Photo ID: 106980 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific At the east end of Barbara's Gulch, a CSX ES44AC and a UP SD70ACe have this eastbound coal load well in hand. The train will continue to Bypass 1 in Denver where the mid-train swing helpers will be cut out and the train will wait for a fresh crew to take it east on the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106979 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific An eastbound coal load slowly winds its way around the Big Ten Curve. There is a 10 MPH slow order on the curve on this day, as the wind has kicked up and there are mighty strong gusts. Any time that is the case, UP issues a 10 MPH slow order...while the hoppers on the inside of the curve do serve as a windbreak, UP would rather play it safe than sorry. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106978 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A single CSX ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound coal load at Plain. This unit was the one leading this coal empty west just two days earlier. Since then, the train loaded at the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106977 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Looking through a gap in some trees at Plain, we find an eastbound coal load with a CSX ES44AH on the point. The train is ultimately headed for Florida, so the hints of snow on the lead unit and on the coal is not going to hold up for too much longer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106973 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Under some pretty cool looking clouds, this westbound coal empty passes by the new Arvada neighborhood of Leyden Rock. This was nothing but a field five years ago, and now these houses are not only finished, but have people living in them! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106972 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1070 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific This coal train is headed for the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. It has six units on the point for the trip west. They will be reconfigured 2x3x1 for the trip back east. The first and sixth units are both CSX, meaning the train should have CSX power on the point both directions! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106971 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1078 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific On a cloudy afternoon, a westbound coal empty passes the intermediate west of Leyden with a CSX ES44AH on the point. This is an occurrence that has become somewhat common place lately! Colorado Mines must've worked to pick up more eastern coal contracts. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106793 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF, Union Pacific A trio of units leads an eastbound manifest past a former UP customer. Up until a few years ago, Mesa Oil was located along the main. Rumor has it that Mesa Oil was not satisfied with the service they were receiving from UP and moved to a new location in Denver where they are served by the short line railroad Denver and Rock Island. Now, the old oil tanks looks to just be rusting away... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106791 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific, CSX Whose Train is it Anyway!? With power sharing, it can sometimes be tricky to tell. This particular train in BNSF's Provo-Lincoln, coming east through Barbara's Gulch. Good to see an SD70ACe in the mix as UP is one of the few railroads that tends to split it orders between both EMD and GE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106731 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A sole CSX ES44AH brings up the tail end of this eastbound coal load. The train is headed for a customer east of the Mississippi. The train will be turned over to CSX at the Mississippi, most likely Kansas City or possibly St Louis. The sun came out just enough to cast some nice shadows as the train snaked east through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106729 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Of the four "big" US Class 1 railroads (UP, BNSF, CSX, and NS), CSX is probably the railroad I have the fewest pictures of. In general, Norfolk Southern units seems to find their way more frequently than CSX (and typically on BNSF). However, that is slowly changing as this coal train has appeared on the Moffat three times since September. Each time with CSX units for power. Hopefully, that trend will continue! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106728 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific As this CSX-led coal train reached the east end of Rocky, the sun just barely started to peek out from behind the early morning clouds. The blue and yellow of CSX's Dark Future paint scheme doesn't look half bad on the Moffat, eh? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106727 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1092 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific a long lens shot (400mm) that shows an eastbound coal load on the main at Rocky. As the lead units pass by the switch to the Rocky Branch, the mid-train DPUs enter Little Ten Curve. Those mid-train DPUs will be setout in Denver before the train continues east on the KP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106726 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A third CSX unit could be found on this eastbound coal load on the Moffat. The first two units were CSX, and the trailing DPU is also CSX. The train came west with just the three CSX units for power. Now, they were split and setup for front and end power. A trio of UP units were picked up in Glenwood Springs and cut in mid-train. Those units will be setout in Denver, and the train will continue east with only the CSX units, setup 2x1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106725 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific A pair of CSX units lead an eastbound coal train past the detector at MP 22.6. The last of three mid-train DPUs is visible in the distance, descending the grade toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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