Photo ID: 112979 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff to Rollins (MP 38.2 to MP 41.2) Gilpin County, CO 491 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5830 leads a unit oil train across the South Beaver Creek Road grade crossing about a half mile west of Cliff. This road leads from CO-72 to Pacolus, a private neighborhood along the tracks and South Boulder Creek between Cliff and Rollins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112978 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the canyon between Tolland and Rollins, this BNSF oil train is quickly rolling east at track speed. The crew is running short on time, with only two hours left to work. For now, the train is following South Boulder Creek and Tolland Road, trying to get as close to Denver as possible with the time left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112977 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 472 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5830 and two additional GEs lead an eastbound loaded oil train across South Boulder Creek about a mile east of the east switch of Tolland. You could not ask for a more perfect morning on the last day of August, with barely a cloud in the sky. The peaks in the distance are the Continental Divide, which the Moffat Tunnel runs beneath. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112976 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Zephyr has taken the siding at Tolland to meet an eastbound BNSF oil train, which is holding the main. In the distance, peaks of the Continental Divide extend above 12,000 feet above sea level, taking the tops above timber line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112966 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 479 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As a BNSF oil train heads west on the main toward a green signal at the west end of Leyden, we also note a red flag in the middle of the siding. The red flag is protecting a manual derail that has been installed on the north rail beyond the red flag. The derail is protecting a string of 40 or so gondolas stored in the siding of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112965 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six units lead this BNSF oil train westbound on the main at Leyden. The train is passing by a string of about 40 gondolas that are currently in long term storage here in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112964 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 577 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the east end of the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch, BNSF's Provo-Denver is headed east toward Denver. The train just departed Rocky and is passing underneath CO-93. In the distance, you can clearly see the wind break on Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112963 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 530 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest rolls east on the main track at Rocky. It is passing by a UP work crew and the West Local. The local is going to pick up four gondolas from the house track, and leave two others that are filled with tie plates. Some additional maintenance of way is tied down in the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112962 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is August, which means sunflowers are pretty much in full bloom in the Denver-Metro area. Multiple sunflowers are growing on the south edge of Big Ten Curve as BNSF's Provo-Denver heads east on the final 20-ish miles of the journey. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112961 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5699 has a bit of toaster syndrome on the long hood! At some point, excess heat likely burned off the paint. On this day, the Heritage 2 unit is leading BNSF's Provo-Denver on the main at Eisele. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112960 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the west switch of Eisele (Clay), an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is hustling along at track speed, trying to get to the yard in Denver before the crew runs out of their hours of service. It has been a little while since seeing a Heritage 2 unit leading on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112934 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 546 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF This eastbound oil train has been told that 31st Street yard in Denver currently has no room for the train, so it is going to tie down in the siding at Rocky. The van driver that is picking the crew up is new to the territory...she drove past Rocky and was halfway up Big Ten when she met the eastbound train. The crew told her she should turn around and go back to the east end of Rocky. You can see the van on the right side of the shot, getting ready to turn around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112933 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 564 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This shot does a really good job of demonstrating the terrain and the grade of the Moffat between the east end of Eisele (Clay) and partway down the north edge of Big Ten Curve. A trio of DPUs bring up the rear of this loaded oil train this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112932 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF BNSF almost always runs oil trains on the Moffat in a 3x(0)x3 configuration, and this afternoon is no exception. Although the DPUs on the end cannot be seen in the shadows at Eisele (Clay), an NS ET44AC and two BNSF units clearly lead this oil train out the east end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112931 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF The east switch of Eisele (Clay) has become one of my favorite spots for pictures of eastbounds. I like the look of the rails along the base of the Rockies. An eastbound oil load passes by the east switch, an NS ET44AC on the head end. The train will be entering the siding at Rocky as there is "no room at the inn" at the yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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