Photo ID: 107770 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific Fall colors are rapidly fading along the front range as October gets ready to turn to November. A westbound coal empty charges west out of Leyden with an unexpected visitor on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107364 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico This westbound BNSF manifest had two units that are rather rare sites for the Moffat! In addition to a Warbonnet on the head end, this Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC was one of two DPUs on the tail end. KCS units are rare enough in Colorado, but KCSdM units even more so! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107086 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF A KCS unit showing up on the Moffat does not happen every day. And, even less common is two KCS units! But two just happened to be added as DPUs on the tail end of this Provo-Lincoln as it heads east out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107085 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF A few days earlier, BNSF snuck a westbound (empty) oil train over the Moffat during the night. It had a pair of Kansas City Southern Belle's for power! Turns out that power was added as DPUs to the Provo-Lincoln yesterday! Just happened to catch the SD70ACe and ES44AC as they rolled past the long-abandoned depot at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106926 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF This massive Provo-Denver (with six units on the point and one DPU on the tail end) had to stop and tie down here at Rocky. At the time, BNSF had no room train in the yard. A van is coming out from Denver to pick up the crew and take them to their hotel. When the yard is ready, a Denver-based crew will come out and take the train the remaining 17 or so miles in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106923 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF I caught this train above the tracks at East Cliff and then hustled down to the base of Coal Creek to get ready for a shot. Fortunately, the train was restricted to 20 MPH between Crescent and Rocky due to high winds. That gave me some extra time to climb around in the Jefferson County Open Space to try to find the best perspective possible. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106922 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF An amazing consist rounds the curve at MP 23, right at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Fortunately, mother nature cooperated and the skies are nice and sunny as the train continues east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106921 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF The first five units in this rainbow consist are units that I actually shot earlier this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Units four and five were on the Denver-Provo on Wednesday (along with another NS unit that is not on this train). Units one, two, and three led the Denver-Provo on Thursday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106920 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1527 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF A very colorful consist emerges from the east portal of Tunnel One. Only two of the six units on the head end of this eastbound are BNSF, but the train itself is indeed BNSF. The first three units were on a Denver-Provo which I shot a few days ago on Thursday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106919 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Looking down from high above the east end of Cliff, we find a Ferromex ES44AC, a KCS SD70ACe, a pair of BNSFs and a pair of Norfolk Southern units all leading the Provo-Lincoln. The train is about to cross over South Boulder Creek and enter 29, the west end of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106918 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF With a snow-covered Continental Divide as a backdrop, an eastbound Provo-Lincoln manifest, with six units on the point, depart the east end of Cliff, ready to enter the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106911 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern A Kansas City Southern SD70ACe was on the Denver-Provo for the trip west over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106737 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF The ever-expanding Denver skyline is visible to the right as a loaded BNSF oil train slowly rolls east toward the west switch at Leyden. The train will briefly stop at the west switch to wait for maintenance to clear. And by briefly, we are talking less than 30 seconds! I had hoped to move to the Simms Street grade crossing for another shot, but the 30 second stop didn't give me enough time to get there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106736 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern I must admit to being a big fan of Kansas City Southern's "Retro Belle" paint scheme. KCS has been slowly repainting units from their gray scheme to this colorful alternative over the past decade or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106735 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern KCS has traditionally been an EMD railroad, but after EMD's quality decreased in the 80s and 90s, KCS (like all railroads) made some GE purchases. Today, they have 240 GE units on the roster, accounting for roughly 1/3 of all their power. That does not include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, which has 320 GE units, and accounts for about 60% of the KCSM roster. For both KCS and KCSM, all 560 units are split between two models: AC4400CWs and ES44ACs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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