The last few BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifests that I've caught on the Moffat seem to have been relatively short. Here, a trio of BNSF GEs lead the manifest east through Barbara's Gulch. The train will have clear signals the rest of the way in to Denver after meeting to trains at Rocky.
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There is a lot of "clutter" in this shot as power lines are very prevalent around Barbara's Gulch. However, I felt I had to include the shot as it has the eastbound Provo-Lincoln in Barbara's Gulch and the westbound Zephyr emerging from Tunnel One, both in the same shot! The two trains are both moving left-to-right in the frame, but are actually moving away from each other. They are separated by roughly six (rail) miles!
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Apologies for the power lines that cut across the middle of this scene. I wanted to include it though because it turns out it is really a two-for-one shot! BNSF's Provo-Lincoln is obvious, but do you see the Zephyr? It is emerging from Tunnel One in the top-left portion of the shot!
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A trio of units leads an eastbound manifest past a former UP customer. Up until a few years ago, Mesa Oil was located along the main. Rumor has it that Mesa Oil was not satisfied with the service they were receiving from UP and moved to a new location in Denver where they are served by the short line railroad Denver and Rock Island. Now, the old oil tanks looks to just be rusting away...
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A rainbow of power, representing 3 of the 5 Class One railroads based in the US, lead a short eastbound manifest through Barbara's Gulch.
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Whose Train is it Anyway!? With power sharing, it can sometimes be tricky to tell. This particular train in BNSF's Provo-Lincoln, coming east through Barbara's Gulch. Good to see an SD70ACe in the mix as UP is one of the few railroads that tends to split it orders between both EMD and GE.
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A trio of elephant-style GEs leads a westbound Denver-Provo through Little Ten Loop and toward the west switch of Rocky. The train, as is the case with a majority of BNSF's manifest on the Moffat, is primarily comprised of tank cars.
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I am very grateful that I have had the chance to shoot Warbonnets. As class 1's repaint more and more of their "old" personalities, it is only a matter of time before all the Warbonnets are nothing but history. BNSF 777 brings up the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo under cloudy morning skies at East Rocky.
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After meeting a pair of eastbounds at Leyden, this westbound BNSF manifest is back on the roll on clear signals. A lucky morning as BNSF 777, still in great Warbonnet paint, brought up the tail end of the train.
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On a beautiful December morning, under partly cloudy skies, a westbound BNSF manifest departs the siding at Leyden. A good looking Warbonnet (with lucky 7's) is the sole DPU on the tail end of the train.
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I do my best to nab a "boring" 3/4 roster shot whenever foreign power comes through town. Such was the case on this morning as a Norfolk Southern C44-9W was third out on BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest.
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There has been a noticeable lack of snow in Colorado so far during the 2017-2018 winter season. Granted the snowiest two months for Colorado are March and April, but it is a little odd that virtually no snow has fallen thus far! This Denver-Provo is pulling west toward a clear signal after meeting two eastbounds at Leyden on this dry December morning.
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With the day be a colder one (right around freezing), the heat being generated by these 13,200 ponies is definitely visible as the engineer throttles up and starts rolling toward a clear signal at the west end of Leyden.
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An eastbound empty sand train rolls down the main at Leyden on an approach signal (as it is following a UP manifest). Meanwhile, the crew on a westbound Denver-Provo gets ready to throttle up as DS-86 is getting them a clear signal out the west end of Leyden.
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BNSF almost certainly hauls more freight tonnage, excluding coal trains, on the Moffat these days than UP does! Here, a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo meets an eastbound BNSF empty sand train at Leyden. I have definitely noticed that more and more older units are being repainted in to the "New Image" scheme.
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