Photo ID: 105799 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 2208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A trio of freshly rebuilt, freshly painted GP60M-3s were on the Denver-Lincoln train this Sunday afternoon. Not too often that units this shiny appear in Denver. The GP60 is my favorite geep since the GP30, so I like seeing this units getting a second life! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105798 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 2043 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A freshly rebuilt, freshly painted BNSF GP60M-3. This unit was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen. Always great to get a picture of a freshly painted unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1802 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A freshly rebuilt, freshly painted BNSF GP60M-3. This unit was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen. Always great to get a picture of a freshly painted unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1875 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A freshly rebuilt, freshly painted BNSF GP60M-3. This unit was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen. Always great to get a picture of a freshly painted unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105795 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF has completed a project to extend its two coal tracks in Denver to the east. The tracks used to end near I-70 overpass in the distance. The project added another 2,500 feet to each track. Here, a Lincoln, NE-bound eastbound departs the yard on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 2067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver to Lincoln manifest was not short on power on this Sunday morning! Cut in the middle of the six units actually online were a trio of GP60M-3s. These are rebuilds by Morrison-Knudsen. Always good to see older power being rebuilt and reused. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The traction motors that power the wheels are electric motors (which is why train engines are referred to as "diesel-electric"). Because they are electric, there are no gears, which means the engine can operate the same regardless of whether it is moving forward or backward. Thus, it doesn't matter which way DPU units are facing. On this morning, the last unit was facing forward, showing its long hood to the world! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105792 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units facing nose-to-nose bring up the tail end of a westbound Denver to Provo manifest at Pecos. In the distance, you can see the Pecos Street overpass. Ultimately built because Pecos Street was constantly blocked by coal trains on Bypass 1 and 2. Ironic that coal is virtually non-existent now! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1605 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Pecos on Main 3, a BNSF trackage rights manifest heads west on clear signals. Three GEs (each a different model) lead the train. It wouldn't see another train until it met the eastbound Zephyr on the western slope! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF BNSF's Denver to Provo heads west on Main 3 at the west end of the Pecos Crossover. The power, which includes a CitiRail leaser on the point, was the same power from the Provo to Denver the day before. Which I happened to shoot at Leyden! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1584 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF Because of the light traffic levels of late, BNSF's Denver to Provo typically runs on UP's main between Fox Jct and Utah Jct (whereas, when things are busy, it usually uses BNSF's main track between those points and crosses over at Utah Jct). No doubt sticking to UP's main is faster! Here, the tank-dominated train is moving at track speed at the Pecos crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105781 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1531 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44C4 bring up the tail end of the Provo-Denver trackage rights manifest at Leyden. The BNSF manifests that run on the Moffat are generally dominated by tank cars and this one is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105780 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF It's been a couple of months since I'd seen one of these CitiRail leasers. About 18 months ago, when railroads could not keep up with all the rail traffic, BNSF leased 100 of these ES44ACs. Now that rail traffic has dropped off, units are going in to storage left and right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105779 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After seeing several extremely short manifests in the past couple of days, it was great to see a nice, long manifest. This BNSF Provo-Denver had 97 cars to go along with the four units (in a 3x1 configuration). Just above the cab of the lead unit is Ralston Valley High School. This is the newest high school, although it has been nearly 20 years since it opened. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105778 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1532 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 30 years ago, Leyden would have been considered to be in a bit of a rural area. Today, however, it is very suburban! There are houses on both the north side and south side, as well as new houses being built to the west. I still love this shot looking straight down the siding to the west end, as an eastbound BNSF manifest (with 97 cars) approaches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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