Photo ID: 105917 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Houses in Arvada's newest neighborhood, Leyden Rock, are just barely visible through the falling snow of this Winter storm, just a few days before the official start of Spring! BNSF's HPVODEN1-17A (Provo-Denver manifest) passes by, unaffected by the snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105916 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1773 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF March is traditionally the snowiest month in Colorado, although March 2016 hasn't really reflect that fact. At least, up until the 18th when a good winter storm came in. The snow actually started falling the night before and continued overnight. BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest glides east through the white stuff between Leyden and Rocky. The rails are completely covered, which is logical as the last train to pass over the rails was the eastbound Zephyr 15 hours earlier! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105900 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For years and years, Amtrak had a contract with the US mail. The mail was hauled in boxcars...this boxcar being one such example. I actually was unaware that the boxcars had been sold off and were now being used for other purposes. This one is still clearly in its Phase IV scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105899 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 1570 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a brief pause, this westbound BNSF manifest is on the roll again. That second C44-9W may have a bit of an issue with its turbocharger! The signal for the train is an Advanced Approach, meaning it is flashing yellow over red. This indicates that the signal at east Winter Park is not green, but it isn't red. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105898 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 1515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest slows on the main at East Portal. It is currently looking at a red signal because a ballast washer is working inside the Moffat Tunnel. The washer is currently headed for East Portal as well. It will hold on the siding to allow the train to continue westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105897 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 1569 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF manifest had a single DODX flat car on it. "DODX" is the designation for the Department of Defense. Not entirely sure where this particular car is headed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105896 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After being held up briefly for some maintenance at the west switch of Cliff, this westbound BNSF manifest is on the roll again, now just west of Cliff. The train is approach the South Beaver Creek Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105895 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The S-Curves at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek Canyon are an excellent place for train crews to check out their train. Here, the crew on the head end approach the east portal to Tunnel 1, as the sole DPU (a pre-production ES44AC) winds around the curve toward Coal Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105894 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The lead units of this westbound manifest have already crossed CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and are now climbing the 2% grade toward Tunnel 1. At the tail end of the train, the sole DPU approaches the detector at MP 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105893 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain on a fairly nice March afternoon. In the distance, windmills for the National Wind Technology Center stand spinning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105862 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo was very short on this particularly morning. While you cannot see the end of the train in this picture, it wasn't more than about 10 cars back from the last car visible. The great morning light would soon give way to rain, sleet, and snow storms that would stick around for the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105861 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Following less than 30 minutes behind the westbound Zephyr was this BNSF Denver-Provo. While a lot of interesting power has been on this train in the last month or so, it was "same old, same old" on this morning! The train will continue west to Rocky where it will meet an eastbound UP manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105855 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1609 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF EMD is a little behind the curve in the "Tier 4" game. Starting January 1, 2015, railroads could only purchase engines that were EPA Tier-4 compliant. GE had production units rolling by late 2015. EMD had yet to roll out a prototype at that point. However, they now have four prototypes on the rails, two of which had been testing at the Transportation Technology Center east of Pueblo. BNSF brought them to Denver and, rumor has it they will head west on the Moffat next for some high altitude testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105849 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting Union Pacific's North Yard-Roper manifest at Rocky, this BNSF Provo-Denver manifest took the siding at Leyden in order to meet the westbound Zephyr. A pretty good morning for this photographer as I saw three of the four manifests that typically run on the Moffat in the course of 45 minutes! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105841 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound rolls past Chem Spur, east of Barbara's Gulch. The train will stop at Leyden long enough to assist a UP train to tie their train down. The crew on the UP train was not informed that they should tie the train down and, by the time they learned this, they had already died. Once a crew has died, they are not allowed to do anything other than sit on the train and ensure it doesn't roll. This includes tying it down. The BNSF crew lent a hand though and the UP crew was able to leave on a van. If you are reading this and are new to trains, the term die refers to a crew that has worked for 12 consecutive hours. Once they have worked 12 hours, they are "dead" and cannot do anything else. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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