Photo ID: 108841 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 7, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 794 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest, headed for Provo, UT, is not even 15 miles west of the yard in Denver at the start of its trip. Although the sun is now setting early in the afternoon, the low southern light makes for some pretty great shots. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108840 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 7, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 1184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44C4s lead an empty eastbound grain train at Kipling Street, just about 10 miles west of Union Station. The Denver-Metro area is low enough in elevation that some trees are still holding on to at least some of their leaves! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108839 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 7, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF (empty) grain train slowly descends down from Big Ten Loop toward a red signal at the west switch of Rocky. UP's dispatcher is waiting to hear from the BNSF yard master as to whether or not they can take the train. If the wait will be too long, the train can be lined in to the siding at Rocky. As it turns out, the wait was not long, and the empty received a clear signal after just a few minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108818 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon (MP 22.8 to MP 23.4) Arvada, CO 815 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer After many years of losing trains from the Moffat (The American Orient Express, the Anschutz Ski Train, the Circus Train, nearly Amtrak due to COVID, etc), it is really great to see a passenger train added to the Moffat this year! The Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies to the Red Rocks is a deluxe train that makes two weekly round trips between Denver, CO and Moab, UT. Here, the train is climbing up the grade from Coal Creek toward Tunnel 1. Rumor has it that two of the Mountaineer GP40-2L units will receive PTC prior to the start of the train running in April 2022. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108817 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 813 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer After meeting a unit oil train at Leyden, UP 5107 - wearing a "wrap" to represent the Rocky Mountaineer - throttles up as it works to accelerate the train up to track speed. UP 5105, another SD70M wearing a wrap, is down for mechanical issues at the moment. So a non-wrapped UP SD70M is filling in at the moment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108816 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 819 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer Fall colors are slowly starting to appear in the Arvada neighborhood of Five Parks, the backdrop for a meet between the Rocky Mountaineer on the main and a unit oil train stopped on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108815 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of GEs slowly creep in to the siding at Leyden on the tail end of a long unit oil train. Once in the clear, DS-78 will align the west switch at Leyden to the main and the Rocky Mountaineer, whose headlight is visible in the distance, will get a clear (green) signal and head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108814 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 930 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two-thirds of the marriage that many railfans wished had happened, but never did. There was once hope that Missouri Pacific, Rio Grande, and Western Pacific would merge to create a single railroad that would have stretched from the gulf coast and Kansas City to the Pacific. Alas, that never happened...although all three would ultimately become part of Union Pacific! Here, UP 1982, the MP Heritage Unit, crosses over Indiana Street and the bridge that still sports "Rio Grande" in fly letters. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108813 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 763 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 and a pair of GEs lead their loaded oil train through Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. The train has made rather slow progress on the journey east. At one point, it only moved 45 miles over the course of five days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108812 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 1036 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful fall day with a few fall colors showing up at the west switch of Plain as UP 1982 leads a loaded oil train out of Tunnel 2. The train is looking at a clear signal (green over red) at the west end and will continue down to Leyden where it will meet the westbound Rocky Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108810 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 776 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP coal load, composed of older hoppers representing a variety of old railroads, passes by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6 at Blue Mountain. The train can be seen to the right, snaking its way around the bottom of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108809 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the westbound Zephyr at Plain, this eastbound coal load is on the roll, approaching the west portal of Tunnel 1. This coal train is a bit odd as it is only about half the length of a typical coal load. In addition, the third unit on the head end is an SD70M. DC units are pretty rare on coal loads these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108808 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 766 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42s leads a baggage car and seven Superliners in what is essentially a normal configuration for the Zephyr as everyone slowly tries to return to a post-COVID normal. The Zephyr is about to disappear in to Tunnel 1, heading in to the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108783 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 15, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Arvada, CO 770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) RMR The westbound Rocky Mountaineer exists from Tunnel 3 at the left and enters in to Tunnel 4 at the right. Passengers aboard the train definitely have a fantastic view out the windows overlooking the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108781 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 15, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 833 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) RMR It would appear the conductor on the westbound "Rockies to the Red Rocks" in taking in the views with a few shots from along the long hood as the train climbs up Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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