Photo ID: 110521 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Denver Denver, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, BNSF KCS 4884 is leading a southbound BNSF manifest through the OS at South Denver. When heading south, the tracks go from two main tracks to three main tracks. The manifest is no changing tracks, but is moving from Main 2 to Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110520 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Denver Denver, CO 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound coal empty with a single ES44AC on the point is tied down on Main 2 at South Denver. With this being the Memorial Day holiday weekend, it could be quite awhile before a crew is ready to take it. Note Pikes Peak standing tall in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110519 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Norfolk Southern, BNSF This southbound Denver to Amarillo manifest just received a Diverging Clear (red over green) signal at Walnut Street. The train is starting to throttle up and will crossover from Main 1 to Main 2 at Walnut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110518 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF A southbound BNSF manifest (Denver, CO to Amarillo, TX) has some unique power with a KCS Belle and NS "Catfish" elephant style on the head end. The train is currently waiting on Main 1 to Walnut for a green signal to continue south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very long (roughly 6,400 feet) BNSF Provo-Denver has just tied down in the siding. The train was originally going to tie down at Cliff, but was too long for the siding. So it continued down to Rocky. Unfortunately, the crew van was not notified of the change and is waiting up at Cliff. The van has now been informed and is on its way to Rocky. Meanwhile, the Zephyr heads north on the main at Eisele (Clay) in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110500 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train sits idly in the siding at Rocky. Note the purple-backed "D" sign, indicating the derail is set on the siding. The train showed up right around 2am and tied down and has been waiting for a relief crew ever since. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110461 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Grand County, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The train version of riding off into the sunset! BNSF's Denver-Provo has clear (green) signals ahead just west of Byers Canyon. After the tail end of the train is clear of the canyon, the train will pick up some speed between here at Kremmling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Grand County, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Byers Canyon, BNSF's Denver-Provo is heading directly into the sun as it gets closer to the horizon. The train had to sit in the siding at Granby for over an hour, waiting for both the Zephyr and UP's officer's special to get through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110416 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two DPUs bring up the tail end of the westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest. The train is headed in to the siding to wait to allow the morning Zephyr, which is running about 1 hours and 45 minutes late, to run around it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110415 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5886 leads the Denver-Provo out the west end of Barbara's Gulch, underneath the CO-93 overpass. The train is running not far ahead of the morning Zephyr. The manifest will actually be taking the siding at Rocky to allow the Zephyr to run around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 8549 pulls into one of the storage tracks just east of the east yard in Golden. The train has about 20 cars in tow that will be dropped off in this track. The Golden Switch will handle switching them out and delivering them to their customers in the coming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's westbound Beer Run descends the grade toward the upper yard at Coors in Golden. The train is paralleling Farmer's Highline Canal. This canal branches off from Clear Creek not far behind the camera and runs all through Golden, Arvada, and Westminster. It actually crosses underneath UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub just east of Simms Street! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110405 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden, CO 239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Sunday afternoon Beer Run runs alongside West 44th Avenue in Golden. The train has a pair of SD40-2s that will serve as the Golden Switch power for the upcoming week. The train is headed for the upper yard at Coors. This yard primarily contains cars for industries other than Coors along the branch that the Golden Switch will switch out in the coming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110353 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of GEs, each representing different eras in technology, lead BNSF's Provo-Denver, currently stopped on Main 2 at Tennyson Street. The lead unit is an ET44C4. The second unit is an ES44C4. Finally, third out, is a C44-9W. Just after this picture was taken, the train got a light at C&S Junction and continued east to Prospect Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110352 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After catching a UP SD70ACe-T4 a few minutes earlier at Pecos Street, here is the GE counterpart, an ET44C4. This is GE's tier-4 compliant locomotive. The unit led BNSF's Provo-Denver from Provo back over to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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