Photo ID: 109422 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A massive storm opens up, pouring rain in northwest Arvada as an eastbound BNSF manifest holds on the main at the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109421 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Near the east end of Leyden, an eastbound BNSF manifest is holding the main at Leyden. The exact reason for stopping was not apparent as the train had an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at the east end of Leyden. Meanwhile, a rather significant thunderstorm has formed over the Rockies and is moving out on to the plains in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109402 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF The Suncor Oil Refinery in Commerce City was built around and in between the BNSF Brush Sub and the UP Greeley Sub. A pretty smart way to build it, actually, as it give the refinery access to two railroads for moving product. Of course, when the refinery was built, what is now the BNSF Brush Sub was actually the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q) mainline to Denver from Chicago. Two mergers later (Burlington Northern, and then BNSF), and it is now the BNSF Brush Sub. The UP track, on the other hand, has been UP for all but 10 years of its life. It was originally built by the Denver Pacific Railway in 1870. Ten years later, in 1880, UP bought the Denver Pacific, gaining a direct line to Denver from Cheyenne. In the shot here, a BNSF local sits on the Brush Sub (to the right) while a UP local sits on the Greeley Sub (to the left), both waiting their turn to cross the diamond where the two subdivisions intersect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109400 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A look at BNSF's yard in Denver. Most of the tracks in the shot are a part of yard limits, and under the jurisdiction of the yardmaster. However, the three tracks on the right of the yard (not including RTDs Commuter Rail tracks) are all CTC and under the jurisdiction of the Brush Subdivision Dispatcher in Ft Worth, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109399 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An overview of BNSF's engine facility in Denver on a sunny Tuesday morning. Even in 2023, it is still not uncommon to find patched BN or ATSF units that still bear their green and black or blue and yellow colors. Not the case today, however, as the scene is entirely dominated by the BNSF orange that has been the standard for decades. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF coal empty, leaving the siding at Leyden and continuing east toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109338 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While it is rather uncommon to find coal train on the Moffat these days, it is even less common to find an eastbound empty coal train...but that's exactly what we have here. After meeting the Zephyr, this eastbound BNSF coal empty is pulling back out onto the main at East Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109337 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at Leyden, the dispatcher got the switch thrown and an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) set up for this BNSF coal train very quickly. Here, the eastbound is approaching said signal, ready to roll back out on to the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109333 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal train sits in the siding at Leyden, awaiting the westbound Zephyr to show up. This coal train is rather unusual though in that it is empty! When coal trains do (and did) run on the Moffat, typically eastbounds are loaded, after loading at a mine in the Rockies. BNSF has a contract with a customer that wants Powder River Basin coal, so the train is headed east empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109332 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this northbound loaded sand train on the Front Range Sub. The train has a track warrant as far as MP 25 in Boulder. When in reaches there, the dispatcher told the crew he should be able to get them another warrant to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109331 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wesminster Westminster, CO 542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A heavy northbound sand train slowly approaches the Sheridan Blvd underpass in Westminster. The Heritage 2 scheme is becoming less and less common on BNSF, but there are still quite a few units sporting the scheme. Mainly C44-9Ws, such as BNSF 5290. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109325 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 580 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A shot looking down the yard track where a dozen or so (empty) tank cars derailed and fell on their sides. The track on the far right is the main, and fortunately was entirely unaffected by the derailment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A dozen or so tank car, that fortunately were empty, derailed at the Suncor oil refinery. The track they are on stopped prior to the grade crossing, which has been out of service for years. Appears the cars may have rolled down the track for some unknown reason. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109323 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 586 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF In the early morning hours of June 16, a BNSF local working at the Suncor oil refinery derailed about a dozen empty tank cars on a yard track a little bit off from the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109310 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 11, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Although there is no train present, the interlocking at Utah Jct is a fascinating one. In addition to being the north end of North Yard, the main track for UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub and the main track for BNSF's Front Range Sub both cross UP's Belt Industrial Lead which leads to UP's Greeley Sub. A crazy number of tracks, switches, and signals are at this control point. Here, a red signal protects the diamond where BNSF's Front Range Sub and UP's Belt Industrial Lead cross. The signals are controlled by UP's dispatcher in Omaha, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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