Photo ID: 110852 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF High winds and light rains are keeping the drone on the ground, so I settled for this long lens shot of a westbound oil train climbing around Big Ten. Note the Canadian Pacific ES44AC, joining the consist today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110851 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting an loaded UP oil train at Arvada, this BNSF empty is starting its journey west of Denver for the loadout at Wash in Utah, just east of Price. Six units are on the head end of the train, but it will likely be configured 3x3 for the return journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110836 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In about two months, this scene should be shining with fall colors. For the time being, the green of summer looks pretty fantastic as an eastbound BNSF manifest rolls on the main alongside South Boulder Creek, approaching the east end of East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110835 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest heads east on the main at East Portal, passing by a pond about halfway through the siding. The train went into emergency in the Moffat Tunnel, but the crew was able to resolve the issue and continue east. Fortunately, the issue did not return. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110834 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Eastbounds, other than (perhaps) Amtrak, are kind of tough to shoot coming out of the Moffat Tunnel. With the fall of ATCS, there is no real way to know when one might emerge, so it tends to be luck of the draw. Today, luck was on my side as I was able to get a shot of BNSF's Provo-Lincoln manifest, all tank cars at the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110833 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF SD70ACe emerges back into the sunlight at the east end of the Moffat Tunnel. The east end of the tunnel also happens to be the west end of East Portal. This train went into emergency in the tunnel, about halfway through. Fortunately, the crew was able to take care of the problem, and it continued east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110831 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF yard job is waiting on a string of covered hoppers for BNSF's Laurel to Denver manifest (that just came off the Front Range Sub) to clear so it can continue switching. The train is pulling in to Track 46. In the distance, Sunday morning traffic hustles along on I-25. Further in the distance, you can see the interchange between I-25 and I-70, referred to by locals as "The Mouse Trap". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110830 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Here is a wide variety of classic EMD units, most of which have been rebuilt to one extent or another. BNSF 2549 is a GP39-3, rebuilt from a GP30. You can still see the GP30 dynamic brake intakes and two of the three radiator fans. Back in the distance on the next track over, you can see what was once an SD45-2, now an SD40-2. The power is sitting at the shop, just off of the main through Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110829 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It looks like a well car must have been bad-ordered and set out here near the engine house. Considering it has two JB Hunt double stacks, it seems possible this was cut out of the Denver to Chicago Z-Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110827 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I have long appreciated the fact that, when patching old Santa Fe and Burlington Northern units, BNSF matched the color scheme for the patches. Unlike UP, which simply slapped a yellow and red patch on the cabs. Nearly 30 years after the BNSF merger, a blue and yellow GP39-2 is seen hanging out around the Denver yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110826 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Unlike UP, which has essentially moved all maintenance out of Denver, BNSF still has a fair amount of maintenance that takes places in Denver. Additionally, BNSF tends to have more power hanging out in Denver compared to UP. As seen here, the service and ready tracks around the shops are packed full of power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110824 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canadian Pacific, BNSF In a sea of BNSF orange is a single spot of red with a Canadian Pacific ES44AC. I don't see a lot of these units in Denver, and with the CPKC merger, it is only a matter of time before this paint scheme fades in to history. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110819 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of SD70ACes, elephant-style, lead a relatively short Provo-Denver manifest. The train is just east of Leyden, crossing over Church Ditch, a man-made irrigation ditch that originates from Clear Creek in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110818 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr at Rocky, this BNSF manifest has received a clear route the rest of the way into the yard in Denver. The train is leaving Leyden behind and is crossing the 80th Avenue grade crossing. This is the only grade crossing between North Yard and Leyden that is not a quiet zone crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110817 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver makes its way through the various neighborhoods located in western Arvada. The manifest is short enough that it does not even have any DPUs on the tail end. Very unusual for this particular train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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