Photo ID: 106462 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound sand trains that BNSF has been running on the Moffat are quite heavy. And that is fortunate for me as it gives me plenty of time to reposition ahead of the train! After shooting the train near east Leyden, I was able to get ahead of it and set up in Barbara's Gulch for this shot. The train is making less than 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106461 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1438 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The sound of three EMDs on the point of a westbound sand train sound mighty fine as the train passes by a tree and some very yellow/brown shrubs not too far from the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106460 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF has picked up some new business in the Salt Lake City area, quite possibly business that UP lost in favor of BNSF. Here, a unit sand train (the third such train in as many weeks) heads west on the main at Leyden with a trio of elephant-style SD70s (two SD70ACes and an SD70MAC) on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106459 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF What is this? An all-EMD lashup on a BNSF train on the Moffat? For the last two decades or so, BNSF has very much favored GE to EMD. In the last 20 years, BNSF has purchased 810 SD70ACes compared to just over 2,800 ES44DC/AC/C4 and ET44C4s. So it's no wonder a solid set of EMDs are a bit of a novelty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106454 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF In order to clear the switch at the west end of Rollins, this eastbound had to pull just past the crossing. Fortunately, the crossing is for the railroad only, so no cars were blocked. The train here will be on the roll again in about two hours, when a relief crew would come to take the train the rest of the way in to yard at Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106453 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF The crew on this eastbound BNSF manifest will have to sit here on their train for about another two hours. The crew went dead (meaning they could no longer work after having been on the clock for 12 hours) just as this shot was being taken. A relief crew is called out of Denver, but won't leave the yard for another 15 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106452 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Thirty years of GE technology work together as DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound BNSF manifest. BNSF 6797 is a relatively new ES44C4. CSX 7668 is a C40-8W that was built in the late 1980s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106451 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1505 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF This unit is actually an older CSX unit, but looks mighty good as it just recently received a new paint job in the CSX Dark Future scheme. this is actually a C40-8W, built in the 1980s, and was one of the earlier wide cab units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106450 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF Three days ago, on Valentine's Day, this matched set of CitiRail CREX ES44ACs led the BNSF Denver-Provo west. Once at Provo, they were serviced and sent back east to Denver on the Provo-Denver. Here, the train takes the siding at Rollins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106449 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1508 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF A trio of CREX ES44ACs lead this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest in the siding at Rollins. The crew only has 23 minutes to get the train stopped before they "die", meaning they run out of time to work. After 12 hours, train crews are required by law to stop their train wherever they are. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106443 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CREX Three CREX leaded units lead up a relatively short BNSF Denver-Provo on this Valentine's Day evening. The train was much shorter than typical, which was actually advantageous as the engineer decided to stop near the middle of the siding (instead of the west end), allowing for a quick shot of the power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106442 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1689 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF While driving home from the store this evening, I happened to notice a westbound train in the siding at Leyden. I was surprised to find a trio of CitiRail leased ES44ACs on the point! The train was BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest and it was in the hole to wait for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106439 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF An original catfish! When C44-9Ws first came out and were delivered to Norfolk Southern, they quickly earned the nickname "catfish" due to the fact they are predominately black but with white "whiskers". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106438 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF Of the five remaining Class 1 railroads in the United States (so I'm not counting Canadian Pacific or Canadian National), I think CSX might be railroads whose engines make it to Colorado the least frequently. However, this AC6000CW just happened to come through on the BNSF Provo-Denver. CSX was the other railroad, along with UP, to give the 6000 HP units a shot. There are not many of these still roaming the rails! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106437 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Considering the fact that this eastbound BNSF manifest had 8 units on the head end, three of which were not orange, a good shot of all the power at East Leyden seemed appropriate! Interestingly, the first 5 units on the train served as the power on a sand train that ran west on the Moffat the previous Friday! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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