Photo ID: 105897 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 1612 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF manifest had a single DODX flat car on it. "DODX" is the designation for the Department of Defense. Not entirely sure where this particular car is headed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105896 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After being held up briefly for some maintenance at the west switch of Cliff, this westbound BNSF manifest is on the roll again, now just west of Cliff. The train is approach the South Beaver Creek Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105895 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The S-Curves at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek Canyon are an excellent place for train crews to check out their train. Here, the crew on the head end approach the east portal to Tunnel 1, as the sole DPU (a pre-production ES44AC) winds around the curve toward Coal Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105894 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The lead units of this westbound manifest have already crossed CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and are now climbing the 2% grade toward Tunnel 1. At the tail end of the train, the sole DPU approaches the detector at MP 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105893 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain on a fairly nice March afternoon. In the distance, windmills for the National Wind Technology Center stand spinning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105862 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo was very short on this particularly morning. While you cannot see the end of the train in this picture, it wasn't more than about 10 cars back from the last car visible. The great morning light would soon give way to rain, sleet, and snow storms that would stick around for the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105861 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Following less than 30 minutes behind the westbound Zephyr was this BNSF Denver-Provo. While a lot of interesting power has been on this train in the last month or so, it was "same old, same old" on this morning! The train will continue west to Rocky where it will meet an eastbound UP manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105855 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF EMD is a little behind the curve in the "Tier 4" game. Starting January 1, 2015, railroads could only purchase engines that were EPA Tier-4 compliant. GE had production units rolling by late 2015. EMD had yet to roll out a prototype at that point. However, they now have four prototypes on the rails, two of which had been testing at the Transportation Technology Center east of Pueblo. BNSF brought them to Denver and, rumor has it they will head west on the Moffat next for some high altitude testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105849 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting Union Pacific's North Yard-Roper manifest at Rocky, this BNSF Provo-Denver manifest took the siding at Leyden in order to meet the westbound Zephyr. A pretty good morning for this photographer as I saw three of the four manifests that typically run on the Moffat in the course of 45 minutes! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105841 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound rolls past Chem Spur, east of Barbara's Gulch. The train will stop at Leyden long enough to assist a UP train to tie their train down. The crew on the UP train was not informed that they should tie the train down and, by the time they learned this, they had already died. Once a crew has died, they are not allowed to do anything other than sit on the train and ensure it doesn't roll. This includes tying it down. The BNSF crew lent a hand though and the UP crew was able to leave on a van. If you are reading this and are new to trains, the term die refers to a crew that has worked for 12 consecutive hours. Once they have worked 12 hours, they are "dead" and cannot do anything else. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105840 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF BNSF was shuttling a lot of power from Provo back to Denver on this day. At least, I assume that was the case as only the first three of the eight units were actually online. Interesting how six BNSF units were sandwiched between a CitiRail leaser and a CSX unit! Behind the train (right side of the frame), you will notice a set of tracks. This is the Chem Spur which hasn't been used in over two years since Mesa Oil moved to a new location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105839 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF Both UP and BNSF manifests on the Moffat tend to be dominated by tank cars these days. This BNSF Provo-Denver was no exception. Other than a few assorted cars near the point, most of the remainder of the train is tanks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105838 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF I try to make it a point to get as many of these CitiRail leasers on film (well, electronics...but you get the point) as I can. There is a good chance that these will have totally disappeared within a couple of years. Plus, it is quite a wild paint scheme and, like most railfans, I love getting shots of wild paint schemes! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105837 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest, with a CitiRail leaser on the point, winds through the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on the approach to the Blue Mountain road crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105813 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the BNSF units on this train is offline and not loading. Not sure which one, but the train had to stop at Rocky after developing an issue with one of the three units. BNSF's yard in Denver sent the Norfolk Southern unit west (light) to pop on the front of the train and assist in the journey west to Provo, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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