Photo ID: 106909 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1497 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a chilly (about 15°F at the moment) morning, a westbound BNSF manifest kicks up some snow as it approaches the bridge over South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106908 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Interestingly, the three units on the point of this westbound are all older (relatively speaking...late 90s and early 2000s) power, yet the two DPUs on the tail end are quite a bit newer. Alas, they are both facing west, so "going away" shots wouldn't be the best. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106907 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern It is not uncommon for railfans to joke that BNSF and Norfolk Southern should merge...after all, "NS" already makes up the middle two letters of "BNSF". Then, of course, there are trains like this in which you have a nice mix of both BNSF and NS power! The Denver-Provo is pulling west through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106906 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF H2 C44-9W and a pair of Norfolk Southern GEs have this westbound Denver-Provo rolling through a slightly snowy Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106905 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1277 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest passes by the steel structure located near the east end of Barbara's Gulch. A pair of "catfish", Norfolk Southern GEs, assist in the pull up the grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106904 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1487 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs brings up the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest west of Leyden on a frigid morning. The first unit (to the left) is an ET44C4 - GE's newest model - and the second unit (to the right) is a C44-9W, a staple in BNSF's fleet since the early 2000s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106903 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1661 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is an interesting mix of blue sky and clouds (and snow) as a westbound BNSF manifest moves at track speed. Almost as interesting as the weather is the power on the train. A New Image ES44DC, a Heritage 2 C44-9W, and a Heritage "Goat Boat" C44-9W lead up the train west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106902 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's a chilly morning out (about 20°F) as BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest dashes west through some freshly fallen snow west of Leyden. The train should have a straight shot through to Grand Junction with minimal delays as there isn't much rolling on the Moffat on this first day of winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106901 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The sun is trying to break through the clouds as a westbound Denver-Provo manifest kicks up snow along the right of way just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106875 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1663 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest, led by a trio of Heritage 2 C44-9Ws, approaches the yard in Denver. The train has a diverging restricting signal ahead (red over flashing red) to allow it to enter the yard and leave the Brush Sub behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106874 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's engine house in Denver tends to be feast or famine...and, as you can tell, it was feasting on this morning! Cascade green, an SD70MAC in the "Green and Cream" scheme, Heritage, Heritage 2, New Image, Tier 4, and Kansas City Southern are all represented in this one shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106873 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1598 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 573 is one of a very few B40-8s that are still on BNSF's active roster. This unit was delivered in April of 1989 to Santa Fe. Many of its brothers have turned in to parts donors for units like 573 that are still active. The unit was sitting by itself near the engine house on this December morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106872 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF: Through the years! A nice collection of power and paint schemes in these four units. It includes an ES44DC in the New Image scheme, a pre-production ES44AC in the Heritage 2 scheme, a C44-9W "Goat Boat" in the Heritage scheme, and a C44-9W in the Heritage 2 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106866 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending a few hours in the siding at Leyden, BNSF's yard in Denver is finally read for this Provo-Lincoln manifest. DS-86 had issued a crossing protection order for the grade crossing at Simms Street, but the crossing was repaired and the dispatcher contacted the conductor and was voiding the order right around the time this shot was being taken. Had the order not been voided, the train would have had to come to a stop at Simms Street to have the conductor protected the crossing as the train entered it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106865 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Geez, it's almost like it's 2004 again! I don't specifically recall the last time I saw two C44-9Ws, both in Heritage 2 paint, leading a BNSF train on the Moffat (or anywhere, for that matter). Yet, such is the case here as a Lincoln-Denver leaves the siding at Leyden, headed for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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