Photo ID: 106922 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1205 (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 1226 (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 1622 (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 1283 (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 1266 (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: 106907 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern It is not uncommon for railfans to joke that BNSF and Norfolk Southern should merge...after all, "NS" already makes up the middle two letters of "BNSF". Then, of course, there are trains like this in which you have a nice mix of both BNSF and NS power! The Denver-Provo is pulling west through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106836 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific As a westbound coal empty heads west on the main at Cliff, take note of the pole on the right side of the image. You may also note that there are a few more such poles moving away from the camera. These poles, and the wire between them, are somehow related to PTC. Somewhat ironic that, after technology removed codeline poles, technology is now added some poles back in! These should not be required everywhere...they seem to be needed in mountainous areas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106835 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific A Norfolk Southern ES44AC leads a coal empty west at the east end of Cliff. You may have noticed that one ditch light is brighter than the other...this is because NS (and CSX) have chosen to have oscillating ditch lights when the horn is being blown. The theory being that it increases visibility at grade crossings for cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106831 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific An NS ES44AC leads four UP units on the climb from the base of Coal Creek Canyon up toward Tunnel One. When Union Pacific activates PTC (Positive Train Control) on the Moffat, there is a good chance it will mean the end of foreign power on the point of trains...at least for awhile. Until foreign power is equipped with PTC technology that is compatible with UP's, such units will not be able to lead on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106830 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This is officially the most-shot Norfolk Southern unit for me personally. This just happens to be the same unit that led a coal load east on the KP line the previous Monday! It made its way back to Colorado on another coal train. Here, the train is approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106829 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Since the start of December, I've managed to shoot power from each of the five US-based Class 1 railroads on the Moffat! That's Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern. Here, a "catfish" leads a westbound coal empty through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106828 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific A coal empty headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork branch has some pool power on the point! A Norfolk Southern ES44AC leads for UP units through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106786 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF I do my best to nab a "boring" 3/4 roster shot whenever foreign power comes through town. Such was the case on this morning as a Norfolk Southern C44-9W was third out on BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106772 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Buick Elbert County, CO 1221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This eastbound coal train through a monkey wrench in UP's afternoon operation. As you can see, the train broke in to two. The conductor walked back and set the brakes on 30 cars before walking the rest of the train. Meanwhile, the engineer had to isolate the rear DPU. When the conductor walked back up, the train was put back together and the brakes were knocked off. Then, the engineer brought the rear DPU online and recharged the brakes. The entire process took several hours. There was an 8,000-foot MSIDV out of Limon, but it made a reverse move to Limon as the crew only had 90 minutes to work and the coal train had the line blocked. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106756 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Aurora, CO 1188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific After leaving the urban Denver-metropolitan area behind, this eastbound coal train has entered into the rural plains of eastern Colorado on its way toward Kansas and points further east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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