Photo ID: 103829 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 90.4 (East Guernsey) Guernsey, WY 1499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Valley (BNSF) EMD Leasing During our weekend trip to the Powder River Basin, these were the nicest units I saw! I was always a fan of the blue and white "Oakways" SD60's. BNSF returned some of them to the lessor and put the remainder in storage a few years ago. Recently, however, they have started showing up again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103804 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 586.4 (East Donkey Creek) Gillette, WY 1572 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Black Hills (BNSF) EMD Leasing, BNSF East Donkey Creek is an impressive junction where two tracks from the Orin Sub (Power River Basin) come up from the south and meet with three tracks on the Black Hills Sub. This rail train is proceeding west toward Gillette. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102407 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 18, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1688 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing Power ready for assignment! After power has been serviced, it is moved by hostlers to the ready tracks, seen here. C44-9Ws and SD70MACs are not uncommon here. Of interesting is the KCS SD70ACe, which I shot earlier in the day on the HLAUDEN. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102406 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 18, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing The Oakway SD60s are some of my favorite engines on the rails. I'm a fan of the spartan cab (and these were some of the last spartan cabs produced by EMD), and I really like the blue and white scheme too. Granted they look a bit better in 1987 when they were new to the rails, but I'll always take advantage of two of them coupled together. I doubt their leases will last much longer... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102034 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1841 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing I have heard the question come up in the railfan community how many siding there are that aren't quite parallel to the main. The siding of Broomfield is an excellent example of this! Not only are the tracks not quite parallel, but they actually lay on two different grades. The HPASSAG (in the foreground) heads south on the main while the HDENLAU (in the background) holds on the elevated siding. It will be interesting to see how much this changes with the introduction of commuter trains along here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing The siding at Broomfield was originally a part of the CB&Q while the main was part of the C&S. Once it all fell under one railroad (and more and more streets starting popping up in Broomfield), the alignment of the siding became a bit less straight! Here, the northbound HDENLAU is headed north toward Nickel Street while the southbound HPASSAG holds on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101981 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 20th Street Denver, CO 1971 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) EMD Leasing I saw this power - two SD60s both being leased to BNSF - earlier in the day near the yard. Now, the units are leading the southbound Denver to Kansas City manifest (HDENKCK-13). The first four tank cars have reporting marks CORX and are filled with beer from the Coors Brewing plant in Golden! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101977 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1708 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing Hostlers sit in EMDX 9028 waiting to take it and CEFX 6020 to their train in the yard. The two SD60s will provide the power for the HDENKCK-13. The train will depart south on the Joint Line and then turn east to head to Kansas City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101742 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Louisville, CO 1736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing I'm not sure exactly when the lease will expire on the Oakways SD60s that are on BNSF's roster, but I would expect them to disappear in the next few years. The "Oakways" came onto BN's property in 1987, numbered as EMD 9000 to EMD 9099. Today, all things considered, their paint still looks pretty darn good! Take, for example, EMDX 9050 here on the BWWCHE-28. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101735 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 Broomfield, CO 1707 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing After meeting the HDENLAU-27 at Broomfield, the HPASSAG-24 got a warrant from the north siding switch at Broomfield to the restricted limits at Clear Creek. With the switch at the south end of Broomfield restored to normal position, the train is picking up speed now as it heads towards town. A gibbous moon looks down on the train as it approaches 112th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101731 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) EMD Leasing The southbound HPASSAG-24 holds the main track at Broomfield while waiting for the HDENLAU-27 to come out of Denver to meet it. The PASSAG (Pasco, WA to Saginaw, TX) manifest is holding the main rather than the siding because there is another southbound coming out of Boulder, so there will be a three-way meet at Broomfield and the HDENLAU will hold the siding for both southbounds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101503 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1671 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing The paint scheme applied to the demo GP60s and SD60s that EMD produced has always been one of my favorites. A very close second (seeing as how it is almost identical) is the scheme worn by the 100 leaser units from Oakway. I'm a sucker for a shot of one of these SD60s anytime! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101161 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing The so called "Oakway" SD60's in the blue and white leaser scheme are not an uncommon sight in Denver these days. In 1986, Burlington Northern leased 100 (EMD 9000 to 9099) SD60's from EMD through Oakway Inc. Twenty years later, these units are still in remarkably good shape, considering they are still in their original paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101099 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1887 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing EMD built and sold 100 SD60's to Oakway Leasing in the mid-1980's. Burlington Northern leased all 100 units on a long-term basis. EMD 9000 to EMD 9099 are still on BNSF's roster twenty years after being delivered. Here, the last of the 100 units, EMD 9099, is seen through the supports for Park Avenue West near the house. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1747 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots EMD Leasing One of my favorite paint schemes of all time would be the blue and white scheme applied to the GP59, GP60, and SD60 demo units that EMD produced. A close second is the (very similar) scheme of the 100 "Oakway" SD60 leased to Burlington Northern in the late 1980's. Those units are still on the BNSF today, in relatively good condition! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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