A UP oil train knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, meeting BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver trackage rights manifest. Once the oil train clears the east switch, the manifest will get a clear signal to head east.
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A set of empty "oil cans" rolls westbound through Barbara's Gulch. UP has six units on the point and a single DPU bringing up the rear. The train will continue to the oil transload facility at Wash, UT where it will be loaded and return east.
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The westbound Zephyr, consisting of seven Superliners, heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train is right on time. It'll meet UP's MGJNY at Cliff, but UP's DS-380 will keep the train rolling on clear (green) signals.
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The westbound Zephyr passes by the wind break, wrapping around Big Ten Curve on its morning journey west out of Denver. BNSF's Provo-Denver, which it met at Rocky, is still in the siding in the background, waiting on another westbound.
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BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver, with a Canadian Pacific unit second out on the head end, just had a fresh crew show up and get on board to take the train in to Denver. Meanwhile, the westbound California Zephyr is right on time as it meets the train, heading west.
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A pair of EMDs, from slightly separate eras, are bringing up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver. BNSF 9356 is an SD70ACe and BNSF 9687 is an SD70MAC, still sporting the final BN paint scheme, the "green and cream" scheme.
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SD70MACs do not generally show up on BNSF's trains on the Moffat. However, every once in awhile, they do make an appearance. Such is the case this morning as a "green and cream" SD70MAC, BNSF 9687 (of BN heritage) is bringing up the rear of the train, currently in the siding at Rocky.
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The westbound Zephyr is approaching a clear (green) signal at the west end of East Portal. For many decades, trains could not get a signal more favorable that an approach (yellow) going in to the tunnel. However, when UP replaced the signals on the Moffat, a change was made and clear (green) signals are now available heading in to the 6.2 mile-long tunnel.
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As we approach the shortest day of the year, the sun has moved far to the south. Consequently, half the valley the Moffat Tunnel is located in is now cast in day-long shadows. The rails the Zephyr is located on here will not see sunlight again until spring.
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On a cold, quiet, clear November morning, the westbound Zephyr is rolling west on the main at East Portal. It is mere seconds away from entering into the Moffat Tunnel and moving to the west side of the Continental Divide.
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It is 28°F as the on-time westbound Zephyr approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of East Portal. Snow is covering the landscape and will likely remain in many places now until next spring.
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For you modelers out there, there is a radio tower near the west end of Eisele (Clay) along the right-of-way. The westbound Zephyr rolls by right on time on its journey west.
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In early morning November light, the westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay).
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The westbound Zephyr has seven Superliners right now, most likely due to an increase in demand with holiday travels upon us. The train is just about to enter Little Ten Curve, approaching the old west end of Rocky, before it was lengthened around 1990.
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A pair of P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr through the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The train is crossing Carr Street in Arvada. Fun fact, I could see this section of track from my elementary school (Peck) when I was a kid. On recess, I would often climb the monkey bars and look toward the tracks in hopes of catching a Rio Grande train!
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