Photo ID: 112151 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The paint on this AC4400CW has definitely seen better days! Most likely, there was a fire on the long hood of the unit at some point, scorching the paint. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112150 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is typically configured in a 3x2 setup. However, this instance of the train is significantly shorter than most, so BNSF apparently decided to run it with five units all on the point. The train tied down in the siding at Rocky about six hours ago, and it is waiting for a crew to come out of Denver and take it the rest of the way into town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112122 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As frequently happens, BNSF's Provo-Denver is currently tied down on the siding at Rocky, awaiting a recrew and a spot in the yard. Spring is refusing to fully kick in, as a bit of snow powders the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112119 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels Carbon County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF CP 8804 is about to disappear into Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. The unit is putting in some power sharing time on BNSF, currently serving on a westbound coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112118 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A Canadian Pacific ES44AC is the final DPU on a westbound loaded coal train, the front half of which has passed through Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. I actually got a shot of this same CP unit just two days earlier in Colorado on the Provo-Denver. Looks like it go to Denver and was immediately added to this coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112117 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's loaded coal train, headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada, is approaching the Nolan Tunnels on Soldier Summit. Upon reaching Provo, the BNSF crew will get off the train and a UP crew will take over for the trip to Nevada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112116 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load is taking on the 2% grade of Soldier Summit on Main 1. The train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is now making its way west across the former-Rio Grande. It is ultimately headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada. The two coal-fired generating units at the plant are scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025, so this coal train is likely near the end of its life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112094 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Carbon County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A string of six BNSF units sit on one of the yard tracks at the transload facility at Wash. Three of the units will run around to the east end of a loaded oil train for the trip back east toward Denver and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112038 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson Springs, UT 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF At the grade crossing in Thompson Springs, a westbound BNSF oil train blasts through town at track speed, having just made it up and over the 1% grade of Thompson Hill. The train will now enjoy a downhill grade of around 0.7% in to Green River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112027 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita Fruita, CO 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF The lighting wasn't fantastic as the train was pointed directly into the sun, but you cannot pass up the chance for a quick roster shot of a Kansas City Southern Belle. Especially considering this paint scheme will be disappearing in the coming years with Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific merging to form CPKC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112026 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita Fruita, CO 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Due to circumstances that I was never able to find out, this eastbound BNSF loaded oil train is actually tied down on the main track at Fruita! No crew is aboard and, as of this shot, no crew had yet been called to come and get on the train to free up the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112008 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest passes by the intermediate signal at MP 14.6, just west of Leyden. The train will have a clear shot to run the rest of the way in to Denver after meeting the Rocky Mountaineer at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112007 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four units, including a Canadian Pacific ES44AC, are on the head end of this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest. From this limited view, it would be easy to confuse this with a unit tank (oil) train. One good tipoff that this is not a unit oil train is the lack of a buffer car behind the power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111989 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the start of Golden Hour, you couldn't ask for better light as a westbound BNSF oil empty charges west out of Leyden. BNSF pretty consistently runs their eastbound oil loads in a 3x(0)x3 configuration. Consequently, it makes sense that this westbound empty has six units on the head end. Three of the unit move to the east end of the train for journey back east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111937 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound UP coal empty is ready to charge west on Main 2 at Arvada, as the three DPUs on the tail end of an eastbound BNSF oil train roll by on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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