Photo ID: 105673 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1590 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is, by far, the best shot of a Tier 4 unit that I've been able to capture to date. This is a slight variation on the standard ET44ACs that GE is now producing. This is an ET44C4 which, like the ES44C4, has a "dummy" center axle on both trucks. So the unit has an A1A-A1A truck configuration. The center axle on each truck can be slightly raised, putting more weight on the drive axles. A computer controls this action depending on grade, speed, traction, etc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105672 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2115 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the hour or so that I was out in search of UP 1996, I wound up shooting four trains. These days, that represents an incredibly busy morning on the Moffat, which is quite sad! This is the fourth train of the morning. A westbound BNSF manifest coming around the bend out of Barbara's Gulch and toward a clear signal at East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105668 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1470 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While the lighting isn't exactly ideal, the Tier 4 ET44C4 is still too new to ignore! Some of the distinguishing items include the slight bulge just ahead of the radiators on the long hood and the four grills on the radiator intake. Although it is difficult to tell from this angle, the radiator housing is taller (coming to more of a point) as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105667 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A brand new ET44C4 (Tier 4 compliant) and a C44-9W bring up the rear of an eastbound manifest. The DPUs are descending from Tunnel One and will soon loop around the tracks at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and Blue Mountain Road. In the foreground, you can see the ends of a flat car! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105666 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 1542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a frigid December morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest winds its way through the S-curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. You can see the back half of the train, descending from Tunnel One in the distance. The detector at MP 22.6 revealed the temperature to be 14°F. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105665 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest emerges from Tunnel 1 with a fairly typical consist on the head end. An ES44C4 leads the way, followed by a pair of C44-9Ws. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105658 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A single BNSF ES44C4 brings up the tail end of UP's eastbound MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) as the train continues past the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105655 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1740 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific With the main now clear, the pair of DPUs on the tail end of a westbound BNSF manifest push as the train continues west. The sole DPU on the tail end of the eastbound manifest that it met rolls down the main. Although a BNSF ES44C4 is bringing up the rear, it is actually a UP train that it is assisting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105653 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1565 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Being rather heavy, this westbound BNSF manifest merits two DPUs on the tail end. The train has come to a stop on the siding at Plain, waiting for an eastbound. Another 25 feet and the train could have cleared the grade crossing! A car might be able to sneak around the last unit, but that would be an extremely dangerous move! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105652 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 27, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest, with a trio of elephant-style C44-9Ws (all in Heritage 2 paint) head west on the siding at Plain. An eastbound UP manifest is out of Crescent and will meet the train soon. BNSF has recently changed its crew structure on the Moffat. Until recently, a Denver-based crew would take a train from Denver to Kremmling. Then, a Grand Junction-based crew would take the train from Kremmling to Grand Junction. BNSF has eliminated the crew change point at Kremmling and now Grand Junction-based crews are used on all the BNSF trains on the Moffat. The crew will take an eastbound as close to Denver as possible. Then, a Denver crew will "dog catch" the train and bring it the rest of the way in. The Grand Junction crew will be bussed to Denver to rest before taking a westbound back to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105644 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 2055 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Introducing the ET44C4. If you are looking at this picture in 2025, then this is most likely a common site. However, here in 2015, this was the first production version of this model I saw in person. BNSF took delivery of roughly 100 units in 2015. The unit is Tier 4 compliant and, like the ES44C4, it is an A1A-A1A unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105643 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 2117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF What would think of this as the view from the end of your driveway!? Longmont residents that live on Atwood Street get exactly that. A northbound manifest proceeds down the median, offering a fair amount of horn when approaching each cross street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105642 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longmont Longmont, CO 1965 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Clear of the main track, this BNSF local is backing toward the yard at Longmont. Once there, the crew will break the train across two tracks and tie down for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105641 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 2043 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Running from Denver to Cheyenne (or vice versa) on the Front Range Sub takes time. In addition to the lack of signals, there are multiple stretches of track that have reduced speeds. Atwood Street in Longmont is one of those. The track run down the median of the street, which one direction running on either side. Here, a local heads south down said median. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105640 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Atwood Street Longmont, CO 2014 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A trio of four axle GEs bring a local south down Atwood Street in Longmont. The power is entirely B40-8s, with two being the wide cab variety. The train just finished switching in Loveland and, after switching a little bit more in Longmont, the train will tie up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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