Photo ID: 111386 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 9181 and MRL 4319 (which is now owned by BNSF) bring up the tail end of this Provo-Denver manifest. The train is on its final 13 or so miles of the journey to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111385 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6149 is crossing over Indiana Street in western Arvada. The expansion of the City of Arvada is quite apparent in this shot. 20 years ago and, other than a house or two, this shot would have had the train and wide open spaces and not much else. It is pretty great that, in 2024, the bridge over Indiana Street still sports the "Rio Grande" lettering. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111384 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With the 80s and 90s being the era of mega-mergers in the railroad industry, mega-railroads like BNSF and UP are, of course, the result. Both railroads have thousands of units and it has taken a long time for the fleet to receive fresh (matching) paint. Indeed, there are still a lot of units left to be painted. However, it has been long enough now that it not uncommon to find a matched set of units. Such is the case here, on the point of this Provo-Denver manifest, as all four units sport BNSF's New Image paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111383 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Not too far west of the west switch of Leyden, a BNSF manifest is on clear (green) signals as it passes by the relatively new neighborhoods of Leyden Rock and Leyden Ranch. The Provo-Denver is quite lengthy today, which is probably when there are four units on the head end, rather than the typical three for the manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111382 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest rolls along CO-72 in western Arvada. Arvada is continuing to expand, even today. A new neighborhood of multi-family homes has started construction on the north side of CO-72. You can see the first few (blue-ish) units center-right in the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111381 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4319 brings up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. I was excited when I got the tip about the MRL unit, but was a little disappointed to find it facing into the train. Still, anything different is welcome on the Moffat, or in the railroad world in general! When almost everything in Colorado is either UP yellow or BNSF orange, an MRL blue SD70ACe is very welcome. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111380 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Montana Rail Link While I've never been a fan of EMD's latest nose, which includes the "notch" on either side for visibility, I will say that the ubiquitousness of SD70ACes in railroad today has allowed me to get used to the nose. While not at the top of my list of favorite diesel locomotives, I do not mind the look of the SD70ACe at this point. A BNSF SD70Ace and an MRL SD70ACe bring up the tail end of this Provo-Denver manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three ES44s and an SD70ACe lead a fairy lengthy BNSF Provo-Denver manifest down from Tunnel 1 toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon. There is not much snow left here as we have had about a week of clear, sunny weather. In the background, no construction has started on houses in the Canyon Pines neighborhood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff to Rollins (MP 38.2 to MP 41.2) Gilpin County, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Not far west of Cliff, this BNSF oil empty is headed west after meeting an eastbound BNSF manifest (the Provo-Denver) at Cliff. The train will now have clear signals until meeting the eastbound Zephyr, currently still quite a ways off over around Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111377 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6087 is sitting in the siding at Cliff, having just met an eastbound Provo-Denver manifest. The west end of Cliff hugs the north foot of a mountain. As a result, it goes months without direct sunlight and, as a result, the rails also often spend months buried in the snow in the winter months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111376 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A nice surprise on the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver was an MRL SD70ACe. As you are probably aware, and perhaps have even read here on the site, MRL units have becoming easier to catch outside Montana since BNSF's took over Montana Rail Link at the start of 2024. With the MRL power now officially owned by BNSF, the power has been scattered across the BNSF system. Eventually, it will be repainted in BNSF colors. In the meantime, it is a great splash of color have MRL blue in the Colorado High Country! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111375 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful late-fall Sunday in the Colorado high country with quite a bit of snow on the ground. BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest has four units on the point as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. You can see Tolland Road continuing west by the old yellow and green school house, making its way up to the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111374 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six units lead this BNSF oil empty as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Because the train is indeed empty, it is (relatively) light and, consequently, does not have any issue maintaining track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111373 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF empty oil train rounds the bottom of Big Ten Curve just west of the west switch of Rocky. Indeed, the back half of the train in this shot is still between switches on the main at Rocky. You can see a covered hopper buffer car on the tail end of the train, headed for the transload oil facility at Wellington, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111372 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the OS at C&S Junction, this westbound BNSF oil train is crossing over Clear Creek on Main 2. A visitor from the north is second out on the train. Of course, in the coming years, that paint scheme will eventually train be changed to the new CPKC scheme after the merger of Canadian Pacific and KCS. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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