Photo ID: 111596 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling Sterling, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes, leading a westbound coal load, crosses over the US-138 as the sun quickly moves toward the western horizon. The train is now moving at about 15 MPH as it approaches the restricted limits of Sterling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111595 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sterling, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF At the east edge of Sterling, this training is coming to the end of the Angora Subdivision. Indeed, the crew is also coming to the end of their day. Sterling is an away terminal for crews coming from both directions. This crew will turn the train over to an outbound crew that will continue on to Denver. The crew on this train will stay the night in Sterling before returning home after the minimum 10 hours of rest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111594 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan to Sterling Logan County, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9121 is moving along the south (west) end of the Angora Sub at track speed as the train approaches the grade crossing of Logan County Road 46. Just ahead, the train has an Approach Medium (flashing yellow) aspect, so the train will start to slow. Upon reaching Sterling, CTC comes to an end and the train will enter yard limits. It will have to do so at restricted speed, hence the aspects of the coming signals and the beginning of the reduction in speed at this point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111593 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan to Sterling Logan County, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF After a day shooting the Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Railway, I was hoping to find a BNSF train headed for Denver for the chase home. I headed east on the Angora Sub and came across a westbound coal load between Buchanan and Sterling. The clouds had pretty much blown out by this afternoon, so the late afternoon winter lighting was fantastic! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108152 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Northport Bridgeport, NE 758 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF A pair of manned SD70ACes help shove on the back of this eastbound coal train as it leaves the Valley Sub behind and starts on the climb up the Angora Sub toward Alliance. The sole DPU on this train is an SD70MAC. A bit of a special catch these days as the majority of SD70MACs are currently in storage around BNSF's system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108149 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bridgeport Bridgeport, NE 702 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A rather interesting view looking straight down on the diamond in Bridgeport, NE where the BNSF Angora Sub (single track) crosses over the UP South Morrill Sub (two tracks). The two tracks to the right are transfer tracks between the UP and BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106588 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Yuma Yuma County, CO 1242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF Even though the plains are indeed quite flat, you might find it curious that this eastbound Z-Train has only two units. The reason being that, despite this train being loaded with containers (up front) and trailers (toward the back), it is actually almost entirely empty. Denver tends to be a net receiver of goods, so intermodal trains come to Denver loaded, but frequently end up leaving largely empty. That fact is reflected in the trains symbol. This is the ZDENCHI7-22. The "7" in the symbol indicates this train is an extension off another high priority train. If this was a loaded train, it would have the symbol ZDENCHI9-22. The "9" in the symbol (on Z-Trains) indicates the train 1st section, critical arrival. There are no higher-priority trains on the system than "Z9" trains. Still, the dispatcher will keep this "Z7" rolling over most other trains on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buchanan, CO Logan County, CO 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF This southbound coal load is pulling up a hill on the main at Buchanan, about 14 miles north of Sterling, CO. This is the last siding north of Sterling and the last CTC siding roughly 40 miles! The next CTC siding is New Hillrose on the Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106529 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 87.2 Logan County, CO 1423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF My personal favorite shot of this rather crummy, overcast day! The DPU on this southbound BNSF coal load passes by the iconic "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign that you can find along all (or at least most) of the road border crossings into Colorado. This crossing is on CO-131 between Peetz, CO and Lorenzo, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106528 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 87.1 Logan County, CO 1331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF In between Peetz, CO and Lorenzo, NE, we find the Colorado/Nebraska state line on CO-131. We also find a southbound BNSF coal load about to cross said border into Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106527 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Lorenzo Lorenzo, NE 1271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF The conductor on the northbound empty in the siding steps down in order to give a roll by to the southbound coal load that just knocked down the signal at the north end of Lorenzo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106526 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 79 Cheyenne County, NE 1473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF South of Sydney, NE, where BNSF's Angora Sub crosses over UP's Overland Route, there is a bit of a climb up a hill with a nice sweeping curve. Here, a southbound coal load grinds up the hill around MP 79. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106525 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Lorenzo Lorenzo, NE 1300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF There is an interesting signal bridge located at the south end of Lorenzo on the BNSF Angora Sub. This northbound coal empty is taking the siding (hence the dim headlight) in order to meet a southbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106524 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Peetz Peetz, CO 1338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF With an entire day free, I decided to get a little ways away from Denver for a few hours. This coal empty is making its way through downtown Peetz, CO! Peetz is just a few miles south of the Colorado/Nebraska border. This is BNSF's Angora Subdivision. This coal empty came up the Joint Line, then the Brush Sub. It is ultimately headed for the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103366 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 2, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 115 Sterling, CO 1588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF The Angora Sub comes to an end at the north end of Sterling, CO. As the sign on the signal pole implies, this BNSF local is about to leave CTC limits and pull in to the yard at Sterling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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