Photo ID: 106781 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF DPU on the back of a westbound? Nope! This is actually the sole unit on the point of this eastbound unit covered hopper train! These are empty sand cars coming back east from Utah. The train actually does have a single DPU on the end, so it is configured 1x1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106780 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of GEs, set up elephant-style, rest in the siding at Leyden on a Provo-bound manifest. The westbound already met a UP manifest and is now waiting on a BNSF covered hopper train before getting a signal to head west. The train is not particularly long and is holding back a few hundred feet from the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106779 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF DS-86 set up a great meet between UP's MRONY and BNSF's HDENPVO on this morning. It could have been close to a rolling meet, except for the fact that the BNSF train will actually be meeting two here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106746 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1376 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is an absolutely beautiful Colorado morning, particularly considering it is the start of December! With temperatures around 55°F, this Provo-Denver manifest leaves Rocky on a clear signal. C44-9Ws used to rule BNSF manifest on the Moffat. However, they are already starting to become outdated as more and more "Evolution Series" units are showing up! Nice to catch a Dash-9 on the point on this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106745 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1362 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Not much of a mystery where this shot was taken! In the late 1990s, after the UP/SP merger, UP assigned unique IDs to every control point on the former Rio Grande (and all of Espee). While most of the Grande trackage got an "RG" prefix (for Rio Grande), the tracks between Denver and Range got the "DS" prefix (for Denver & Salt Lake). The reason being because Tennessee Pass got the "RG" prefix, and milepost number on Tennessee Pass and the Moffat are duplicated. So the prefix was changed to avoid confusion. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106744 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 1107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF East meets west at the west switch of Rocky. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver (which is currently moving compass north) meets a westbound UP PBurg Local (which is currently moving compass south). After the meet, the UP train will pull up and around Big Ten and run on the rail near the top of the frame, up at Eisele. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106743 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You just have to love the track configuration at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek. The trains weave back and forth at the base of the canyon, while also making significant changes in elevation. Here, the crew of this eastbound can quite easily look out the window and check out their rear DPU as it descends from Tunnel One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106742 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The lighting was just perfect for this eastbound BNSF manifest as it rolls through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain. The train me an (on time) Zephyr at Crescent, and will also meet a westbound UP manifest at Rocky. The UP manifest is already there, holding the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106738 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Got oil? I'm not sure what it is about a unit tank train, but I think a long lens shot like this just looks awesome. Perhaps it's due to the shape of tank cars. So unique compared to just about any other piece of rolling stock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106737 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF The ever-expanding Denver skyline is visible to the right as a loaded BNSF oil train slowly rolls east toward the west switch at Leyden. The train will briefly stop at the west switch to wait for maintenance to clear. And by briefly, we are talking less than 30 seconds! I had hoped to move to the Simms Street grade crossing for another shot, but the 30 second stop didn't give me enough time to get there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106734 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF and KCS leaders on an eastbound unit oil train make for a mighty fine sight on a mild November afternoon. The thermostat is reading 60°F as the train rolls past the neighborhood of Leyden Rock (off to the left). It's possible that at some point in the future, this shot could include a highway overpass in the scene. If the Jefferson Parkway is ever completed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106733 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For a period of time in 2015, it looked like oil trains might be the new staple on the Moffat after the demise of coal. But with the subsequent decrease in oil prices, shipping by rail because less economical and oil trains largely disappeared from the Moffat. That said, they do still appear every once in awhile. Such was the case on this day as a loaded oil train rolls east with a BNSF leader and a pair of KCS units behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106719 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's pretty crazy just how much the city of Arvada (suburb of Denver) has grown in the past twenty years. In 1997, Leyden was practically out in the middle of nowhere. Just a few houses, many with pastures for horses, around. Now, there are five major neighborhoods surrounding Leyden as well as one of Arvada's four high schools (Ralston Valley). An eastbound BNSF manifest takes the siding, skirting the south edge of one of the neighborhoods: The Village at Five Parks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106718 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest has a trio of elephant-style GEs leading it into the siding at Leyden. DS-86 aligned the train into the siding with the intention holding it for Amtrak. However, the train made better-than-expected time down the east slope of the Moffat. As a result, DS-86 already has a clear signal setup for the train out the east end. The train will meet the Zephyr at C&S Junction. Note the sole DPU on the end of the (relatively short) train on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106717 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest is approaching the west switch at Leyden. There, it will actually enter the siding. The signal for the siding (well, for westbounds) is visible on the right side of this shot. Note the sign indicating the control point for West Leyden: CP DS013. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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