Photo ID: 106862 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A lone DPU on the tail end of an eastbound BNSF manifest helps to slow the train with its dynamic brakes as the train enters the siding Leyden. This is a telephoto shot from CO-72 looking south at the train, hence the backlighting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106861 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44DC brings up the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver, which consists primarily of tank cars. I framed the image this way because, being the sole DPU unit, the engine is facing the "wrong way" for the most ideal photograph. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106860 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While BNSF has certainly invested in EMD engines in the past decade or so with the purchase of SD70ACes, they still by far prefer GE. In the last decade (or so), BNSF has purchased 810 SD70ACes. By comparison, they've purchased over 2,600 ES44s. So while seeing a BNSF SD70ACe is not super rare, it is also not uncommon to find a train with an all-GE consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106858 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest has a Denver-based crew on board, which is a little unusual. Why is that? Since the start of 2016, BNSF trains on the Moffat typically run with Grand Junction-based crews. BNSF used to have a crew change point at Kremmling. Denver-based crews ran the trains Denver to Kremmling (and vice versa). Grand Junction-based crews ran the trains Kremmling to Grand Junction (and vice versa). After that crew change point was eliminated, Grand Junction-based crews now take the trains all the way to Denver. That is, if they have time! The Grand Junction crew "died" (ran out of hours to work) at Crescent, and the train held there for a few hours earlier in the day. A Denver crew was sent up to take the train the remaining 30-ish miles in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106857 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest has six units today, set up 5x(0)x1. The fourth unit is a rare one indeed...a former BC Rail C40-8M! The train has just passed the intermediate signal at MP 14.5 and will take the siding at Leyden for a few hours as the yard in Denver is not yet ready to receive the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106851 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A handful of non-covered hoppers are on the P-Burg local here, but by far the fracking sand cars rule the train. Power is setup in a 3x3x1 configuration, giving the train roughly 2.4 HPT (horsepower per ton). The bare minimum for the Moffat is right around 2.0 HPT. Anything much less than that and trains would stall out on the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106844 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1485 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF This Denver-Provo is about to knock down an approach (yellow) signal at the east end of Rocky. Maintenance is in the process of clearing up on Big Ten, so the train will have a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106843 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units push on the end of a westbound BNSF manifest at Leyden. On this particular morning, I was without my standard cameras for awhile, so this shot was actually taken with my iPhone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106842 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BCR, BNSF A British Columbia C40-8M (now owned by Canadian National) assists BNSF's Denver-Provo on the journey west. BC Rail and Canadian National both got a lot of these cowl units with the walkways on the inside. Presumably so they are easier to navigate in rough winter weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106841 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The Moffat has seen a lot of foreign power lately. CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, and British Columbia have all appeared on the Moffat. And just within the last two weeks! Two of those railroads were on this train. Here, the CP unit is third out on the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106840 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of GEs leads a westbound Denver-Provo manifest on the main at Leyden. A visitor from north of the border is third out on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106813 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF An eastbound light power move highballs west Rocky while a westbound sand train sits on the main at Eisele. Shortly before this shot was taken, the light power moved met the sand train. The sand train has not departed yet because the dispatcher is having difficulty getting the west switch at Eisele to throw from the siding to the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106810 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A pair of BNSF ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound loaded sand train. UP ran this sand train in two sections so as to avoid any stalls on the Moffat. Probably a wise decision, but not the preferred decision amongst railfans...the original plan called for a power configuration of 3x4x2, had the entire train run west! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106806 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Earlier in the week, I got a shot of BNSF 777 as the sole DPU on the westbound Denver-Provo. Well, 777 didn't hang around Provo long! It was the sole DPU on the eastbound Provo-Lincoln on this morning. It was not wyed in Provo, so it was facing the "wrong way" for the trip back east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106801 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1290 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF "Yet another BNSF trackage rights train led by ES44s"...that's what today's railfan might say (myself included). But I always remind myself that a railfan 30 years from now will likely give anything to see a scene like this! After all, 30 years ago, railfans were say "yet another Rio Grande coal train led by Tunnel Motors"... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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