Photo ID: 106605 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX CSX 3278 is leading a westbound coal empty toward a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. The train will run around a freshly maintained Big Ten Curve (fresh rails, ties, and ballast) before continuing west through Eisele and into the siding at Plain. There, the Zephyr will run around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106604 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 1154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, CSX It is not very often that you see a consist like this on the Moffat! This coal empty is headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. The lead unit, which is an ET44AC, has CSX's latest paint scheme applied. The train is coming around Little Ten Curve at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106603 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, CSX Despite the fact that the Moffat is back open after an eight day closure last week, there is still a lot of maintenance going on! The westbound Zephyr is being held in Denver until 12:30pm. Departing ahead of the Zephyr was this coal empty with an all-CSX consist. Note the incredible amount of equipment that UP is working on putting away in the house track, off the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106488 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF When the Evolution Series engines were first released by GE, CSX and Norfolk Southern both ordered units that were only 4,000 horsepower instead of the typical 4,400 horsepower. One such example is this ES40DC. The railroads believed they could save on fuel and that the extra 400 horses were not needed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106451 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF This unit is actually an older CSX unit, but looks mighty good as it just recently received a new paint job in the CSX Dark Future scheme. this is actually a C40-8W, built in the 1980s, and was one of the earlier wide cab units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106438 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1277 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF Of the five remaining Class 1 railroads in the United States (so I'm not counting Canadian Pacific or Canadian National), I think CSX might be railroads whose engines make it to Colorado the least frequently. However, this AC6000CW just happened to come through on the BNSF Provo-Denver. CSX was the other railroad, along with UP, to give the 6000 HP units a shot. There are not many of these still roaming the rails! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106198 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 23, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1226 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX A visitor from the east! A CSX AC4400CW, delivered in early 1995, was spending a little time on UP. In order to easily distinguish units with AC traction motors (instead of DC), CSX paints a lighting bolt on the cab. A helpful spotting feature! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105766 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF I don't typically shoot from the north side of the tracks at Leyden, simply because the light isn't generally good from the north side. However, with an overcast sky, the lighting for this westbound was just fine. As you can see, the train is proceeding west on a clear signal at West Leyden. The new housing developments (called Leyden Ranch and Leyden Rock) can be seen in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105765 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF I think the dark blue of the CSX paint scheme contrasts quite nicely with fresh snow on the ground. This ES44AH, and its brother, are taking a BNSF manifest (Denver to Provo) west along with a BNSF C44-9W, which was on the point. The newest CSX logo is an interesting one, is it not? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105764 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, BNSF A pair of visitors from the east help out a classic Heritage 2 C44-9W on a westbound manifest at Leyden. CSX classifies these units as ES44AHs. They are essentially ES44ACs, but with a few minor differences. First off, they weigh 432,000 pounds instead of 415,000 pounds. They also have software tweaks that, combined with the increased weight, provide for a higher tractive effort at lower speeds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105564 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 16, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Logan Hill (MP 69) Converse County, WY 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) CSX, Union Pacific This is the first CSX unit that I've shot that has the new logo on the long hood. From what I understand, the logo isn't actually that new, but seeing as how infrequently CSX units make their way out west, this is just the first time I've happened to catch one! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105413 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1550 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX Came across this pair of CSX AC4400CWs on a warm August morning. I like the shot as it nicely compares two CSX paint scheme. The gray scheme on the right had been the norm for many years. More recently, the "Dark Future" scheme - dominated by blue - came out as is now the standard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105412 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX It isn't every day that CSX units make an appearance in Denver! On this particularly day, however, a pair of them came in with a train off the Brush Sub. Both units have AC traction motors, as indicated by the lightning bolt beneath the number on the cab. CSX only adds this lightning bolts to AC units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105034 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX I realize this is the third picture showing these CSX units sitting in BNSF's yard. The reason I wanted to add this one is I found the (former) SOO unit in the background an interesting addition. CSX and SOO, two railroads that don't (or didn't) operate anywhere near Colorado, both represented in this single shot in Denver! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105032 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 1, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX An interesting pair of (borrowed) CSX units were hanging around near BNSF's engine house on this particular afternoon. This shot does a nice job of comparing and contrasting CSX's older "Gray" scheme (on the C40-8) with their newer "Dark Future" scheme (on the ex-Conrail SD60I). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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