Typically, the manifest trains BNSF runs on the Moffat, whether east or west, run with a 3x2 configuration. On this particular day, the Provo-Denver has six units on the head end. Although a few of them are just catching a ride on the train and are not actually loading.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver is rolling east at Leyden on the main track. Partly cloudy conditions block the sun, helping create a real winter feel, despite the lack of snow in the foreground.
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Three units lead BNSF's Provo-Denver east down Big Ten Curve toward the west end of Rocky. There, it will enter the siding as a westbound UP manifest is holding the main.
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I sure wish this last DPU, BNSF 5827, was facing away from the train so the its nose could have lined up with the nose of BNSF 8044 on the head end of the train! The train is wrapping around Big Ten Curve, heading for Rocky and points further east.
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The amazing architecture of Big Ten Loop allows for the crew on the head end of trains to get a good look at the tail end of their trains. Case-in-point is this shot of an eastbound BNSF manifest making its way east around Big Ten. The head end in the distance is descending toward Rocky as the last DPU in the foreground just departed east Eisele (Clay).
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An ES44C4, an ET44C4, and an SD70ACe lead the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver out of Eisele (Clay) on an Approaching Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal. The train will wrap around Big Ten Curve before entering the siding at Rocky.
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An eastbound BNSF manifest, sporting a pretty typical 3x2 configuration, rolls east out of Eisele (Clay). Despite the fact it is just after 2pm, most of Eisele (Clay) is already cast in shadows. The effects of winter lighting.
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A pair of EMDs, from slightly separate eras, are bringing up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver. BNSF 9356 is an SD70ACe and BNSF 9687 is an SD70MAC, still sporting the final BN paint scheme, the "green and cream" scheme.
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SD70MACs do not generally show up on BNSF's trains on the Moffat. However, every once in awhile, they do make an appearance. Such is the case this morning as a "green and cream" SD70MAC, BNSF 9687 (of BN heritage) is bringing up the rear of the train, currently in the siding at Rocky.
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I learned photography from my dad, and as a kid, he always shot black and white. In honor of him, and to get back to my nostalgic roots, I have been trying to do a little more black and white photography these days! This westbound BNSF coal load is headed west on the main at Rocky, BNSF 9174 bringing up the tail end.
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An AC4400CW and a pair of ES44ACs lead a coal load west on the mainline at Rocky. Even though it is not yet 3 o'clock, the train is just minute away from shadows with the low setting sun.
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Friday afternoon rush hour traffic is starting to pick up on CO-93 as drivers are likely oblivious to the westbound BNSF coal train passing beneath them.
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The only westbound coal load you can find on the Moffat is approaching the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch. This train was loaded at the Spring Creek Mine in Montana and is heading for a power station in Valmy, NV.
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At first glance, it might appear as though all three of these BNSF GEs is sporting the Heritage 2 scheme. However, the third unit is indeed wearing the New Image scheme. The sun is catching the yellow stripes just right to make it difficult to recognize!
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BNSF's Spring Creek Mine, MT to Valmy, NV coal load is starting the real climb up the Moffat as it heads west through Barbara's Gulch.
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