Photo ID: 109479 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tower 17 Rosenberg, TX 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Galveston (BNSF) BNSF There is a lot that happens at Rosenberg, TX, also known as Tower 17. UP's Glidden Sub (originally part of SP's Sunset Route) meets with BNSF's Galveston Sub and BNSF train, such as this one, move from trackage rights on UP's Glidden Sub on to their own tracks on the Galveston Sub. The Galveston Sub also continues on the right side of the shot toward Galveston, TX. Then, in the foreground at the switch, the KCS Rosenberg Sub starts, branching off from UP's Glidden Sub, heading south toward Mexico. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109477 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rosenberg Rosenberg, TX 449 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glidden (UP) BNSF BNSF 7447 departs the main at Rosenberg and is about to diverge on to the BNSF Galveston Sub to head north. BNSF train have trackage rights on UP's Glidden Sub from Houston as far as Rosenberg. But here, they must turn on to their own tracks. Traffic in the background is undisturbed by the train on the 1st Street overpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109476 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rosenberg Rosenberg, TX 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glidden (UP) BNSF On a Thursday afternoon, a BNSF trackage rights train sits short of 3rd Street in Rosenberg, TX on UP's Glidden Subdivision. The train has just received a Diverging Clear (red over green) signal ahead to cross from UP's Glidden Sub over to BNSF's Galveston Sub to head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109469 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 426 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Prior to the days of PTC, signals that were approach lit would remain dark (shut off) until there was a train in the block approaching the signal. However, with the advent of PTC, signals will now light up just as soon as the dispatcher aligns a route through them. Such is the case at West Cliff (CP DS038) as we see a clear (green over red) signal set up for the eastbound Zephyr, still 90 minutes away. Additionally, take note of the switch here at West Cliff. For a long time, this switch was set up as a "Y", meaning both the main and the siding slightly curved away from the single main track. However, UP has reconfigured the switch so the main is straight through the entire switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109468 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 497 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF coal load is stopped in the siding at Cliff and will be waiting here for the next 90 minutes or so, waiting for the eastbound Zephyr which is currently between Granby and Winter Park. The dispatcher did not want to risk trying to get the train up to Rollins ahead of Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109467 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 (MP 36.4, 75 ft) Gilpin County, CO 431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe and a pair of GEs lead this westbound BNSF coal load through Tunnel 29 and across the bridge over South Boulder Creek just east of Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109466 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 28 (Daylighted) Gilpin County, CO 459 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF coal load is climbing west of the Moffat, its back half still in Tunnel 27 in the distance. Not far behind the head end, the hoppers are passing what was once Tunnel 28. However, the tunnel has long since been daylighted (blown up), and the tan-colored rock face is the only evidence that remains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109465 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 27 (MP 36.4, 650 ft) Gilpin County, CO 440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As this heavy coal load emerges from Tunnel 27, the evidence of decades of other trains is quite clear on the exhaust-stained rocks around the west portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109464 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 27 (MP 36.4, 650 ft) Gilpin County, CO 428 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A peek in to the midst of the Tunnel District and South Boulder Canyon. A westbound BNSF coal load is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 27. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109463 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 26 (MP 35.2, 320 ft) Gilpin County, CO 408 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound loaded BNSF coal train is in the middle of the Tunnel District, emerging from the west portal of Tunnel 26. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109459 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 427 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of the hotbox detector at MP 22.6, three BNSF units (elephant style) navigate the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109453 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Looking past the nose of BNSF 9021, the lead unit on this westbound BNSF coal train, we see the three DPUs at the tail end, just beyond the grade crossing at Little Ten. The train has gone in to emergency each time it attempts to load. You can see a BNSF mechanical truck sitting near the DPUs. It would be determined that a low-hanging air hose was bumping against the plow of one of units, causing the air to be lost and the train to go in to emergency. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109452 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF (loaded) coal train, headed for Valmy, NV, has been stuck in this spot for nearly two hours. When the train was climbing out of Rocky, it went in to emergency. After a second attempt, it happened again when the train started to load. BNSF mechanical has been called out to check out the train and attempt to find the cause. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For the past few months, BNSF has occasionally run a loaded westbound coal train up the Moffat. The train is loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is on its way to Valmy, NV where BNSF has picked up a contract to provide coal for a power plant. BNSF is running the train with three units on the point and three units on the end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109447 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A view that, in one form another, with one type of train or another, has been repeated somewhere around a half a million times since the Moffat Tunnel opened 96 years ago. The structure built over the rails has cameras that allow UP dispatchers in Omaha to view the tunnel. It also has motion sensors that detect trespassers, warning them they are trespassing if they attempt to approach the tunnel portal. 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