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).
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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!
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
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.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Long shadows are cast on the ground on the far side of the fill as this eastbound Provo-Denver heads down the main at Leyden. Most of the homes in this shot are part of "Five Parks", now the fourth-newest major residential development on the west side of Arvada.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
A pair of units bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver as the train wraps around the fill and heads east down the main at Leyden toward Denver.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
BNSF 6339 heads away from the camera around the fill just west of Leyden. The train is the middle of the west side of Arvada, but the skyline of Denver is clearly visible in the distance on the right side of the shot.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
A typical pair of units brings up the tail end of the BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver. Indeed, three units on the point and a pair of the rear is by far the most common configuration for BNSF manifests on the Moffat, whether running east or west. The tracks are on a high point here with CO-72 on the opposite side and the gully on this side.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
