Photo ID: 106866 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1426 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After spending a few hours in the siding at Leyden, BNSF's yard in Denver is finally read for this Provo-Lincoln manifest. DS-86 had issued a crossing protection order for the grade crossing at Simms Street, but the crossing was repaired and the dispatcher contacted the conductor and was voiding the order right around the time this shot was being taken. Had the order not been voided, the train would have had to come to a stop at Simms Street to have the conductor protected the crossing as the train entered it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106865 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Geez, it's almost like it's 2004 again! I don't specifically recall the last time I saw two C44-9Ws, both in Heritage 2 paint, leading a BNSF train on the Moffat (or anywhere, for that matter). Yet, such is the case here as a Lincoln-Denver leaves the siding at Leyden, headed for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106864 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This train is symboled as the CDRWE9-14. This is the same symbol that has found a solid set of CSX units leading a couple times over the last few months. This time around, it appears that CSX power was swapped out for UP power when CSX handed the train over to UP. A new ET44AH leads the train west at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106863 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AH leads a westbound coal empty on the main at Leyden. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifest sits in the siding at Leyden. The train has been here for a few hours while the yard in Denver works to find a spot for them. Soon after meeting the coal empty, it'll finally be their turn to roll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106862 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A lone DPU on the tail end of an eastbound BNSF manifest helps to slow the train with its dynamic brakes as the train enters the siding Leyden. This is a telephoto shot from CO-72 looking south at the train, hence the backlighting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106861 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44DC brings up the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver, which consists primarily of tank cars. I framed the image this way because, being the sole DPU unit, the engine is facing the "wrong way" for the most ideal photograph. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106860 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While BNSF has certainly invested in EMD engines in the past decade or so with the purchase of SD70ACes, they still by far prefer GE. In the last decade (or so), BNSF has purchased 810 SD70ACes. By comparison, they've purchased over 2,600 ES44s. So while seeing a BNSF SD70ACe is not super rare, it is also not uncommon to find a train with an all-GE consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106859 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BCR This might be the strangest engine to visit the Moffat...if not ever, then in a very long time! This is a former BC Rail (now Canadian National) C40-8M. BC Rail and Canadian National both ordered several such cowl units, presumably so the crew did not have to walk outside when moving between units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106858 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest has a Denver-based crew on board, which is a little unusual. Why is that? Since the start of 2016, BNSF trains on the Moffat typically run with Grand Junction-based crews. BNSF used to have a crew change point at Kremmling. Denver-based crews ran the trains Denver to Kremmling (and vice versa). Grand Junction-based crews ran the trains Kremmling to Grand Junction (and vice versa). After that crew change point was eliminated, Grand Junction-based crews now take the trains all the way to Denver. That is, if they have time! The Grand Junction crew "died" (ran out of hours to work) at Crescent, and the train held there for a few hours earlier in the day. A Denver crew was sent up to take the train the remaining 30-ish miles in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106857 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest has six units today, set up 5x(0)x1. The fourth unit is a rare one indeed...a former BC Rail C40-8M! The train has just passed the intermediate signal at MP 14.5 and will take the siding at Leyden for a few hours as the yard in Denver is not yet ready to receive the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106856 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.7 Arvada, CO 1305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a crystal clear day in the Denver area yesterday, today starts off a bit different as a layer of clouds blocks the sun on a somewhat chilly December morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106855 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.7 Arvada, CO 1256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr passes through Arvada, a suburb of northwest Denver. The train is approaching the grade crossing at Kipling Street and the intermediate signal at MP 9.8. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106854 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.5 Arvada, CO 1232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In between Arvada (the control point) and Leyden, the westbound Zephyr is running right on time on clear signals. If you looks closely, you will notice the very top of one of the skyscrapers in downtown Denver just over the tops of the tree lines toward the right side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106853 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It isn't too common to find both mid-train and trailing DPUs setup on a manifest on the Moffat. But when you consider that each covered hopper you see in this shot is filled with sand and weighs around 110 tons each, the reason becomes fairly clear. Because those covered hoppers are only 40 feet long, the overall train is just over 4,000 feet in length despite weighing over 12,000 tons. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106852 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1403 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP SD70ACe rolls west past the steel lattice structure found near the tracks in western Arvada. I've heard that the structure somehow relates to coal mining that once took place in the area, although I've never gotten confirmation from anyone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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