Photo ID: 114203 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF The westbound Canyon Spirit sits in the siding at Rocky, the conductor on the ground to give a roll by to this eastbound BNSF oil train. Between the two trains, we have power from four railroads! Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer, CSX, and BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114202 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF There are few places where you can get a shot like this, with both the head end and tail of a train so clear in the shot. But Big Ten Curve is not your average place! CSX 7106 leads this eastbound loaded oil train toward Rocky as the three DPUs have just left Eisele (Clay) about a hundred feet above. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114201 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF BNSF oil trains on the Moffat run in a 3x3 configuration. Three units on the point and three DPUs on the end. This eastbound is no exception, as you can see the three units on the point here on the south edge of Big Ten Curve, and three units on the tail end off in the background on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114200 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF A bit unusual to see a CSX unit charging toward you out of the east end of Eisele (Clay) on the Moffat. CSX 7106 is putting in some power sharing time, running on a BNSF train on UP rails. For several years, as PTC was being implemented, foreign power did not lead on the Moffat. Now that PTC is well established and compatible across all Class 1s, foreign leaders do show up again from time-to-time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114199 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF I wish I could have been around to get shots of what are now "fallen flag" railroads 50 years ago. Back when there were half dozen or more Class 1 railroads in Colorado. Today, with UP and BNSF essentially being the only options, it is nice when foreign power shows up, especially when it is leading! CSX 7106 is on the point of an eastbound BNSF oil train in the OS at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114198 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train, led by a CSX CM44AC (rebuilt from an AC4400CW) snakes its way through the multiple S-Curves around Blue Mountain Drive and the based of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114195 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF CSX 7106 and train have slowed to a stop on the main at the east end of Plain. The westbound Zephyr is climbing toward Tunnel 1 right now and will run through the siding. DS-378 had considered holding the oil train at Crescent, but ended up bringing it down to Plain for a really great meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114194 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 59 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF Always nice to find a "Dark Future" unit make its way into Colorado. A CSX CM44AC (rebuilt from an AC4400CW) leads an eastbound BNSF unit oil train on the main at Plain. The train is slowing to a stop as it will be meeting the westbound Zephyr here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114193 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF It was a nice surprise to find an eastbound oil train led by a CSX CM44AC. The unit was originally delivered as an AC4400CW as CSX 51. It has since gone through a rebuild program, something all Class 1 railroads are doing these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114036 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 13, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) CSX, BNSF Like all the Class 1 Railroads (except for BNSF), CSX has several heritage units. The CSX units do not make it to Denver very often, so I was glad I had the chance to capture the P&LE (Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad). The P&LE was under the control of New York Central (and later Penn Central) until 1970 when Penn Central declared bankruptcy. CSX ultimately purchased the P&LE in the early 1990s, leading to the eventual creation of the 15th CSX heritage unit, painted at the Waycross shops in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX, BNSF I'm thinking this unit may have recently been rebuilt. Or, at a minimum, was recently repainted. The "Dark Future" on this CSX unit looks darn near pristine as the fourth unit on the BNSF Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113600 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 1981 and CSX 5477 are a pretty unusual site here in Colorado! CSX 1981 is the Pan Am Railways heritage unit. Pan Am Railways was a New England railroad purchased by CSX in 2022. After arriving in Denver, the mid-train swing helpers will be cut out, and the train will continue east on the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113599 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 1981 led an 11,500-foot westbound coal empty on Monday. Two days later, CSX 1981 is once again leading on the Moffat! This time, it and a sister CSX unit lead half of that 11,500-foot coal train east across Kipling Street in Arvada. Longs Peak, one of the 14ers (mountain peaks that exceed 14,000-feet in elevation) is clearly visible in the distance to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113595 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 19 (MP 32.1, 1,059 ft) Boulder County, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific The project to increase the height of Gross Reservoir is nearly completion, as you can see in the distance. In the foreground, we've got an extremely long westbound coal empty, led by a pair of CSX units and a newly painted UP C44ACM. CSX 1981 is one of 21 heritage units CSX has painted up, honoring the railroads that have gone in to making CSX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113594 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific This is the longest train I've ever personally seen on the Moffat. The train is effectively two coal empties stuck together into one. Behind the three lead units (including a pair of CSX ES44AHs) is 105 cars. Then, there are three mid-train DPUs (hidden behind the hill at Big Ten). Behind those three mid-train DPUs is another 104 cars. The train is 11,500 feet long. When the head end reaches East Plain, the tail end will just be passing West Eisele (Clay)! At that length, there are only two sidings between Denver and Grand Junction in which the train could fit between switches: Allen in Glenwood Canyon (at 14,250 feet), and Palisade just east of Grand Junction (at 12,200 feet). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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