Photo ID: 108590 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 851 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The BNSF merger occurred 26 years ago and the original "Heritage" scheme showed up not long after. In 2021, there are still quite a few of these Heritage-painted C44-9Ws roaming BNSF's system. These units are referred to as "Goat Boats". The "goat" refers to the Great Northern railroad, which largely inspired the Heritage paint scheme. Great Northern used a goat in their logo. The "boat" refers to the old nickname of GE engines as "U-Boats" in the 1970s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108589 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 821 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A GP35 that has undergone a rebuild and is now a GP39-3 is the fourth unit on the Provo-Denver, sitting in the siding at Leyden. The unit is most likely one of the BNSF switchers either at Grand Junction or Provo and is probably due for a 90-day inspection in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108588 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the many known common phrases in the railroading world is "hurry up and wait". The crew on the Provo-Denver is experiencing that here as they have to sit and wait in the siding at Leyden for a westbound to come out of the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108587 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 828 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver sits in the siding at Leyden facing a red signal. The train is waiting for a westbound BNSF coal empty to come out of Denver before it can continue in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108586 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A Warbonnet C44-9W and an ES44C4 bring up the rear of the eastbound of the Provo-Denver just east of the intermediate at Chemical. Would be great if a Warbonnet would lead on the Moffat again. However, leaders on the Moffat are now required to be PTC-equipped, and I do not know if BNSF has put PTC equipment in any Warbonnets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108585 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After waiting in the siding at Rocky to meet two westbound, the Provo-Denver now has clear signals for the rest of the run in to Denver. Here, the train is approaching the intermediate at Chemical, west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108581 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 808 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The few-remaining Warbonnets still roaming the rails are in pretty rough shape! BNSF 630 is one such example. Other than the patch on the cab, this Warbonnet never wore the BNSF livery. And now, as you can see, the long hood has largely been repainted silver. Still, if it has to be repainted, it is nice that BNSF matches the silver rather than just painting it orange. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108580 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF These days, it is a little bit of a rarity to find a trio of C44-9Ws leading a BNSF train. It is far more common to find some ES44s in the mix! However, the such a trio of 90s power leads here, second out being a former Santa Fe Warbonnet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108579 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 805 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Life has been going through its typical ebbs and flows that everyone experiences, which is why I have not made it out much in 2021 to get trackside. However, it was great to be taking some pictures again on this morning, capturing the Denver-Provo at Leyden just after 10am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108578 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Winter is refusing to let go in Colorado as evidenced by the snow still covering the ground. Meanwhile, the westbound BNSF Denver-Provo knocks down a clear signal at the east switch of Leyden. The train is the first of two westbounds coming out of Denver back-to-back this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108577 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 914 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44C4s bring up the tail end of a rather short manifest near the west end of Leyden. The spring snow has stopped, but the clouds remain rather unrelenting. No complaints though as that allowed for some good shots from the north side of the rails here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108576 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 762 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As often happens this time of year, the Front Range of Colorado has been hit by a winter storm. A couple inches of snow fell overnight, making the middle of April look a bit more like the middle of January! The eastbound BNSF Provo-to-Denver pays no mind to the snow though as it rolls east at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108575 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A short BNSF Provo-to-Denver rolls slowly east on a clear signal at West Leyden. The train this morning is quite short, with a block of coal hoppers, a block of tank cars, and a second block of four more coal hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108573 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 27, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS047 (East Tolland) Gilpin County, CO 1171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal empty knocks down a clear signal at the east end of Tolland as it charges west in the snow, a few miles east of the Moffat Tunnel. This would end up being the one and only train that ran on the Moffat during daylight hours on this chilly Saturday! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108572 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 27, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 902 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With as little traffic as the Moffat has these days, it is always great to see a little something unusual running. On this Saturday afternoon, something unusual showed up in the form of a BNSF coal empty. Six SD70ACes lead the empty on the climb up from Coal Creek to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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