Photo ID: 112740 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF GP39-2 sits among several other units in Denver. Love seeing a classic blue and yellow painted unit (a so-called "Yellow Bonnet"), particularly when the paint has held up as well as this one has. Railfans that remember railroading in the 1980s might remember a train Santa Fe ran called the "DVLJ". It was an intermodal train that ran out of Big Lift (south of Denver on the Joint Line) to La Junta. GP39-2s were very common on that train...perhaps this geep even led that intermodal train 40 years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112739 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 7393 is sitting on a stub track near the engine house. It looks like the unit may have spent some time in Houston or SoCal, as those are locations where units are often tagged. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112733 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF A final shot of a Norfolk Southern AC44C6M rolls east, away from the camera, on the end of an eastbound BNSF coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112732 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF A Norfolk Southern AC44C6M is the sole DPU on this eastbound BNSF coal empty. The unit is being power-shared with BNSF. This is a common practice, particularly for Class 1 railroads, to loan units to other railroads for any number of reasons. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112731 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A Valmy coal empty, with a BNSF SD70ACe and an MRL SD70ACe, passes by an advanced approach (flashing yellow) signal at East Leyden. From Denver, the train will continue on BNSF rails to the Powder River Basin where it will be loaded once again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112725 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF There are days...or perhaps certain times on any given day...in which you might think the Moffat is actually owned by BNSF rather than Union Pacific. An empty oil train heads west on the main track at Eisele (Clay) in the background, while an eastbound coal empty sits in the siding at Rocky. The eastbound is waiting on the Zephyr and the Rocky Mountaineer before it will be its turn to continue east. The crew only has until 11:15am to work before their hours are up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112724 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 is actually no stranger to the Moffat. Lately, NS 4130 has been sticking around in Denver and BNSF has been putting it to good use on several trains. Here, the unit is on the point of a westbound oil train, coming around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112723 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 leads an empty oil train around Big Ten Curve. It is very interesting how oil has rapidly replaced coal as the most common type of train that runs on the Moffat now. Granted, they do not run with the frequency the coal trains once did, but their counts do seem to be increasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112722 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Another BNSF oil empty that originated on Norfolk Southern east of the Mississippi. This is why so many NS units are showing up on the Moffat lately. The four additional BNSF units were added to the train in Denver. Once loaded, the train will likely return east over the Moffat in a 3x3 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112721 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF I am not going to lie, I really enjoy seeing a unit sporting Norfolk Southern paint alone on the Moffat. The predominantly black scheme is closer to Rio Grande than any other Class 1 railroad here in 2025. The unit is a DPU on an eastbound coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112720 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4040, an AC44C6M, sits as the sole DPU on the tail end of this eastbound coal empty in the siding at Rocky. The unit was rebuilt from an AC4400CW by Norfolk Southern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112719 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF An MRL SD70ACe, now owned by BNSF, sits as the second unit on an eastbound coal empty. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that an MRL unit will ever lead on a train in Colorado, as the MRL units are not equipped with PTC. MRL never installed PTC on its mainlines. The units will likely eventually get PTC installed, but that will likely happen at the same time as a repaint into standard BNSF colors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112701 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I thought BNSF 2697 was a bit of an interesting unit, sitting near the BNSF Engine House. The unit is clearly a former GP35, as you can see where the smaller center radiator fan once existed at the back of the long hood. It has since been rebuilt as a GP39-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112700 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern, BNSF A Norfolk Southern "catfish", now designated as an AC44C6M after going through a rebuild program, sits in the yard near BNSF's Engine House here in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112684 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Near Rennicks Yard, a BNSF GP60 and a GP39-2 sit attached to a handful of cars that need to be switched out at local industries. It's been awhile since I've seen a GP60, so I was very happy to come across this guy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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