Photo ID: 108660 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 732 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr rolls east on the main at Eisele as it continues the journey east toward Denver and points beyond. Eisele is really the last place the eastbound Zephyr will skirt the front range of the Rockies before leaving the mountains behind after descending down from Big Ten Curve ahead. The siding was originally called Fire Clay, due to the red clay rock found in the area. When Rio Grande shortened many siding names on the system, it was shorten to just Clay. Then, just over eight years ago, on April 2, 2013, UP changed the name from Clay to Eisele in honor of Charley Eisele, a UP official that retired. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 595 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest heads down the main at Eisele (Clay) while a westbound BNSF manifest waits for the meet in the siding at Rocky. Due to the geography of the area, both trains are facing geographically south right now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108594 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 646 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF coal empty makes its way west on the main at Eisele (Clay). If you look in the distance to the left, you can see a trio of BNSF units bringing up the end of the train. The train is heading for the Axial mine on the Craig Branch. Presumably, the train will pull straight in under the loader and then head back east with the three units leading the train and the two units here bringing up the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108544 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 805 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the lighting all but gone, I decided to try to fly the Mavic Air 2 parallel to the MGJNY and approximate the speed. Other than some graininess, the result was not horrible. The train is more-or-less clear and the ground has a pretty good speed blur to it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108496 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 793 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six BNSF units, including a single "green and cream" SD70MAC, lead a coal empty west on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train originated in Mexico and BNSF is in charge of running the train west over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108444 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The gondolas on this work train are filled with tied plates (in some of the cars) and scraps of rail (in other cars). These cars have been sitting on the siding here at Eisele (Clay) for about a week. The siding has been out of service while the cars have been here. The siding is back in service now, and the train will soon back down to the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108443 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Looks straight down on a westbound coal empty (currently travelling geographically north) on the main at Eisele (Clay). The empty is passing by a work train that has a single unit with 10 gondolas. Many of the gondolas are filled with tied plates, used to secure the rail to ties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108442 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty passes by a UP work train, currently sitting in the siding at Eisele (Clay). After this 7,700-foot empty passes by, the work train will back out of the east end of Eisele all the way down to the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108441 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 746 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is why the area around Big Ten Loop is a great place to hang out and watch trains! At first glance, it would be easy to think there are two trains in this shot. But it is indeed just a single coal empty, stretching from the east switch of Eisele (Clay) down to just west of the west switch of Rocky. Must be interesting for the crew to look down the hill at the end of their train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108436 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 792 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 189 has been the trailing unit on the Zephyr for the past few weeks, but it looks like Amtrak did some shuffling around in Chicago as the "Big Game" unti is now on the point, leading the train west. Engines seem to stay on the same long distance train, in general, for 4-6 round trips before being rotated off. That's not any kind of hard-and-fast rule, just seems to be the normal based on general observation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108419 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load...the first in several weeks...rolls east on the main at Eisele. A couple of gondolas dropped off earlier this week sit on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108371 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific BNSF's eastbound Provo to Denver manifest sits in the siding at Eisele (Clay), an SD70ACe leading. The train is meeting UP's westbound North Yard to Grand Junction manifest, approaching the train on the main. The Provo-Denver would be stuck here a bit longer, as the westbound Zephyr is already at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108255 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is creeping west at restricted speed (about 10 MPH) through the siding at Eisele (Clay). UP's MGJNY sits on the main, patiently waiting for a clear signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108232 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, Co 769 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This Warbonnet is in surprisingly good shape for 2020! Other than the orange air conditioner and antenna on the cab roof. This is one of 20 Warbonnets in the 4700-series that were delivered in Warbonnet paint with "BNSF" in 1997, after the ATSF/BN merger. Because these units were never actually ATSF units, they are sometimes referred to as "Fake-Bonnets". Still, great catching this one at Eisele (Clay) on the Provo-Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108231 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 813 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Lately, BNSF has been running their Provo-Denver manifest at such a time that it tends to descend down the Front Range sometime in the morning hours. This is great not only because the lighting tends to be better, but a lot of the time it results in a meet with the Zephyr. Did not get the Zephyr on this day, but was very happy to come across a Warbonnet C44-9W on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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