Photo ID: 110173 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The Provo-Denver has a pretty typical configuration of three units on the head end and two units DPU'd on the tail end. BNSF's manifest on the Moffat often consist primarily of tank cars, with this train being no different. There currently is no crew on the train and the derail on the siding is set. This guy is going to be here for awhile longer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110172 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is tied down in the siding at Rocky. It arrived here about 10 hours ago, a little after 10pm the previous night. It continues to wait for a fresh crew that will take it the rest of the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110171 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A fresh layer of powder fell overnight, covering the landscape. A pair of P42DCs pull the five-car Winter Park Express toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Amtrak annulled both Amtrak 5 and 6 yesterday, so there will be no Zephyrs through Colorado today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110170 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 607 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The headlight from AMTK 171 lights up a handful of snowflakes falling on the tail end of a very minor overnight storm. The Winter Park Express has its five cars in tow as it heads west for Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110169 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 402 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver-Provo has five refrigerated box cars on the head end, very possibly carrying beer from the Coors Brewery. A significant portion of the rest of the train consists of tank cars, which is very common for the train. The train passes by houses in Leyden Rock, a neighborhood built roughly ten years earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110168 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Not too far behind the westbound Zephyr, BNSF's Denver-Provo passes by Welton Reservoir just west of Leyden. The reservoir was built in 2002, and is a source of drinking water for suburbs west of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110167 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 492 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After arriving 12 1/2 hours late in Chicago, it took Amtrak a little time to get the train ready for the trip west. It departed Chicago nearly five hours late the previous day, and departed Denver just over five hours late today. Here, clouds are keeping the train in shadows as it leaves west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110127 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 485 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express is about five minutes late after briefly getting held up at Utah Jct. It is just east of the grade crossing at Kipling Street in Arvada, and the overcast skies still reflect some great colors about 10 minutes after sunrise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110126 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 394 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr makes a fairly rare afternoon departure from the Denver area as it is running 5 hours and 15 minutes late. Trying to make up time, the train is moving at track speed parallel to Oberon Road in Arvada. Oberon Lake #1 is visible on the opposite side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110125 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is 5 hours and 15 minutes late today, after experiencing some issue (not sure exactly what) between Lincoln, NE and Hastings, NE the previous night. The train is crossing 66th Avenue in Arvada, about 10 miles west of Union Station, hidden amidst the skyline in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110124 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP manifest has a single ES44AC as a trailing DPU as the train rolls down the main at Leyden. The DPU is crossing over Indiana Street, a road that the City of Arvada would like to widen to four lanes, but will require the replacement of this bridge as it is only wide enough for the current two lanes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110123 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west end of Leyden, an eastbound UP manifest crosses the fill in some fantastic morning light. This train frequently descends the front range in the morning hours, although frequently it is in pre-dawn hours. Was nice to catch the train, with eight units on the point and several cars of lumber, in the light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110122 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Eight units lead an eastbound MGJNY (manifest, Grand Junction to North Yard) on the main just west of Leyden. Only the first three units are online and loading. The trailing five are just be repositioned to Denver. If you look off in the distance along the base of the mountains, you can see the Moffat mainline between Tunnels 2 and 5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110121 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 8 (MP 26.9, 774 ft) Arvada, CO 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There is plenty of snow to be had on the ground (and hanging in the trees) in the Tunnel District as the westbound Winter Park Express heads toward the east portal of Tunnel 8. Not far behind the train, you can clearly see the west portal of Tunnel 7. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110120 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of Tunnel 3, the westbound Winter Park Express enters in to view from a cut as it makes its way west through a powdery Tunnel District. High in the distance, clouds work to try to push their way over the mountains and out toward the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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