Photo ID: 106853 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1096 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It isn't too common to find both mid-train and trailing DPUs setup on a manifest on the Moffat. But when you consider that each covered hopper you see in this shot is filled with sand and weighs around 110 tons each, the reason becomes fairly clear. Because those covered hoppers are only 40 feet long, the overall train is just over 4,000 feet in length despite weighing over 12,000 tons. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106829 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Since the start of December, I've managed to shoot power from each of the five US-based Class 1 railroads on the Moffat! That's Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern. Here, a "catfish" leads a westbound coal empty through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106828 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific A coal empty headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork branch has some pool power on the point! A Norfolk Southern ES44AC leads for UP units through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106810 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1086 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A pair of BNSF ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound loaded sand train. UP ran this sand train in two sections so as to avoid any stalls on the Moffat. Probably a wise decision, but not the preferred decision amongst railfans...the original plan called for a power configuration of 3x4x2, had the entire train run west! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106809 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1076 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While BNSF still has around 1,400 C44-9Ws on their roster, UP has under 300, and many of those are frequently in storage. So it was a bit of a surprise to find this C44-9W on a westbound sand train. Looks like the unit was involved in some type of fire at some point! The unit was delivered in 1994, arriving as SP 8138. It was only on the Espee roster for six years, as it changed to UP 9602 on November 22, 2000. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106808 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1099 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A C44-9W is sandwiched between two SD70ACes on the point of this westbound unit sand train, pulling through Barbara's Gulch. A pair of BNSF units bring up the tail end of the 43 car train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106807 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1050 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two nights prior to this shot, a loaded 113-car sand train arrived in Denver. The sand was headed for the Craig Branch. UP broke the train up and sent 51 cars west the night before. On this day, another 43 cars were sent west on the train RDVXTS-08. The remaining 19 cars were kept in North Yard to be added to the MNYPHX-08. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106801 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF "Yet another BNSF trackage rights train led by ES44s"...that's what today's railfan might say (myself included). But I always remind myself that a railfan 30 years from now will likely give anything to see a scene like this! After all, 30 years ago, railfans were say "yet another Rio Grande coal train led by Tunnel Motors"... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106800 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The last few BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifests that I've caught on the Moffat seem to have been relatively short. Here, a trio of BNSF GEs lead the manifest east through Barbara's Gulch. The train will have clear signals the rest of the way in to Denver after meeting to trains at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106799 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak There is a lot of "clutter" in this shot as power lines are very prevalent around Barbara's Gulch. However, I felt I had to include the shot as it has the eastbound Provo-Lincoln in Barbara's Gulch and the westbound Zephyr emerging from Tunnel One, both in the same shot! The two trains are both moving left-to-right in the frame, but are actually moving away from each other. They are separated by roughly six (rail) miles! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106798 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Apologies for the power lines that cut across the middle of this scene. I wanted to include it though because it turns out it is really a two-for-one shot! BNSF's Provo-Lincoln is obvious, but do you see the Zephyr? It is emerging from Tunnel One in the top-left portion of the shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106792 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A rainbow of power, representing 3 of the 5 Class One railroads based in the US, lead a short eastbound manifest through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106791 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific, CSX Whose Train is it Anyway!? With power sharing, it can sometimes be tricky to tell. This particular train in BNSF's Provo-Lincoln, coming east through Barbara's Gulch. Good to see an SD70ACe in the mix as UP is one of the few railroads that tends to split it orders between both EMD and GE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106731 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1258 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A sole CSX ES44AH brings up the tail end of this eastbound coal load. The train is headed for a customer east of the Mississippi. The train will be turned over to CSX at the Mississippi, most likely Kansas City or possibly St Louis. The sun came out just enough to cast some nice shadows as the train snaked east through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106730 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1040 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The American Flag peeks through the trees that line the west end of Barbara's Gulch leading up to the east switch of Rocky. This ES44AC is the third of three mid-train DPUs on an eastbound coal load. Upon reaching Bypass 1 in Denver, the mid-train swings will be cutout and the train will continue on the KP with two units on the point and one on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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