Photo ID: 108518 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 952 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It took today's Denver-Provo 40 minutes to cover the ten miles from the west end of Leyden to Blue Mountain. This was thanks to two 10 MPH slow orders along the route. The first was in Barbara's Gulch east of Rocky. The second was around Big Ten Loop. The latter was due to high winds coming off the mountains and on to the plains today. BNSF 6163, a 25th Anniversary unit, leads the train by falls colors here at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108517 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 959 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After stopping briefly at Leyden to check on something in the consist, BNSF 6163 is now heading west. The lead unit is one of ten specially painted units honoring the 25th Anniversary of BNSF. I've been fortunate to catch two of these units leading now! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108496 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 950 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six BNSF units, including a single "green and cream" SD70MAC, lead a coal empty west on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train originated in Mexico and BNSF is in charge of running the train west over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108495 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF If you are a follower of the site, then you likely know that coal trains - once the most common type of train on the Moffat - have become rather scarce. So it was extra special when BNSF ran a coal empty west up and around Big Ten on this September afternoon. All six units are on the head end for the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108494 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful late September afternoon as six BNSF units lead a westbound coal empty on the Moffat. The train is moving at track speed as it leaves west out of Rocky and makes the climb up Big Ten Loop. This particular coal empty actually originated in Mexico. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108493 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 986 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just east of the east switch of Rocky, the Provo-Denver is entering in to the west end of Barbara's Gulch on the journey east in to Denver. Once there, this Grand Junction-based crew will head to the local hotel for rest. Most likely, they'll return to Grand Junction tomorrow on the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108492 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1015 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On the west side of Tunnel 1, an eastbound BNSF manifest (Provo-Denver) is descending down the grade out of Plain. Similar to UP, BNSF is running with a bit of coal toward the head end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108481 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Acequia Highlands Ranch, CO 1149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load skirts the west edge of Highlands Ranch, CO as a fresh crew takes the train up grade on Main 1. There are a few trails in this area near Acequia that tend to see a lot of joggers and bicyclists. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108480 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 1122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The outbound crew for BNSF 6017 have arrived and they are headed over to their train as a southbound Denver-Pueblo manifest rolls by on Main 1. The crew that got off the train told the new crew that BNSF 6017 still has that "new paint smell". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108479 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 1139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Occasionally, when there is no space in the yard for a crew change, west/southbound coal load will pass through the yard and continue down to the triple track through Englewood and Littleton to await a crew change. Such was the case here as the crew on BNSF 6017 waits for their relief by the Englewood Light Rail station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108478 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A good roster shot of one of BNSF's 25th Anniversary commemorative units sitting on the point of a southbound loaded coal train at Englewood on Main 2. The crew on board has been on board since Sterling, CO and is waiting for a new crew to show up here at Englewood to take the train south to La Junta. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108477 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood Englewood, CO 1171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6017 is slowing to a stop on Main 2 just north of the signal at Englewood. Here, it will wait for the outbound (relief) crew to show up and take over the train for the trip south to La Junta. The tracks cross Dartmouth Ave and Little Dry Creek, parallel to Santa Fe Drive here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108476 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 1142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Typically, westbound/southbound trains running through Denver (across the Brush and Joint Line) will change crews in the yard. However, the two tracks in the yard where this happens - Coal 1 and Coal 2 - were both plugged with trains when BNSF 6017 rolled through. So, the train is headed down to Englewood. There, a new outbound crew will relieve the current crew that brought the train west from Sterling. Here, the train approaches Walnut Street with Empower Field at Mile High in the background beyond I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108475 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 1333 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF Sand Creek is an interesting and somewhat busy spot train spot in Denver. BNSF's Brush Sub and UP's Greeley Sub cross (at grade) here, and there are quite a few industries that get switched out by both railroads. A BNSF coal load, led by BNSF 6017, passes by the grain elevator on the BNSF side. The white hopper cars (and beyond) on the other side of the elevator are all under UP's control. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108474 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barr Adams County, CO 1405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF East meets west at the siding of Barr, about 17 miles northeast of Denver, is the second siding on the Brush Subdivision as you head out of Denver toward Fort Morgan and Brush, CO. Here, BNSF 6297 leads an eastbound coal empty at track speed on the main as BNSF 6017 - one of the 25th Anniversary commemorative units - sits waiting in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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