Photo ID: 111590 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Just west of the "downtown" area of Holyoke, I setup for a final shot of the Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Railway for this trip. It was a very interesting operation and I was glad I took the time to check it out. It was really great watching (and listening) to a pair of spartan-cab SD40s work for the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111589 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado After pulling the three boxcars behind the power out of an industry track here in Holyoke, the air test has been completed and OMLX 419 and OMLX 413 are now ready to continue their journey eastbound toward Sterling, CO. The train is about to cross US Hwy 385, one of the two major roads through town here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111588 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado One of the many great things about short line railroads is that many of them have not replaced these massive station name signs. Class 1 railroads often seem to replace these with smaller signs at either end of the station (or siding). But, not the case here in Holyoke, CO as a westbound manifest actually makes a reverse move to the east by the sign on the main track. If you look beneath the Holyoke sign, you can see the conductor, riding on the rear boxcar, protecting the reverse move back toward the remainder of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111587 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado The conductor on this westbound manifest is protecting a shove...a reverse move...back toward the remainder of the train, out of frame to the left. The train had to pick up a few boxcars, and those cars are now being taken back to connect with the rest of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111586 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado OMLX 419 and OMLX 413 are pulling back out onto the mainline after picking up several boxcars from an industry here in Holyoke. The town of Holyoke is one of the larger eastern Colorado towns. That isn't to suggest that it is large when compared to major metropolitan areas. Population of the town is around 2,300 people. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111585 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado After picking up a handful of boxcars from an industry here in Holyoke, OMLX 419 is pulling back out onto the Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Railway mainline. After the train has pulled entirely onto the main, it will back up to the rest of its train, hanging out on the east end of town. The rest of the train was left there so as not to block any grade crossing any town during this pickup move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111584 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado The conductor for this westbound train is unlocking and preparing to throw this switch on the main. Doing so will allow the power to back into the track in order to pick up a few box cars for the continued journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111583 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Holyoke Holyoke, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado This particular Monday afternoon, the wind was really blowing out on the plains. Most of the day, the winds were at least 30 MPH sustained, and that number often got up to 40-50 MPH. Fortunately, it wasn't too cold, but the wind was a bit of a challenge. Evidence of the wind is quite clear in this shot of this NKCR manifest pulling into the east end of Holyoke (pronounced "hole-ee-oak"). A long piece of plastic wrap got stuck on the coupler of OMLX 419, and it is blowing wildly in the wind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111582 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Amherst Amherst, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado There is a massive grain elevator in the very small town of Amherst, CO. In the most recent census, the population of the town was 47! An NKCR westbound passes by the grain elevator on this Monday. No work to do, so it will continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111581 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Venango to Holyoke Sedwick County, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado has a rather interesting way to operate. Because there is so much switches that the train does as it makes its way along the line, the engineer rides in the engine alone. The conductor parallels the train in a pickup truck! This way, the conductor can drive to any switches that need to be thrown, rather than having to walk along the train. You can see the pickup on the highway, driving alongside the train as it heads toward Holyoke, CO for its next switch job. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111580 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Venango Venango, NE 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado After switching out Helena Agri-Enterprises, this NKCR train has been put back together and the air brakes are currently being charged. Once there is a good release, the train will depart and continue west toward its next switching location in Holyoke, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111579 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Venango Sedwick County, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado As this westbound NKCR train crosses the border from Nebraska into Colorado, we can see the various road signs for drivers. Nebraska Highway 23 changes to Colorado Highway 23, an the speed limit is 65 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111578 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Venango Venango, NE 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado The head end of this westbound Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado train crosses the border from Nebraska into Colorado. The train will shortly come to a stop as it is switching out an industry that is actually in Nebraska. The "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign is a little worse for ware! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111577 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Venango Venango, NE 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado The small town of Venango, NE only has about 150 residents. The town is located right on the border with Colorado. A westbound Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado manifest is pulling toward the border, preparing to stop to pick up a few cars from Helena Agri-Enterprises. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111575 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brandon to Venango Perkins County, NE 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Wallace (NKCR) Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado With winds often in excess of 40 MPH, it was a rather interesting weather day on the plains. The high winds blew out some of the overcast skies of the morning. Additionally, the winds kept my drone grounded for much of a day. It was rather nice using a DSLR trackside for some shots of this interesting short line operation. Here, a pair of SD40s leads a westbound NKCR manifest between Brandon and Venango. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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