Photo ID: 108666 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 865 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF trains have basically become the staple of the Moffat, particularly in the last 2-3 years. With coal virtually gone at the moment, and UP only running a manifest three days a week each way (so one manifest each of six days of the week), BNSF has kept some trains moving on the Moffat with an average of two manifests (one each way) per day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108665 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For about six months of the year (April through September), early in the morning is a great time to get shots of eastbounds approaching Leyden from the north side of the tracks. The sun is far enough north to offer some pretty great morning light. Such is the case here with a trio of units leading BNSF's Provo-Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108664 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In what will turn out to be a pretty good day on the Moffat, the first daylight train is one of two BNSF Provo-Denver manifests that will run today. Here, the train - with a typical consist of three on the point - passes by Welton Reservoir and CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 783 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern After meeting its eastbound counterpart, the Denver-Provo continues to hold the siding at Rocky to meet an eastbound hyrailer! This track maintainer observed a defect in the rail around Coal Creek Canyon that is going to require repair before the westbound can get underway. The hyrailer will meet with a crew from Leyden that will head up to Coal Creek and conduct repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108658 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern Near the west end of Rocky, BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo sits in the siding, waiting patiently. The train has just met an eastbound BNSF manifest, but now needs to wait for some track repairs that were found by a hyrailer up at Coal Creek Canyon. The crew has been told to get comfortable and expect to wait for at least 90 minutes, and quite probably longer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108657 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 750 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the distance, a westbound BNSF manifest sits in the siding at Rocky while its eastbound counterpart slowly makes its way around Big Ten Curve, descending from Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108656 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 960 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You have to appreciate the design and engineering that went in to the create of Little Ten and Big Ten curves. In a time before computers or drones, engineers found a way for the tracks to rapidly gain elevation over a very short distance (as the crow flies). An eastbound and a westbound manifest demonstrate the architecture in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108655 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 738 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44C4s and an SD70ACe lead the Provo-Denver east out of Eisele (Clay) and around Big Ten Loop. Waiting down at Little Ten Loop in the siding at Rocky is the counterpart to the Provo-Denver, the Denver-Provo! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest heads down the main at Eisele (Clay) while a westbound BNSF manifest waits for the meet in the siding at Rocky. Due to the geography of the area, both trains are facing geographically south right now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108653 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver has a trio of units on the head end as the train rolls east out of Plain and toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108647 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 811 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A nice, elevated shot of a long Provo-Denver heading east down the main at Leyden. Note the new construction to the left of the train, including a new "Kum & Go" gas station that just opened a week ago. The houses to the left of the train make up the neighborhoods of Five Parks and Whisper Creek. Construction on Five Parks took place around 2000, and Whisper Creek around 2005. In the distance is man-made Stanley Lake. Because the lake is downwind from the former Rocky Flats - a plant that used to build triggers for nuclear bombs - locals often joke that Stanley Lake is home to three-headed fish and glowing plants. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108646 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An exceptionally long BNSF Provo-Denver manifest glides downgrade by two new "self storage" facilities, both built in the last 18 months. In the distance, you can see Welton Reservoir, which was constructed about 20 years ago as a water supply for the ever-increasing population in the Denver-Metro area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108645 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of "Evolution Series", Tier-3 units leads the eastbound Provo-Denver by the intermediate signal at Chemical on the way east toward Denver. The first two units are both ES44C4, which are A1A-A1A units. The third unit is an ES44DC, which is a C-C unit. An "A1A-A1A" unit is a six axle unit, but only four of the axles are powered with a traction motor. The middle axles on both trucks are "dummy" axles, and are unpowered. BNSF absolutely loves these units, having ordered over 1,300 copies since GE first unveiled them in 2009. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108644 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 831 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A classic shot for eastbounds on the Moffat, no doubt! A trio of GEs lead the Provo-Denver by the intermediate signal at MP 14.6. Keen observers may notice that mile plate on the signal says 14.5, and you are correct. When going west, this intermediate is identified as 14.5, but when going east, it is identified as 14.6. Just keeps it unique and makes it obvious to anyone (dispatcher, MOW, etc) listening to the radio which direction the train is going, as well as where it is. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108643 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A longer-than-usual Provo-Denver manifest makes its way east out of Eisele and around and down Big Ten Loop. BNSF manifests on the Moffat usually have end DPUs, but it is less common to find mid-train DPUs on these trains. But if you look, you can find two mid-train DPUs just about to disappear behind the trees around Big Ten in the distance. This train is around 8,000 feet long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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