Photo ID: 108554 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 1012 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single car is stopped at the 72nd Avenue grade crossing in Arvada, just east of Leyden. This grade crossing will no longer be here in roughly two years when the City of Arvada widens 72nd Avenue to four lanes and drops the road beneath the tracks here. For now, however, an eastbound BNSF coal load crosses the road at grade, as thousands of trains before it have done. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108553 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 857 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of this BNSF coal load has entered the main at Rocky as a pair of DPUs bring the tail end around the northeast edge of Big Ten Curve. The train met the BNSF Denver-Provo at Rollins earlier in the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108552 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 906 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An ES44AC and an SD70ACe bring up the tail end of this BNSF coal load. The train loaded in Utah and is now headed east to Denver before turning south and heading down the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108551 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1006 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Along the straight southern edge of the ridge leading up to Big Ten Curve, a trio of units lead an eastbound BNSF coal load toward Denver. From there, the train will continue south on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108550 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 993 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Thanks to the short days of winter, it is only noon and yet already feels like the sun is getting close to the western horizon! A loaded BNSF coal train leaves out of the east end of Eisele (Clay) on the approach to Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108542 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Leyden Arvada, CO 938 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single C44-9W brings up the tail end of the Provo-Denver. As you can see, the unit is facing in to the train, so this shot from above the train looking at the unit seemed appropriate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108541 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 912 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest is on the roll after a meet at Leyden, about a mile to the west. Here, the train is crossing Simms Street in Arvada. Simms Street, as with most of the grade crossing in Arvada, is now a quiet zone, meaning trains do not use their horns (unless someone is in the way). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108540 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Leyden Arvada, CO 1002 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the morning westbound Zephyr at Leyden, this BNSF Provo-Denver is rolling east out of the siding toward Denver. The train may have to wait at Tennyson Street or possibly Utah Junction for a bit due to "several moves" that the dispatcher is setting up at Utah Jct. Fortunately, the crew can remain on duty until 12:01pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108538 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 920 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With so few trains running on the Moffat these days, catching a meet anywhere is always nice. Leyden used to see multiple meets every day. Here on November 5, this is only the third meet at Leyden in the last five days, since the start of the month. The westbound Zephyr is meeting the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108520 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Emerging out the west end of Tunnel 1, a sole C44-9W brings up the tail end of the westbound Denver-Provo. The head end of the train is already through the S-Curve and on the main at Plain, approaching the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108519 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1068 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6163 leads a pair of SD70ACes on the climb west up the grade from Coal Creek Canyon to the east portal of Tunnel 1. The lead units is a recently-repainted ES44AC that is now sporting BNSF's 25th Anniversary paint scheme. The Denver-Provo will end up being one of only four trains to run on the Moffat today. With Amtrak's move to thrice weekly on long distance trains, the Zephyr does not run on the Moffat at all on Mondays. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108518 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 968 (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 975 (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 973 (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 950 (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.

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