Photo ID: 105249 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest passes by the hot box detector at MP 22.6. As implied in the name, a hot box detector measures heat along the axles of the passing train. If a brake shoe is sticking against a wheel, it will (naturally) generate large amounts of heat. This will be detected and the information will be broadcast over the radio to the crew of the train, giving the exact location of the problem including axle number and rail (north or south, in this case). Fortunately, there were no issues for this train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105248 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I got myself in to a predicament at Crescent on this Sunday afternoon. I knew the BNSF manifest (in the foreground) would be taking the siding. However, I thought that it would be short enough to fit east of the grade crossing. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. The train came to a stop on the grade crossing, preventing me from getting to the other side of the tracks to shoot and westbound. Since I couldn't get over there, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and get a blurred shot of the westbound between tank cars at the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest slowly rolls in to the siding at Crescent to wait for a westbound UP coal empty. There is a grade crossing located near the middle of the siding (located at MP 31.35). The road is Gross Dam Road, so named because it eventually leads to Gross Dam. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105245 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1656 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After getting held up for over an hour at Cliff, this eastbound BNSF manifest is once again headed into the siding, this time at Crescent. The clouds have broken up enough to offer some nice lighting on the scenery in the distance. The train will ultimately wind up blocking the grade crossing for about 15 minutes while waiting for the westbound UP coal empty it is meeting to come by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105244 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1561 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a lengthy wait of over an hour in the siding at Cliff, this BNSF eastbound is finally on the roll again. This picture was taken from the vantage point of CO-72, which quickly climbs a mountain as you depart Pinecliff to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105243 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The conductor for the eastbound BNSF manifest in the siding (on the left) is on the ground right at milepost 37. He gives a wave up to the conductor for the westbound BNSF manifest on the main. This train had some engine problems and the conductor had to walk back to the DPUs. After getting the issue resolved, he simply rode in the DPU up to Cliff where a track maintainer was waiting to give him a ride back up to the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105242 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1591 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF We caught a catfish! If you aren't familiar with "catfish" as a reference to trains, it refers to wide cab Norfolk Southern engines, particularly GE. The white stripes on the black nose resemble the face of a catfish, and thus the name. On this day, this NS C44-9W is assisting in DPU helper duty on this westbound BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105241 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Ironically, when I decided to head west for the Moffat on this day, I was actually hoping to see some UP action! I should have known that, instead, I would find BNSF trains running in both directions. After stalling out (due to engine issues) at Crescent, the westbound on the main has finally made it to Cliff. Its counterpart sits in the siding, waiting for him to clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105240 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1614 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The grade crossing at Cliff is a nice place shoot trains going east and west. If you happen to have a long lens with you, you can get some pretty dramatic shots, particularly of westbounds coming around the curve and in to view from the east. Such is the case on this Sunday, as a westbound BNSF manifest comes around the curve, horn blaring for the crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105239 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1628 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Hurry up and wait! You can frequently hear that said when it comes to trains. The day after the 4th of July in 2015 was no exception on the Moffat. This eastbound BNSF manifest has been waiting in the siding at Cliff for nearly an hour. It is waiting on its counterpart, which encountered some engine problems and stalled out at Crescent. The track (out of focus) in the foreground in the Cliff House Track, which has a noticeable grade down to prevent cars from rolling out on to the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105236 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 5, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This C44-9W hiccups a bit of white exhaust while waiting in the siding at Cliff. It is on the point of an eastbound BNSF manifest which is waiting on its counterpart to arrive from the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105234 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1727 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Six GEs (of varying model) lead BNSF's Cheyenne to Denver manifest. The train is stopped about 2,500 feet north of the north switch of Broomfield. The train is waiting for a lone GP39-3 to get in the clear. Once it is in the clear, the dispatcher will give the Cheyenne-Denver a track warrant with a "Box 4", which will allow it to perform some work. Specifically, two of the C44-9Ws on the train (the 4th and 5th units) are to be set out at Broomfield to work on a maintenance train. Once complete, the train will receive a new warrant and continue the rest of the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105233 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1562 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Some flowers add a splash of purple to the scene at Broomfield on a hot June afternoon. The GP39-3 visible in the distance is about to back on to the siding at Broomfield and back on to the maintenance of way cars. These cars are likely being used as part of BNSF's project to essentially shift the siding at Broomfield north by roughly 4,000 feet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105232 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single GP39-3 proceeds north on the mainline (away from the photographer) at Broomfield. If you look in the distance (near the right side of the frame), you'll notice the headlights of a southbound. Not to worry though. The southbound has a track warrant that doesn't take it any further than where it is at. Same goes for the light engine. The light engine will stop north of the switch at North Broomfield and back on the maintenance of way cars in the siding on the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105231 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1686 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF There are folks out there that do not care for roster shots...and I understand why. Personally, I don't mind them so long as that isn't the only type of picture you are looking at in a photo update. I actually like checking out roster shots from various railroads / models / paint schemes from year ago. Perhaps this little BNSF GP39-3 (rebuilt from a GP35) will be a nice catch for someone out there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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