Photo ID: 110074 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 11, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train sits in the siding at Rocky, waiting for the westbound Zephyr to come out of Denver. Currently, the siding at Leyden is filled with empty well cars, so it cannot be used for meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110069 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street (MP 8.37) Arvada, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX A CSX AC4400CW brings up the tail end of the Provo-Denver. The paint is looking very clean and sharp on the unit. A very quick way to identify this as a unit with AC traction motors is to look on the cab. The lightning bolt beneath the number indicates this is an AC unit. This particular unit went west of the Moffat a few days ago as DPU on the tail end of a loaded coal train headed for Valmy, NV. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110068 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street (MP 8.37) Arvada, CO 382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Running parallel to Oberon Road in Arvada, BNSF 9072 leads the Provo-Denver manifest east on the Moffat. The train has around 8 miles remaining in its trip to BNSF's 31st Street Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110067 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver has just passed through the high/wide defect detector and is crossing over Carr Street in the middle of Arvada on its journey in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110061 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is 9:30pm and the crossing gates at 80th Avenue are coming down in advance of a 3 1/2 hour late eastbound Zephyr. Alas, the shot of the Zephyr through the crossing did not turn out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110055 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Safe travels on the journey west, #5! The westbound California Zephyr hustles down the main at Plain toward the start of the Tunnel District and some spectacular scenery for passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110054 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr climbs the roughly 2% grade in a powdery, snow-covered scene the morning of January 8, 2024. The train has just snaked its way through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and is about to disappear in to Tunnel 1. The first of 28 tunnels the train will pass through before reaching the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110053 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The rails on the siding at Eisele (Clay) are still covered with fresh snow after a January storm let about 4" of the white stuff fall overnight. The westbound Zephyr is about two hours late as it navigates the way through the curves on the main near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110052 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is only around 20°F (-7°C) outside this morning and there is a blanket of fresh snow greeting passengers on the Zephyr this morning as the train climbs up toward Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110051 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Overnight in the Denver-Metro, an average of around 4" of snow fell. The Zephyr is running about two hours late this morning, and a few westbound freight trains have already come through, cleaning the snow off the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110039 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Wadsworth Arvada, CO 403 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF As the westbound Been Run makes its way on the Golden Sub through Arvada, an RTD Gold Line commuter train overtakes the freight on its (dedicated) single track mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110038 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Ralston Road Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF An SD70ACe and an SD70MAC lead two SD40-2s and train on the Beer Run, heading to Golden. The two SD40-2s will be used as power on the "Golden Switch", which runs six days a week out of the (upper) Golden Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110037 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Ralston Road Arvada, CO 445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Beer Run is crossing underneath Ralston Road on the east side of Arvada. The trains is running parallel to RTD's Gold Line (commuter rail). The G-Line drops from two tracks to a single track when heading west here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110018 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units emerge from Tunnel 1 on the point of a westbound oil empty that is climbing through the terrain of the front range of the Rockies. The back of the train is visible at the top of the frame, and is in fact about 100 feet lower in elevation then the head end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110017 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An oil train consisting of roughly 90 cars is making its way around Big Ten Curve. The three units on the head end are rounding the curve from Big Ten in to Eisele (Clay). The single DPU is several feet lower, climbing up toward Big Ten from Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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