Photo ID: 109737 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The back end of BNSF's Provo-Denver wraps through Little Ten Loop, sitting on the siding. Note the rather unique paint scheme of the first DPU on the tail end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109722 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the 19 "25th Anniversary" units BNSF created is the 4th unit on a westbound coal empty sitting in the siding at Rocky. These units are the closest (to date) that BNSF has come to having a heritage unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109721 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF A guest from the north is spending some time with BNSF. Actually, with the recent merger with KCS, CP is no longer a northern railroad. CPKC now covers Canada, the central United States, and Mexico! This paint scheme will be fading in to history in the coming years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109720 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 15 years ago, coal trains on the Moffat were ubiquitous and as common as leaves on a tree. However, today, they have become intermittent at best. Even more unusual is an empty westbound BNSF coal train. However, here one sits in the siding in the late morning on a somewhat windy Thursday. The train will be sitting for a few hours to wait for a maintenance window to close ahead in the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109719 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A quartet of orange BNSF units are cut in half by a red Canadian Pacific putting in some power sharing miles on BNSF. The train is stopped on the siding at Rocky, waiting for a maintenance window ahead to clear up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109718 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 217 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Five units lead a westbound BNSF coal empty, wrapped through the curves at Little Ten Curve near West Rocky. The train is currently stopped on the siding as there is maintenance ahead in the Tunnel District. The train will have to sit here for a few hours, waiting for the maintenance window to be over. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109456 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While BNSF mechanical inspects the BNSF coal load on the main at Rocky, which goes in to emergency when attempting to load, an empty UP oil train slowly passes by the coal train through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109453 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Looking past the nose of BNSF 9021, the lead unit on this westbound BNSF coal train, we see the three DPUs at the tail end, just beyond the grade crossing at Little Ten. The train has gone in to emergency each time it attempts to load. You can see a BNSF mechanical truck sitting near the DPUs. It would be determined that a low-hanging air hose was bumping against the plow of one of units, causing the air to be lost and the train to go in to emergency. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109436 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The two most common units you'll find on BNSF trains on the Moffat are ES44ACs and SD70ACes. This is an example of the latter. The orange is a bit darker than on the ES44ACs that it is stuck in between. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109435 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A somewhat dirty SD70ACe is sandwiched between two ES44ACs on the point of a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109431 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific DPUs have become extremely ubiquitous in the past 15-20 years, and the sole DPU bringing up the tail end of this eastbound UP manifest is no exception. The train originated in Grand Junction and will terminate at North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109430 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A relatively short UP manifest (around 4,800 feet long) descends down the grade from Big Ten Curve, past the switch at the west end of Rocky, and through Little Ten Curve on its way east toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109393 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 429 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a shot that I've imaged trying to get before, but never actually thought I'd get the chance! At first, the picture may not appear to be anything particularly special. The eastbound Zephyr coming through Little Ten Curve on the main at Rocky. But if you look again, toward the top of the shot, you'll see the westbound Zephyr exiting Tunnel 1 on its way west. The eastbound Zephyr here is running almost 16 hours late and the two Zephyrs met at Eisele (Clay). After a quick meet, the eastbound Zephyr was at Little Ten at the westbound Zephyr departed Tunnel 1 on the approach to Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109312 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is wrapping its way around Little Ten Curve on the main at Rocky. They are approaching a clear (green) signal at the west end. You may notice there are two private cars in tow on the Zephyr this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109178 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF moves slowly through the siding at Rocky, passing by a track tamper that is holding on the main track. UP is currently adding new ballast in the area, and maintenance is out to work on it as time permits between trains. Note the fourth unit, a GP39-3, rebuilt from a Santa Fe GP39. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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