baretable (empty well cars) train arrives, led by a BNSF C44-9W. Whether these well cars will be used for containers, or simply put in storage, remains to be seen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110033 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A baretable train that originated in Council Bluffs, IA is arriving at its destination here in Denver. The well cars will either be used for transporting containers as an intermodal train, or possibly be placed in storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Outbound Main Denver, CO 513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars, led by a BNSF C44-9W, approaches the grade crossing at York Street at the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard. The tracks pass by a Purina pet food plant, kicking up some steam, on the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110026 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W011 (South Hazeltine) Adams County, CO 584 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific At the south switch of Hazeltine, BNSF 4664 and baretable train cross 104th Avenue on the main train. The siding is currently "plugged" with a string of empty auto racks. New cars were brought in and unloaded at UP's auto facility in Denver, named Rolla. After unloading, the cars are placed on the siding so they can head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine (8,232ft) Adams County, CO 528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars is led by a single BNSF C44-9W on the main at Hazeltine. The train is passing by a long string of empty auto racks that, later in the afternoon, will head north as the ARLLDR-07. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110024 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Platteville Weld County, CO 635 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A BNSF C44-9W has a long string of empty well cars south on the Greeley Sub. A storm front is starting to creep its way over the top of the Colorado Rockies. It is expected to dump around 4" of snow overnight leading in to tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110023 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 589 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific Baretable trains...which are trains that have empty well cars used for hauling (intermodal) containers...are some of the lowest priority trains on any railroad. They do not generate any revenue as the railroad is just relocating the empty cars. A single power-shared BNSF C44-9W is the power on this southbound, getting ready to leave the siding at Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110022 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A UP conductor from on the southbound baretable gives a roll by to the northbound North Yard, CO to Green River, WY. Many of the cars on the northbound manifest are likely headed for Salt Lake City, and once would have run over the Moffat on the MNYRO. But it is has been several years since the MNYRO ran. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 497 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Here at Brush, the BNSF Brush Sub continues to the north toward Sterling, while the BNSF Akron Sub breaks off and starts heading east toward Lincoln, NE and (eventually) Chicago, IL. The signals in the distance are where the two subdivision converge when heading west toward Denver. Power for a local sit alongside the two mainlines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brush Brush, CO 518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF GP39-2 and an SD40-2 sit with a single covered hopper in Brush. There is currently no crew on board, likely due to the fact that it is both a Sunday and New Year's Eve. Note the cab...or at least the number boards...look to have been rebuilt on the GP39-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of New Hillrose Morgan County, CO 605 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Approaching the east end of BNSF's Brush Subdivision, this Q-Train is crossing the South Platte River on the final day of 2023. Not far ahead, the train will (seamlessly) move from BNSF's Brush Sub to UP's Julesburg Sub. BNSF has trackage rights on the Julesburg Sub between Union (just ahead) and Sterling, CO. Indeed, BNSF is the only railroad that uses this 24-mile stretch of UP's Julesburg Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crest to Wiggins Morgan County, CO 502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF After meeting a westbound at the siding of Crest, this eastbound on the move again between Crest and Wiggins. The siding of Crest itself is somewhat isolated and not easily accessible. Whereas the other sidings on the Brush Sub are visible from I-76. While most of this Q-Train consists of double stack containers, if you look toward the end, you'll notice a handful of auto racks and a few general manifest cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109968 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Keensburg Keensburg, CO 484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF About a mile west of "downtown" Keensburg, an eastbound BNSF mixed intermodal/manifest Q-train rounds the curve. Once reaching Brush, the train will turn north and continue on the Brush Sub to Sterling, then north on the BNSF Angora Sub in to Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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