Photo ID: 109058 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of UP GEs lead a long, loaded eastbound oil train through the control point at the east end of Eisele (Clay). The train will enjoy clear (green) signals for the remainder of the journey to one of the bypass tracks at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108915 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 18, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo is now running (roughly) geographically north as it passes by the signal at the east end of Eisele (former Clay), control point CP DS020. In the distance, you can see North Table Mountain which is on the north side of the town of Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108845 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is just a few minutes late as it passes by an Approach (yellow over red) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). The train, which has pretty consistently been seven Superliners since Amtrak went back to its daily schedule, will meet an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver here and then pass a BNSF Denver-Provo at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108727 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 727 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 79 just knocked down a Clear (green) signal at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). The Zephyr was running about 90 minutes late when it left Union Station, but will be 2 hours and 45 minutes late by the time it reaches Fraser due to slow orders. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108726 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 681 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the top of Big Ten Curve and at the east end of Eisele (Clay), the westbound Zephyr creeps along at 10 MPH and approaches a Clear (green) signal. The slow order is in place is a heat-related speed restriction that will be in place until after sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108678 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 607 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs lead a coal empty west on the main at Eisele (Clay). Aside from being a shorter siding, the siding at Eisele has a weight restriction (so heavier trains cannot use it), and it has a speed restriction. All these things add up to the siding being seldomly used. It has, in fact, only been used twice since May 1! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108662 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr has a Clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay) as it rolls on to the single track main and out and around Big Ten Curve. The train is actually 15 minutes early this afternoon, and has nothing but green signals the rest of the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108643 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A longer-than-usual Provo-Denver manifest makes its way east out of Eisele and around and down Big Ten Loop. BNSF manifests on the Moffat usually have end DPUs, but it is less common to find mid-train DPUs on these trains. But if you look, you can find two mid-train DPUs just about to disappear behind the trees around Big Ten in the distance. This train is around 8,000 feet long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108642 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 657 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 3267 is an ES44C4 that is not in the number of range of most of the ES44C4s on BNSF's roster. This is one of 50 units in this number range that were delivered as "Tier 4 credit units". BNSF used some emissions credits to purchase 50 ES44C4s after Tier 4 emissions requirements were in place. It is leading a huge Provo-Denver that is nearly 8,000 feet long, weighs around 12,000 tons, and has 123 cars in the train. The train is about to make the descent around Big Ten Curve down to Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108641 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 592 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest passes by a Clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (formerly Clay) and slowly rolls on to the signal track that will take the train around Big Ten Loop and down to Rocky, which can be seen to the right of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108550 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 771 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Thanks to the short days of winter, it is only noon and yet already feels like the sun is getting close to the western horizon! A loaded BNSF coal train leaves out of the east end of Eisele (Clay) on the approach to Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108420 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load comes out of the east end of Eisele and turns toward the south leg of Big Ten Loop. The train has the standard three mid-train DPUs and a single unit bringing up the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108282 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 750 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The end of the MNYGJ, with a single DPU, comes around the curve toward the west switch of Eisele (Clay). The head end of the train is already out the west end of Eisele and heading for Blue Mountain Road! At just over 7,000 feet long, the train is over 1,200 feet longer than the siding at Eisele. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108176 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running about an hour late, enters the siding at the east end of Eisele (Clay). The siding here has always been a slower siding. It has weight restrictions (loaded coal trains, for example, cannot use it) and is actually seldomly used. The Zephyr will only go 15 MPH through the siding to the west end to meet an eastbound UP manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107976 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just around the curve ahead, you can see the east switch of Eisele (Clay). This empty oil train has clear signals to continue west, with no trains to meet on this side of the Continental Divide. Also note the tracks at Rocky up and to the right, from where the train just came. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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