Photo ID: 106399 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF has been hauling a LOT of steel coils west out of Denver over the Moffat lately. The Denver-Provo seems to typically have anywhere from 10-20 of these cars on the train. Giant rolls of steel...that'll add some weight to the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106398 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On Super Bowl Sunday, a Grand Junction based crew takes BNSF's Denver-Provo west on the main at Leyden in wonderful late afternoon light. The lead unit is an ES44C4, but in an odd number range. Nearly every unit in the 4000s currently on BNSF's roster is a C44-9W. There are 100 units (BNSF 4200-4299) that are ES44C4s. They are Tier 4 "credit" units. BNSF saved up some emissions credits to be able to order these Tier 3 units after the Tier 4 deadline. Some of note is the quality of the camera in the iPhone 7 Plus. I just happened to notice this train as I was driving and stopped for a few shots. I didn't have my Canon with me, so I use the old iPhone instead. Not bad quality at all! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106396 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44C4 brings up the tail end of an eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest on the main at Leyden. Many of the businesses BNSF (and Utah Railway) handle in the Salt Lake area use tank cars, so it is quite common to find large number of tank cars on BNSF manifests on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106395 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A quartet of BNSF GEs lead the Provo-Denver trackage rights train east down the main at Leyden. The lighting was absolutely perfect for this train, although it was a chilly morning. Only 9°F on the thermometer at this point! I believe BNSF tends to call its eastbound trains out of Grand Junction at a fairly consistent time as it is not uncommon to find an eastbound BNSF east of the Moffat Tunnel at or shortly after sunrise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106394 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After an overnight run from Grand Junction, BNSF's Provo-Lincoln manifest glides east down the main at Leyden. As you can see from the plow of BNSF 6759, there is still plenty of snow in the Colorado high country! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106374 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the late 1990s and early 2000s, BNSF would run its westbound manifests with a pair of manned helpers (typically SD40-2s) on the tail end. The helpers would cut off at East Portal and return light back to Denver. With the advancement and (general) reliability of DPU technology, it was a practice that only lasted a few years. Now you can usually expect to find 1-2 DPUs on the tail end of BNSF freight. Such is the case here as a pair of C44-9Ws give an assist to the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106372 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of Warbonnets with the Colorado Rockies as a backdrop! True, one Warbonnet has an orange components behind the cab and another has some fire damage...but just getting such a shot in 2017 is a treat! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106371 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF OUCH! Looks like this Warbonnet must've suffered from a fire under the long hood at some point. This unit was one of the final 20 Warbonnets delivered to BNSF. Bummer that it suffered from that fire. Still, always worth a roster shot of Warbonnet...why they are still around to be shoot! Before we know it, they will all be repainted. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106370 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Many railfans would argue that the Warbonnet scheme is the best scheme of any in history. It was wonderful when Santa Fe (and, for a brief time, BNSF) brought the scheme back in the 1990s. Considering the fact it has been 20 years, this Warbonnet is still looking mighty fine! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106369 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF runs a manifest between Denver and Provo that frequently consists of large numbers of tank cars. A lot of these cars wind up at industries between Provo and Ogden. BNSF deliver the cars to Provo and then turns them over to Utah Railway. Utah Railway then delivers the cars to their respective customers...all this done via UP rails! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106368 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 4700-4719 were the last units delivered to BNSF in the Warbonnet scheme before orange completely took over. One of the units from this range (as well as one of the older ones from the 3-digit range) showed up on the Denver-Provo on this Saturday morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106367 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1401 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I got a heads up Saturday morning that BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo manifest would likely have two Warbonnets in the consist. Based on the way it appeared in the computer, it looked as though the Warbonnets were going to be the DPUs on the end of the train. Alas, the computer was playing games. Turned out they were second and third. But still, a pair of Warbonnets, regardless of where in the consist, is something I'll take any day! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106363 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest holds in the siding at Leyden due to a switch malfunction at Fox Jct. When DS-86 attempted to throw the switch, it failed halfway through is throwing motion, leaving the points centered and no route aligned! The switch could not even be taken into hand throw. So, unable to reach the yard, the Provo-Denver waits! (I am not sure why the train couldn't cross over to BNSF's main at Utah Jct and run through Rennicks to Prospect Jct.) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106360 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF It's been awhile since I had seen an SD9043MAC on the Moffat! UP has sold off much of their SD9043MAC fleet in the last few years. In fact, one such SD9043MAC went from UP to CIT Leasing (and Indiana Railroad) and now to Norfolk Southern. It is the third unit on this Denver-Provo at Leyden...light quickly fading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106359 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF Normally, I wouldn't bother trying to get a shot in such extreme low-light conditions. However, with SD9043MACs all but gone from US railroads, I figured it was worth it! This SD9043MAC went from UP to Indiana Railroad. The shortline received four of these (on lease) from CIT Leasing in July 2016. It was either a very short lease, or Indiana Railroad was not happy with the units. Whatever the reason, Norfolk Southern bought them and, as you can see, patched them. But for now, they are still in Indiana Railroad colors. So this was an interesting catch worth the low-light conditions! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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