Photo ID: 112620 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I really like shooting near the east end of Eisele (Clay). The tracks here run (more or less) north-south, with eastbounds heading south. Thus, almost any time of year and almost any time of day, you can find decent lighting for an eastbound. Such is the case here, as BNSF's Provo-Denver rolls east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112619 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Norfolk Southern units have been showing up quite a bit lately on the Moffat (on BNSF trains). It seems that some of the oil trains BNSF are running originate on NS east of the Mississippi. In this case, however, the NS unit the third on BNSF's Provo-Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112618 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF If you look closely toward the right side of the shot, you can see the two DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest. The train has its normal 3x2 configuration, along with 106 cars in between the power. In this shot, the train is wrapping its way through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112617 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Norfolk Southern has a program in which they are converting a lot of their DC traction motor units to AC traction motors. NS 4762 is a good example. You can see the "DC to AC" on the cab, indicating this unit is a veteran of that program. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112616 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An interesting mismatch of paint scheme leading the Provo-Denver this morning. BNSF 5875, sporting the New Image scheme, is on the point. Second up is a Heritage 2 C44-9W. And finally, we have an NS AC44C6M on the head end today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112615 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, BNSF's Provo-Denver is navigating the curves as it heads east toward Denver. It'll have to stop at Rocky on the wait, to wait for the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112609 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 and a pair of BNSF SD70ACes cross over South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. In the distance, you can see a few of the mountains around James Peak and the Continental Divide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112608 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS049 (East East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF This spring has been unusually wet and cool, the result of which has been some absolutely spectacular green scenery! Case-in-point is this view of an eastbound BNSF oil train, led by an NS AC44C6M, at the east switch of East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112607 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF This BNSF oil train is crossing East Portal Road near the east end of East Portal as the tail end of the train is actually still in the Moffat Tunnel. A couple of cars are waiting at the grade crossing as the train rolls by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112606 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF It is almost guaranteed that the afternoons will bring clouds on the east side of the Continental Divide in Colorado. Today is no exception as an NS-led oil train follows along a very full South Boulder Creek at East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112605 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train is led by a Norfolk Southern "catfish" out of the Moffat Tunnel under cloud afternoon skies. At this location, the eastbound is roughly 9,170 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112590 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is relatively short today, but still running in a 3x2 configuration. Despite being slightly shorter than normal, the train is still primarily composed of tank cars as it rolls through Arvada on the final 10 or so miles of its trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112589 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two units, an NS "catfish" and a BNSF Heritage 2 unit, bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver. The Norfolk Southern unit is called a "catfish" as the white stripes on the black unit kind of give the appearance of a catfish. As the train rolls by, the owner of the field works to mow the grass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112588 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of SD70ACes lead BNSF's Provo-Denver eastbound through Arvada. The train spent about four hours tied down in the siding at Rocky, waiting for a fresh crew to take the train the rest of the way into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112586 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barr Adams County, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load sits idling on the siding at Barr. The train is currently tied down here, waiting on a fresh crew to come out of Denver. There are only two tracks (Coal 1 and Coal 2) at the yard in Denver that BNSF can use for trains waiting for a recrew. When both of those are plugged, they have to find alternative places for tying trains down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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