Photo ID: 111927 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF With MRL units now owned by BNSF and, consequently, in the general power pool, they are rolling through the Denver more often. This makes me happy as it is allowing me to get more pictures of them before they are inevitably repainted BNSF orange at some point. This shot makes the 12th MRL SD70ACe I've been able to shoot. It is the third unit on the head end of an eastbound oil train on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111926 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As we get closer to spring (and then summer), the days are starting to get longer. Here, not long before noon, this eastbound BNSF oil train is heading almost directly into the sun as it slows to a stop on the main track at Eisele (Clay). It is waiting on a westbound UP oil empty that will take the siding. There is a BNSF manifest tied down on the siding at Rocky, so the meet had to be here instead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111925 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF oil load has quite a colorful consist as a KCS "Belle" and an MRL SD70ACe help out the BNSF ES44AC on the point. The train is rolling east on the main track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111924 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF eastbound oil train wraps through the S-Curve at Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. A KCS unit and an MRL unit are part of the head end consist today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111923 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest arrived in the siding at Rocky yesterday right around 3pm, meaning it has now been tied down here for about 17 hours as of the time of this shot. The train is waiting for a BNSF crew to come out of Denver and take it into the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111904 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound BNSF manifest departed Denver a bit earlier and is headed for Laurel, MT. The train is moving at track speed through east Boulder, crossing 55th Street. The stacks to the left belong to the Valmont power plant. The power plant originally burned coal for power. However, that stopped in 2017 when it was converted to natural gas and an array of solar panels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111903 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The Front Range Sub is still run by track warrants in 2025 (meaning there are no signals), but BNSF has added PTC. This means track warrants are issued and acknowledged via computer. Consequently, there is very minimal radio traffic on the Front Range Sub. This northbound will not be meeting anything at Broomfield, which means it'll be another 40 miles before it might meet another train (at Longs Peak). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111902 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Two ES44DCs and a Tier-4 ET44C4 are the power on this northbound manifest headed for the yard in Laurel, MT. No DPUs on the tail end of the train this afternoon. The train is just rounding the bend from 88th Avenue, right around MP 9.5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A northbound Denver-Laurel manifest approaches the 88th avenue grade crossing in Westminster. Cars and a single biker are stopped, waiting for the train to pass. In the distance, you can see Westminster Castle on the hill. Today, it contains Belleview College and Seminary. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111890 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver leaves Leyden and approaches the grade crossing at 80th Avenue on a very gloomy, overcast Friday morning. The train met the Ski Train at Rocky and now has a clear shot in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111885 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe leads BNSF's daily Provo-Denver east by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. The train is approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. The train will take the siding at Rocky to meet nearly 2-hour-late Winter Park Express! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111884 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The final DPU on an eastbound oil train shows evidence of the heavy snows the train faced in the Colorado high country on the journey east. Snow is on the front porch, and has actually built up in some of the air intakes along the long hood of the ES44AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111883 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF typically runs loaded oil trains on the Moffat in a 3x(0)x3 configuration. However, this particularly load has a somewhat interesting 3x(0)x4 configuration. There are indeed four DPUs on the back end of the train here, tied down in the siding at Rocky. Rime ice brings a muted, powdery effect to the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111882 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's hard to get a shot that feels much colder than this. Despite the relative lack of snow on the ground, the thick rime ice that has formed on the vegetation is bone-chilling. A BNSF oil train sits in the siding at Rocky, tied down and patiently waiting for a fresh crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111881 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train is tied down in the siding at Rocky, awaiting a crew to come out of Denver to take it the rest of the way in. Plenty of snow from the Colorado high country is built up on the plow of the lead unit. 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