After a tremendous amount of precipitation this winter and spring, vegetation is coming up nice and green in Barbara's Gulch. A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound unit oil empty.
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On a beautiful May afternoon, a leased ES44AC and a BNSF ES44AC bring up the tail end of a westbound unit oil empty train through the west end of Barbara's Gulch.
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A westbound empty BNSF oil train makes its way through Barbara's Gulch. It is a little unusual to see a unit with only a single unit on the point, particularly on the Moffat. There are, however, two units on the tail end.
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It is ironic, but UP 1996 always seems to show up in Colorado in winter. Fairly close to New Years, actually. 2018/2019 was no exception as the heritage unit spent a number of weeks making some trips on the Moffat on coal trains. The Daylight / Black Widow inspired unit is quickly moving toward the second-most shot heritage unit I have, after UP 1989.
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Remnants of the most recent winter storm are still quite apparent in Barbara's Gulch as a westbound coal empty, with UP 1996 fifth in the consist, makes its way west.
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Seven unit lead a westbound coal empty through Barbara's Gulch. UP 1996 has been hanging out on coal trains in Colorado lately, and is making yet another journey west on this particular empty!
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This westbound is slowing as it had an approach at the last intermediate signal. It will get stopped at a red at the east switch of Rocky as maintenance has a work window that will last another 30 to 40 minutes.
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On this particular day, clouds were drifting in and out of the scene and a nice hole popped up in the clouds allowing the power on this westbound BNSF manifest to be nicely highlighted in the sun.
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If you look closely, you may note that the BNSF logo on the lead unit is a bit smaller than on the third unit. That lead unit is a ET44C4, the latest (Tier 4 compliant) model from GE. There is slightly less room on the long hood for the logo to appear.
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Another day and another BNSF manifest being led by a trio of GEs in Barbara's Gulch past the old metal tower that has stood for decades.
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A pair of C44-9Ws, still in Heritage 2 paint, push on the back of a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo in Barbara's Gulch. One to two DPUs on the tail end is typical for these manifests.
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A westbound BNSF manifest with a trio of GEs on the point heads west through Barbara's Gulch. This has become the standard consist that you can expect to find on the point of BNSF's manifests on the Moffat. Sure, there are certainly exceptions, but most of the time, this is what you are likely to find.
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A westbound BNSF manifest proceeds west through Barbara's Gulch. BNSF's symbol for this train is the HDENPVO1-08A (Denver, CO to Provo, UT). UP recently changed the symbol of this train in its computer system. UP now shows this train as the QFJPVJ-08. "FJ" is for "Fox Junction" and "PV" is for "Provo". The train's counterpart is the QPVCSJ in which "PV" is again Provo, and "CS" is "C&S Junction".
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Barbara's Gulch is still quite green in the early days of June as the West Local, with seven covered hoppers in tow, works its way west. All seven covered hoppers will be delivered to Trinity Lightweight, maker of lightweight aggregate.
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A trio of GP40s lead West Local near the east end of Barbara's Gulch. The local has not run in a few weeks and actually has several covered hoppers for delivery today.
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