Photo ID: 106436 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Denver seems to be a good hangout for Warbonnets lately. They have come through on several trains, including on the Moffat. No complaints here! Glad to see some of them still looking so great after so many years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106435 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I was hoping the DPU on the tail end of this eastbound BNSF manifest would have been in view on the descent from Tunnel 1. Alas, the train was not quite long enough for that to happen. Regardless, the train looks mighty fine as it heads east past the Blue Mountain Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106434 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1487 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest winds through the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon with a highly colorful consist! The train sports 8 units on the point, including a Warbonnet, a CSX, and a Norfolk Southern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106428 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just missed it! Just missed sunlight on this westbound BNSF sand train as it climbs toward Tunnel 1. 15 minutes earlier and it would've been in the light. Ah well, it makes for an interesting picture with half the frame in light and half the frame in shadow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106427 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1476 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The SD70ACe on the point of this westbound sand train climbs up the grade toward Tunnel 1 as the last C44-9W DPU is close to ducking out of sight as it move around the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106426 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound loaded sand train makes its way west through the S-Curves at Coal Creek. These sand trains are, understandably, very heavy! Three units on the point and two on the back are just enough to make about 15 MPH up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106425 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Whether it be sunny or shady, there's really never a bad time to come across a Warbonnet! One of the 20 Warbonnets delivered in the 4700 number range, the paint job here on 4716 still looks fantastic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106424 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF sand train approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Road in rather harsh evening lighting. The Warbonnet certain makes for a nice add. If only it were leading... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106423 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A loaded BNSF sand train crawls its way out of Rocky and up Big Ten Loop on its trip west. This sand train is one of two relatively new trains BNSF has been running on the Moffat. The other is a copper train. Lighting on this Friday afternoon was wreaking havoc on the exposure! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106418 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound copper train, which consists of gondolas loaded with dirt which contains copper tailings, heads west out of Leyden. Despite the relative short length of the trains, they are heavy. Even with five units, this train will not be able to make more than about 15 MPH up the 2% grade of the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106417 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF copper train roles west at the west switch of Leyden. An ES44C4 and a C44-9W bring up the rear of the Provo-bound train on an unseasonably warm February day. Under partly cloud skies, the temperature is 64°F! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106416 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At first glance, it looks as though these gondolas are empty. But if you look closely, you can just barely see some dirt along the edge of the car. This dirt is rich in copper tailings. This train originates in Rincon, NM and BNSF takes it to Provo, UT. I am unsure what company it is ultimately delivered to. But even as this train heads west, another empty train is coming east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106415 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Although they have become less common, leased CitiRail ES44ACs still pop up on BNSF trains from time-to-time. Such was the case on this Thursday morning on the point of a copper train headed west on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106414 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Recently, a lot of UP coal contracts have expired and were not renewed. The result has been a radical drop in coal traffic on the Moffat. And with the MNYRO/MRONY only running every three days, there have been periods of 24+ hours with NO UP trains at all! BNSF, on the other hand, seems to be increasing traffic on the Moffat. Some new trains have been showing up. This is one of them: a westbound copper train. These gondolas are loaded with dirt that have copper tailings in them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106400 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1443 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The battery box, located behind the cab here, was taken from a Warbonnet C44-9W. Since the model is the same, the paint scheme (obviously) is irrelevant. I note it, however, because it seems like nearly every Warbonnet left has an orange battery box...so isn't it ironic that we have a Heritage 1 C44-9W here with a Warbonnet battery box! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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