Photo ID: 107386 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The skies to the west were mostly cloud-covered (over the divide), but a few pockets of blue sky were floating around. I was lucky enough to have one hit just as this westbound BNSF sand train came rolling by on the approach to a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at East Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107385 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three SD70ACes lead this westbound loaded sand train through the canyon between Rollins and Tolland. The second and third units are so dirty, they are great 21st century representatives of Grande and Espee units from 40 years ago! That'll happen when you are only making 7-10 MPH through the tunnels in the Tunnel District! For those interested, note that I recorded some sound of these guys pulling...you can listen to them from this page. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107384 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Upon seeing this covered hopper on this BNSF sand train, I started wondering if I might win a prize if I send the picture to BNSF. "Find the pink car, win a prize"! In all seriousness, this was the only car on the train painted in this gumball color. A very interesting car indeed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107383 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1489 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound loaded sand train, which will be used for fracking in Utah, approaches the grade crossing at Cliff. With only five units (three on the point and two on the rear), this crazy heavy train is making an average speed of about 10 MPH up the Moffat. The three units on the point are all SD70ACes...music to the ears of this EMD fan! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107369 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of my favorite places to shoot would have to be the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Love in shots like this how you can see the DPU, the train just ahead of the DPU, and the train way, ahead of the DPU on the other side of CO-72. The distance between the tank cars in the foreground and the background is about 1,500 feet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107368 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Orange BNSF power and a single (faded) Warbonnet pass by the Coal Creek Canyon fire house on Blue Mountain Road as the manifest works its way west on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107367 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest with an interesting display of paint schemes makes its way around the curve on the approach to the Blue Mountain Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107365 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC and BNSF ES44DC share the duty of shoving on this westbound manifest as it passes by Chem Spur and enters in to Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107363 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1456 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Earlier this week, an eastbound train started a (relatively) minor fire at the east end of Barbara's Gulch. No structures were damaged and the first was quickly contained and exterminated. Here, a westbound manifest approaches the burn site. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107362 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I don't generally go for roster shots from the rear quarter of a unit. Then again, it isn't particularly common to find a Warbonnet on the moffat these days! BNSF 697 was the third of four units leading the westbond Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107361 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is interesting how some Warbonnets have near-pristine paint after 25 years and others, like this one, are badly faded. Units like this have picked up the nickname "Pinkbonnet" amongst railfan as the red really has faded in to more of a pink. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107360 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending nearly 12 hours in the siding at Leyden (for reasons unknown to me), this Denver-Provo finally has a fresh crew and is headed west. The crew onboard is actually a Denver-based crew. BNSF is sending a crew out of Grand Junction meet the train further west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107358 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An old Santa Fe Warbonnet, that actually shows no signs of even having been patched, sits on the Denver-Provo in the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107357 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound Denver-Provo departed the yard in Denver around 11:30pm the night before! For some reason, it went in to the siding at Leyden and remained there overnight. Unsure when the train would depart, I got a quick shot of it on the "sunny side" this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107356 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 8, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF My personal favorite engine from the late 1990s and early 2000s would have to be EMDs SD70M/SD70MAC. UP 4424, which happens to be on BNSF's Provo-Denver on this day, was one of 1000 SD70Ms originally ordered by Union Pacific. This SD70M will turn 17 this year. It was originally delivered to UP on July 18, 2001. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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