Photo ID: 113241 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An ES44AC and an SD70ACe lead a southbound loaded at the Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming in the Powder River Basin. It is likely headed to a power plant in Texas. The trees are still looking pretty good here Plum Creek south of Chatfield Reservoir. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113240 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Douglas County, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF coal load is hard at work on Main 1 at Acequia near Chatfield Reservoir. Pikes Peak is visible in the distance as the train passes by some trees, many of whom have lost their leaves for the year, but a few are still sporting fall colors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113232 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the shortest BNSF Provo-Denver manifests I've seen, comprised entirely of tank cars, is in the process of tying down in the siding at Rocky. The conductor has just set the derail and is walking back to the lead unit. If you are wondering how you can tell this is not an oil train, the lack of a buffer car (typically a covered hopper) right after the lead power is a dead tell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113231 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4310 has been hanging out in the Denver area lately. Or, more specifically, it has made a few round trips between Denver and Provo over the Moffat. It was the last DPU on this Provo-Denver this morning...unfortunately, facing into the train. A horse grazes on some grass for breakfast in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113230 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three SD70ACes lead an eastbound BNSF manifest, the daily Provo-Denver, out the east end of Leyden, trees still holding a lot of their falls colors here at roughly 5,500 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113229 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily Provo-Denver rolls east on the main track at Leyden. Trees are all in various states of fall color transformation, with a lot of maple trees sporting a bright red. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113192 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes bring up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver as it heads into the morning light, away from the camera, just east of Vasquez Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While many of the fall leaves have already fallen to the ground, there is still quite a bit of color in this shot of BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver at Vasquez Road in Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113190 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4310 made an appearance as the third unit on the Provo-Denver. It is very unlikely we will ever see a MRL-painted SD70ACe leading a train outside of (former) MRL territory as they are not PTC equipment. PTC will most likely be added when BNSF repaints each unit to BNSF colors, and each disappears into the sea of the orange. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS067 (West Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound Provo-Denver emerges from Fraser Canyon at the west end of Tabernash. The westbound Denver-Provo is waiting in the siding. As soon as the eastbound clears the west end, DS-378 will throw the west switch and the westbound will depart the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The grade alignment of the siding of Tabernash is probably the most interesting of any siding I have ever seen. This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo is in the siding, waiting on its counterpart to arrive from Fraser Canyon. The mainline is in the foreground. The siding completely diverges from the main. The reason for this was due to the fact that there was once a steam engine facility located between the main and the siding. Additionally, there is room for a wye between the main and the siding, which was used to turn steam engines that were used as helpers on the climb from Tabernash to East Portal. They'd wye at East Portal and run back to Tabernash, be wyed again and serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby to Sulphur (MP 76.2 to MP 84.6) Grand County, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is right at MP 78, passing by some remaining fall colors just a few miles west of Granby in early morning light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113179 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS048 (West Tolland) Gilpin County, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty is entering the mainline from the siding at the west end of Tolland. Note the yellow schoolhouse on the left side of the shot. This schoolhouse has been a fixture in Tolland for decades. Westbound passenger trains, such as the Zephyr, use it as a marker on the approach to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113178 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS048 (West Tolland) Gilpin County, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 9032 peeks out from behind a huge grove of deciduous trees that have reach their maximum yellow/orange. The train is about to knock down a flashing yellow (advanced approach) signal at the west end of Tolland. The Moffat Tunnel is currently venting after the Zephyr passed through, so the oil train is likely to encounter a brief delay at East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113177 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the eastbound California Zephyr here at Tolland, this westbound BNSF oil empty is now continuing through the siding toward a flashing yellow signal at the west end. Above 8,000 feet, fall colors have pretty much hit their peak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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