Photo ID: 113372 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With the sun low in the western sky and five BNSF unit throwing up some exhaust as this eastbound Provo-Denver accelerates out of Yarmony, it was time for a nice black and white reflection shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113371 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As we move more and more into the winter months, now only about five weeks away from the Winter Solstice, the days are getting very short! At 3:30pm, the sun is very low in the western sky as an eastbound Provo-Denver throttles up in the siding at Yarmony after meeting the westbound Canyon Spirit. The five units on the head end are all load and are all kicking up some exhaust! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113361 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Eagle County, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the crossover at Center Bond, also known as Orestod, two ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound Denver-Provo manifest. It is here at Orestod, which, incidentally, is Dotsero spelled backward, the Craig Branch leaving the mainline. 100 years ago, the Craig Branch was the mainline! It wasn't until the Dotsero Cutoff was built that everything changed, creating a direct route west through the Rockies between Denver and Salt Lake City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113360 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Bond (7,500 ft) Eagle County, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound unit coal train, with a pair of Canadian National DPUs on the tail end, slowly rolls east on the siding at Bond, meeting a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo that is approaching on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113353 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo is currently stopped and holding in the siding at Yarmony. The westbound Zephyr is approaching Yarmony from the east and will overtake the Denver-Provo here at Yarmony. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Two DPUs bring up the tail end of a westbound (soon to be southbound) coal load. The train, still on the Brush Sub, just crossed UP's Greeley Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113309 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF If you follow the website, then you likely now that MRL SD70ACe have become a fairly common sight on the Moffat in the aftermath of BNSF's acquisition of MRL at the start of 2025. This morning, it is MRL 4303, third out from the head end. Unfortunately, MRL did not have PTC, meaning their SD70ACes are not PTC equipped. As a result, it is unlikely that an MRL unit will ever lead on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113308 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the early 2000s, it was quite common for UP to tie coal trains down in the siding at Leyden (amongst other sidings). To help simplify the process, UP installed hand-throw derails on certain sidings. The east end of Leyden is one such siding. As you can see here, the derail is aligned in the derail position as the Provo-Denver is currently tied down and waiting for a crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113307 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four units leads BNSF's Provo-Denver, currently tied down on the siding here at Leyden. Leyden has been used for long term storage of cars frequently in the last two years, and this is the first time I've seen a train tied down here in years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113304 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of DPUs bring up the tail end of a (roughly) 6,000 foot long oil train. There are piles of ties scattered along the right-of-way that will soon be installed as part of the massive maintenance project UP is currently running on the Moffat. This is likely to be the last train until the eastbound Zephyr this afternoon, giving work crews the time they need on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113303 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of DPUs bring up the end of this eastbound loaded oil train. The train is rolling away from the camera and toward the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113302 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three units lead an eastbound BNSF oil train on the straightaway along CO-72 just west of Leyden. The train is, of course, headed downhill, but there is still a lot of heat coming off the top of the units (distorting the air above) thanks to the dynamic brakes workings to slow the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113296 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain to Crescent (MP 25.3 to MP 30.6) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF DS-378 originally planned to take this BNSF oil train down to the main at Eisele (Clay) to meet the westbound Zephyr. However, it was a bit slow coming down the hill, so it is going to stop on the main here at Plain and wait on the Zephyr, which is currently at Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113295 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train rolls through Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. It is actually slowing and it will come to a stop as soon as the end of the train clears the west switch. It'll wait here for the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113293 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You might recall that for decades, Amtrak did haul mail on long distance trains. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Amtrak tried to help supplement revenue by hauling bulk mail and packages as well. Such things were hauled in box cars painted in Amtrak's Phase 4 scheme. Amtrak stopped the service in October 2004 as it was not actually generating a profit, and was delaying passenger trains due to freight moves at certain stations. The rolling stock was sold, and one such former Amtrak boxcar happened to be on this Provo-Denver today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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