Photo ID: 106729 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1037 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Of the four "big" US Class 1 railroads (UP, BNSF, CSX, and NS), CSX is probably the railroad I have the fewest pictures of. In general, Norfolk Southern units seems to find their way more frequently than CSX (and typically on BNSF). However, that is slowly changing as this coal train has appeared on the Moffat three times since September. Each time with CSX units for power. Hopefully, that trend will continue! 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 956 (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. 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 1169 (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: 106732 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a coal load at Leyden, this light power move got a clear signal from the dispatcher to head west. The consist is headed for the yard at Glenwood Springs. There, the units will wait until they are needed as mid-train swing helpers on eastbound coal loads coming from the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. If you see these light power moves on the Moffat, chances are the units will always been in multiples of three, as three units are typically cut into those eastbound loads. Until February 2, 2004, the lead unit in this consist was SP 253. Having been delivered in June of 1995, it has now spent more of its life as a UP unit than an Espee unit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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