Western Railroad Discussion > Norfolk Southern leader on the Moffat

Well to somewhat start where "ColoradoRailfan" left off, http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3957012 when Kevin alerted me (Thanks a ton BTW!) that they were adding a Norfolk Southern engine to the point of the broken down BNSF train at Rocky, I dropped everything and hightailed it across Denver as quick as I could.
The train started to move faster than I had hoped and had a pretty good jump on me but I figured that I could at least beat it to Pinecliffe.

1)With about 10 minutes to spare, I found a "tree spot" to get my first shot of the Denver to Provo manifest at the East switch at Pinecliffe with the NS 8083 leading.

2)At Rollinsville, I got hit with some rogue cloud that was traveling from East to West, opposite of the way that the clouds usually travel and only got a little Sun on the train with a tele shot.

3)Passing through Tolland.

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4)At East Portal and about ready to head into the Moffat Tunnel.

I knew that an empty Salt train was following behind the BNSF train so I tried to do a little hiking behind the Tunnel portal but it soon became apparent when I left the trail and fell waist deep into the snow, that I was not prepared for this type of adventure. I didn't even have any gloves:}

5)I did find another nice conifer to climb and came away with this shot of Union Pacific "notch nose" SD70m 5200 leading the RRLNE at E. Portal with South Boulder Creek in the foreground.

Thanks for looking and a Big Thank you once again Kevin!
 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/08/16 17:49 by SP8595.

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Doesn't take you long to make a decision, EXCELLENT catches! Love that first tree shot.
JB

Vereee nice. Sometimes it pays to hightail across town! === === = === JLH

Awesome man!! That first shot from the tree at Cliff is fantastic. Never seen that angle there before. Very well done. Glad I could be of service. :)

Kevin Morgan
Arvada, CO
ColoradoRailfan.com

Very NICE shots!

Larry

That first photo is excellent! Great series.

Thanks for sharing,
~Ryan

Nice ones all.  #2 has great color and the cloudy area adds a lot of depth to the photo.
Brian Stevens

Very nice! 2 freight trains following each other?!

T

Stellar series, thanks for sharing.  That first shot's especially nice.

Kent in CArmel Valley

Oh my goodness, #1 from the tree is insane! You have outdone yourself sir. 

Nice shots, but #1 is my favorite! Congrats on a well deserved IOTD!

-Dalton



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GREAT pics!!  Thanks for posting.

NS to the rescue!  Great shots and thanks.

Jim
Hatboro, PA​

Number 1 is a sweet angle. Best of the bunch, but all are good too :]

John Crisanti
Longmont, CO

Great stuff!  Love that first shot.

What a great set of photos from some new site lines on the Moffat, really like them all but #1 and #5 are awesome.  Whats your favorite season on the Moffat?

Great catch, that first shot really worked well.  Good job.

Congratulations on image of the day! Sweet shot and worthy of the honor.

Valleyman

Excellent series John, and congratulations on IOTD!  That first shot is definately most deserving.

GK