It is not very often that you see a consist like this on the Moffat! This coal empty is headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. The lead unit, which is an ET44AC, has CSX's latest paint scheme applied. The train is coming around Little Ten Curve at Rocky.
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This westbound manifest works its way through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky. Through this curve, the train makes a 90° turn to the left. The head end power is now headed south (geographically), while the back half is moving west. In a few minutes, the train will be on the track above at Eisele.
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When the Moffat was original built, the tracks needed to gain a fair amount of altitude in a short distance. Consequently, the tracks use a fair number of loops to stretch out the distance. Here, an eastbound coal load is headed through Little Ten Loop at West Rocky. The head end is approach the switch for the Rocky Industrial Lead as the mid-train swing helpers come up on Little Ten.
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This eastbound coal load is about to make its way through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky. A few hundred feet above the train, you can see the tracks as they run through Eisele. Just a few minutes earlier, the train was headed in the oppose direction on those tracks.
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The head end of this Somerset-bound coal empty is coming up on the west end of Little Ten Curve while empty hoppers enter the curve on the east side.
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