Photo ID: 110692 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5804 is slowing to a stop at a red signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). The switch is aligned for the siding and showing out of correspondence. DS-78 will try to get the switched locked up for the main. If you are not familiar with the terrain and are wondering about the tank cars in the distance, that is indeed the back part of the train as it wraps around Big Ten Curve. The crew can see the back of the train from this spot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two SD70ACes do their best Alco impressions as the units throttle up on the climb up Big Ten Loop. The units will like be redistributed in a 3x3 configuration for the trip back east over the Moffat after loading in Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF UP 5804 leads an 86 car oil empty west on the Moffat, on the climb toward Big Ten out of Rocky. You can see the buffer car on the tail end of the train in the distance on the right side of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF oil empty passes by the "Gold Strike" commuter station just east of the Sheridan Blvd overpass. The train is westbound on Main 2 with six units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110667 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of BNSF's Provo-Denver passes by the graffiti-covered hoppers that serve as a wind break on the inside of Big Ten Curve. The matched paint schemes and elephant style arrangement look really fantastic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110666 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The familiar face of a GE...the same basic face of all GEs for the past three decades...leads an eastbound manifest out of the east end of Clay (Eisele). The train, which is close to 6,000 feet long, will wrap around Big Ten and continue down to Rocky and on in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110665 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of elephant-style units (two ES44ACs with an SD70ACe in between) lead the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver at the west switch of Eisele (Clay). The train has green signals ahead for the remainder of the journey in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110664 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Eisele (Clay), a BNSF manifest (the Provo-Denver) heads east. The "X" on the sign to the right of the train is a reminder for westbounds that they are approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. The train is crossing the road, just out of the frame to the left, behind the trees. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110663 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6391 and the rest of BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest approaches the west portal of Tunnel 1, through the S-Curves east of Plain. After several days of somewhat unstable weather, with quite a bit of wind over clouds, there isn't a cloud in the sky this morning, Independence Day 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110662 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver held the main at Plain for a meet with the westbound Zephyr. After the Zephyr cleared the east switch, the manifest received a clear (green) to continue east. Here, the train is out of Plain and rolling toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110649 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Amtrak A conductor from the California Zephyr is on the ground on the wye bridge and has aligned the switch for the Buck Main. You can see a restricting signal at the diamond. The Zephyr will use this track to back in to Union Station for its schedule station stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110645 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak A BNSF Heritage 2 C44-9W, a Phase 5 P42DC, and a Phase 7 P42DC certainly make for a rather unique and highly colorful consist on the point of the westbound Zephyr! AMTK 174 experienced some mechanical issues, so the BNSF unit was added to the point in Denver. Now, running about four hours late, the train approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110644 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak The Zephyr is running about four hours late on this July day. Three hours were lost in the mid-west due to severe thunderstorms and flood warnings. In Denver, BNSF 4762 was added to the point as AMTK 174 was suffering from some mechanical issues. Here, the very colorful consist is approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110606 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern Bringing up the tail end of this BNSF Provo-Denver manifest is a BNSF ES44AC and a Norfolk Southern AC44C6M (an NS rebuild from a C44-9W). Norfolk Southern has long been known for conducting rebuilds itself at its Altoona shops rather than contracting out for rebuilds. This is a practice that other Class 1 railroads are starting to embrace to avoid having to buy new, expensive Tier-4 compliant locomotives. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110605 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the OS at the east switch of Leyden, two ES44ACs with an SD70ACe sandwiched between them lead the eastbound HPVODEN. After meeting two trains at Rocky, the manifest now has a straight shot the rest of the way in to the yard in Denver. As is extremely common in summer, clouds are forming over the Rockies to the west, and will like come spilling out over the plains this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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