Photo ID: 111937 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound UP coal empty is ready to charge west on Main 2 at Arvada, as the three DPUs on the tail end of an eastbound BNSF oil train roll by on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111935 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5826 knocks down the signal at CP DS007 at Arvada as it continues east, moving from the main track to Main 1. The switch here at Arvada is a high speed switch. It actually has to switch motors as it has a moveable point frog. Rather than a solid chunk of steel, the frog point moves similar to a switch point. The oil train here is taking the non-diverging route. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111934 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd (Overpass) (MP 7.65) Arvada, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I really enjoy an telephoto shot of a unit train, regardless of what type of unit train it is. The long line of uniformity looks mighty nice to the eye. Here, an eastbound BNSF oil load crosses the Wadsworth Bypass overpass as it approaches the signal at Arvada (CP DS007). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111932 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific The engineer on the eastbound BNSF oil load has turned the headlights back on the bright after the lead unit of this westbound UP oil empty has passed by. The UP train is headed to a transload facility in Utah. The same place the BNSF train came from. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111930 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 237 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The BNSF train to the left and the UP train to the right are both currently facing south (geographically). However, the BNSF train at Eisele (Clay) is eastbound and the UP train at Rocky is westbound. The UP train will climb up and around Big Ten, taking the siding at Eisele to meet the oil load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111928 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF Between late 2018 and early 2019, Kansas City Southern decided to dip a toe into the Tier-4 locomotive lineup, purchasing 25 GE ET44ACs. One example, KCS 5010, just happened to be the second unit on an eastbound BNSF oil train here at Eisele. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111927 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF With MRL units now owned by BNSF and, consequently, in the general power pool, they are rolling through the Denver more often. This makes me happy as it is allowing me to get more pictures of them before they are inevitably repainted BNSF orange at some point. This shot makes the 12th MRL SD70ACe I've been able to shoot. It is the third unit on the head end of an eastbound oil train on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111926 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As we get closer to spring (and then summer), the days are starting to get longer. Here, not long before noon, this eastbound BNSF oil train is heading almost directly into the sun as it slows to a stop on the main track at Eisele (Clay). It is waiting on a westbound UP oil empty that will take the siding. There is a BNSF manifest tied down on the siding at Rocky, so the meet had to be here instead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111925 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF oil load has quite a colorful consist as a KCS "Belle" and an MRL SD70ACe help out the BNSF ES44AC on the point. The train is rolling east on the main track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111924 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF eastbound oil train wraps through the S-Curve at Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. A KCS unit and an MRL unit are part of the head end consist today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111923 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest arrived in the siding at Rocky yesterday right around 3pm, meaning it has now been tied down here for about 17 hours as of the time of this shot. The train is waiting for a BNSF crew to come out of Denver and take it into the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111904 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound BNSF manifest departed Denver a bit earlier and is headed for Laurel, MT. The train is moving at track speed through east Boulder, crossing 55th Street. The stacks to the left belong to the Valmont power plant. The power plant originally burned coal for power. However, that stopped in 2017 when it was converted to natural gas and an array of solar panels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111903 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The Front Range Sub is still run by track warrants in 2025 (meaning there are no signals), but BNSF has added PTC. This means track warrants are issued and acknowledged via computer. Consequently, there is very minimal radio traffic on the Front Range Sub. This northbound will not be meeting anything at Broomfield, which means it'll be another 40 miles before it might meet another train (at Longs Peak). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111902 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44DCs and a Tier-4 ET44C4 are the power on this northbound manifest headed for the yard in Laurel, MT. No DPUs on the tail end of the train this afternoon. The train is just rounding the bend from 88th Avenue, right around MP 9.5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Denver-Laurel manifest approaches the 88th avenue grade crossing in Westminster. Cars and a single biker are stopped, waiting for the train to pass. In the distance, you can see Westminster Castle on the hill. Today, it contains Belleview College and Seminary. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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