Photo ID: 105696 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, a trio of BNSF GEs lead a westbound manifest towardan approach (yellow) signal. The train is taking the siding at Plain, but the dispatcher could not get the signal at East Plain to set up. So, after stopping at the red signal, DS-82 will flag the train in to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105695 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1739 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About five minutes prior to the arrival of this Denver-Provo, the sun ducked behind the clouds of a building storm to the west. An old (relatively speaking) C44-9W leads BNSFs trackage rights manifest west out of leyden, crossing over Indiana Street. The bridge is still lettered "Rio Grande"! At some point in the future, Arvada plans to widen Indiana Street to four lanes, at which point the bridge will be replaced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105676 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tennyson Street Denver, CO 1623 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A brand new ET44C4 leads BNSF's Provo to Denver shortly before sunrise on New Year's Eve. I actually got shots of this exactly same consist two days earlier, when it was headed west toward Provo! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105675 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tennyson Street Denver, CO 1590 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is just a few minutes before the sun crests the horizon on a frigid New Year's Eve as an eastbound BNSF manifest approaches Tennyson Street on Main 1. Behind the train and to the right of the frame, you can see a lot of infrastructure for the new RTD Gold Line commuter line, set to open in Fall of 2016. An interesting note is that this is the very last eastbound BNSF train that won't be crewed by a Grand Junction based crew. Starting January 1, 2016, BNSF eliminated the crew change point in Kremmling. Grand Junction crews now take BNSF trains from Grand Junction as far east as they can. It is actually probable that a BNSF train at this location will have a Denver based crew as a Grand Junction crew likely won't be able to reach Denver. So a Denver crew will "dog catch" the train somewhere west of town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105674 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1545 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a clear, chilly December morning, a trio of GEs head up this BNSF manifest as it knocks down the clear signal at the east switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105673 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is, by far, the best shot of a Tier 4 unit that I've been able to capture to date. This is a slight variation on the standard ET44ACs that GE is now producing. This is an ET44C4 which, like the ES44C4, has a "dummy" center axle on both trucks. So the unit has an A1A-A1A truck configuration. The center axle on each truck can be slightly raised, putting more weight on the drive axles. A computer controls this action depending on grade, speed, traction, etc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105672 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2054 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the hour or so that I was out in search of UP 1996, I wound up shooting four trains. These days, that represents an incredibly busy morning on the Moffat, which is quite sad! This is the fourth train of the morning. A westbound BNSF manifest coming around the bend out of Barbara's Gulch and toward a clear signal at East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105668 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1438 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While the lighting isn't exactly ideal, the Tier 4 ET44C4 is still too new to ignore! Some of the distinguishing items include the slight bulge just ahead of the radiators on the long hood and the four grills on the radiator intake. Although it is difficult to tell from this angle, the radiator housing is taller (coming to more of a point) as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105667 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A brand new ET44C4 (Tier 4 compliant) and a C44-9W bring up the rear of an eastbound manifest. The DPUs are descending from Tunnel One and will soon loop around the tracks at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and Blue Mountain Road. In the foreground, you can see the ends of a flat car! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105666 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a frigid December morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest winds its way through the S-curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. You can see the back half of the train, descending from Tunnel One in the distance. The detector at MP 22.6 revealed the temperature to be 14°F. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105665 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest emerges from Tunnel 1 with a fairly typical consist on the head end. An ES44C4 leads the way, followed by a pair of C44-9Ws. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105658 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1691 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A single BNSF ES44C4 brings up the tail end of UP's eastbound MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) as the train continues past the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105655 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific With the main now clear, the pair of DPUs on the tail end of a westbound BNSF manifest push as the train continues west. The sole DPU on the tail end of the eastbound manifest that it met rolls down the main. Although a BNSF ES44C4 is bringing up the rear, it is actually a UP train that it is assisting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105653 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1525 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Being rather heavy, this westbound BNSF manifest merits two DPUs on the tail end. The train has come to a stop on the siding at Plain, waiting for an eastbound. Another 25 feet and the train could have cleared the grade crossing! A car might be able to sneak around the last unit, but that would be an extremely dangerous move! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105652 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest, with a trio of elephant-style C44-9Ws (all in Heritage 2 paint) head west on the siding at Plain. An eastbound UP manifest is out of Crescent and will meet the train soon. BNSF has recently changed its crew structure on the Moffat. Until recently, a Denver-based crew would take a train from Denver to Kremmling. Then, a Grand Junction-based crew would take the train from Kremmling to Grand Junction. BNSF has eliminated the crew change point at Kremmling and now Grand Junction-based crews are used on all the BNSF trains on the Moffat. The crew will take an eastbound as close to Denver as possible. Then, a Denver crew will "dog catch" the train and bring it the rest of the way in. The Grand Junction crew will be bussed to Denver to rest before taking a westbound back to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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