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| Title: |
Underway |
| Description: |
After getting the previous shot, I went down to pull a U turn with the RV, to find the train was just starting to move. OK, cool, the chase is on. The head end passes Castle Rock, a prominent formation on the way from Denver to Colorado Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 5:37:50 AM |
| Location: |
Castle Rock, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
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12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Claasaic bridge |
| Description: |
I moved on down to Larkspur, where this Santa Fe lettered overpass crosses the local road I was on. Got the power crossing, verrryyyyy slowly as he made his way upgrade. The line tops out upward of 7000 feet. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 5:43:46 AM |
| Location: |
Larkspur, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
High plains panorama |
| Description: |
There are several places between Larkspur and Palmer Lake where there are some good, wide views of the line. It runs just a little way out in the plains, not really in the mountains, though even in the foothill regions, the elevation gets pretty high. Were looking toward the east as the train approaches Palmer Lake |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 5:48:11 AM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake (Joint L, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Vastness |
| Description: |
The vastness of the landscape dwarfs a 135 car coal train as it makes its way south toward Texas |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 5:54:05 AM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dark side |
| Description: |
But still expansive. The coal train rolls south past some typical Colorado landforms. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:03:26 AM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Holding |
| Description: |
The coal train came to a stop just north of Palmer Lake to hold for a northbound. I got him here one last time. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:14:06 AM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Heres why the coal train was holding |
| Description: |
Just as I went under the bridge at the south end of town, this northbound showed. I caught him a little farther up, under a large rock outcrop. In the consist is an ex BN GP 50, something of a rarity at this late date. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:16:04 AM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7629(ES44DC) BNSF 4080(C44-9W) BNSF 4694(C44-9W) BNSF 3171(GP50) BNSF 6218(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
18 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Moving on |
| Description: |
Needing to keep making progress toward home, I left the two Joint Line trains at Palmer Lake and resumed my trek south. If I had a couple more days, I could have shot a lot of trains here, I saw at least five from the road that I might otherwise have gone after. As I neared Pueblo, I caught up to this southbound grain move. This is the DPU, a grab shot out the window as I rolled down I 25. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:22:11 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4373(C44-9W) BNSF 6273(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The head end |
| Description: |
The 75 MPH speed limit on I 25 makes catching trains here a bit easier than most places, and I was soon looking at the lead units. Now, where to get ahead of him for a good shot?? |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:24:16 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7796(ES44DC) BNSF 4054(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Heres where |
| Description: |
I jumped off the interstate at the next exit I thought would work, went through a single lane underpass, and out to the tracks near a raceway. I found myself at a location called Bragdon on the railroad, just in time to catch the train rolling through a sag, and splitting the signals there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:28:02 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7796(ES44DC) BNSF 4054(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Classic station sign |
| Description: |
Sometimes there are parts of an updated operation that just dont get changed in the new regime, either through benign neglect, or because someone feels the need to preserve things as they were. Not sure which is at work here, but Im glad of it. The grain train passes the classic Santa Fe station sign at Bragdon with 115 cars of grain. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:31:54 AM |
| Location: |
Bragdon, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7796(ES44DC) BNSF 4054(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
16 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU and a mountain |
| Description: |
The DPU on the grain train rolls away past the racetrack, whose light poles are at right, almost masking the mountains in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:34:50 AM |
| Location: |
Bragdon, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4373(C44-9W) BNSF 6273(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Moving on |
| Description: |
I headed east on US 50, which would take me into Kansas. I stopped for fuel on the far eastern edge of Pueblo, across from the ex Santa Fe line going east, where there was the DPU on a Texas bound coal train, seen here from across the road. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:37:06 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8485(SD70ACe) BNSF 5862(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end |
| Description: |
After fueling, a little farther east was the head end of the coal train, which was getting a refuel itself from a truck, whose tank can be seen behind the train. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:39:37 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6438(ES44AC) BNSF 9245(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Surprise |
| Description: |
As the coal train was getting fueled, the grain train Id shot at Bragdon rolled up behind him on the adjacent track. I caught the head end just as it passed. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:42:56 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7796(ES44DC) BNSF 4054(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
16 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Goign away |
| Description: |
The angle was better for the DPU on the grain train, which I caught going away past the signals here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:45:04 AM |
| Location: |
Pueblo, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4373(C44-9W) BNSF 6273(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
15 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling east |
| Description: |
I next caught up to the grain train about 20 miles east at Fowler. The head on shot wasnt great, mostly backlit, but still OK with the towns small grain elevator to add some interest |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:49:29 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7796(ES44DC) BNSF 4054(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU and a pretty station |
| Description: |
The good shot here, and for once I was glad of a DPU, was at the nicely restored Santa Fe station. The DPU on the grain train rolls past in gorgeous light |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:52:28 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4373(C44-9W) BNSF 6273(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
18 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe cross |
| Description: |
The cross that marked the Santa Fes identity for many years is shown in a classic, and more modern form as the DPUs rear unit passes the station at Fowler |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 6:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4373(C44-9W) BNSF 6273(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grab from the cab |
| Description: |
After shooting the grain train by the station in Fowler, I caught up before the tracks swung away near Manzanola. The DPU from the road, the train stretched out along US 50. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:01:01 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling hard |
| Description: |
I was about halfway back home from Liberal Kan, where I had overnighted, and saw this eastbound rolling away as I sat at a light in Woodward. BNSF runs their trains like theyre being chased by fire breathing dragons, so I knew even with the delay of waiting for one light, Id have a challenge. I was able to beat him to Quinlan, where this overpass is about a mile off US 412. Got lucky, getting there just ahead of the train, three units and 85 stack platforms.. Too bad I wasnt there in time to get the westbound on the adjacent track. Would have been a nice shot coming around a curve through a cut. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:42:36 AM |
| Location: |
Quinlan, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3830(ET44C4) BNSF 5040(C44-9W) BNSF 9379(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
19 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Second round |
| Description: |
I figured, as long as Im here, hang a few minutes to see if something else shows, the Transcon being the racetrack it is. Sure enough ten minutes later, here comes another stack, this time five units rolling 113 stack platforms east at a rapid pace. Didnt catch a westbound, but not bad for ten minutes. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:48:58 AM |
| Location: |
Quinlan, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6143(ES44AC) BNSF 7074(ES44C4) BNSF 7756(ES44DC) BNSF 8246(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
16 Comments: 0 |
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