Photo ID: 110574 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the sun casts a pleasant ray of light from behind the clouds as it sets to the west, UP 1943 rolls slowly east on the head end of an eastbound unit oil train. If you look closely, you can see a pair of DPUs on the grade below Tunnel 1 to the right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110573 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a loaded eastbound oil train out of Tunnel 1, slowly descending down the 2% grade. UP runs loaded oil trains very slow, typically coming down from the Moffat at right around 15 MPH. This beautiful June evening is no different. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110572 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a pair of GEs eastbound on an oil train just west of Tunnel 1. It took about 90 minutes to get from East Portal to this spot, rolling slow as UP oil trains typically do. Alas, that meant the direct sunlight was gone, but there was still enough ambient light to capture the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110571 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has already ducked behind the mountains as UP 1943, the unit painted in celebration of the US military, leads an eastbound oil train out of Plain and toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110570 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Patrick Henry Creative Production cars Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry bring up the tail end of the westbound Zephyr just east of the east end of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110569 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Evelyn Henry and Warren Henry private cars (part of the Patrick Henry collection) head west on the tail end of the Zephyr just west of the west portal of Tunnel 1. These same two cars actually made an appearance on the back of #5 on this same Thursday exactly one year ago (June 15, 2023). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110568 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Patrick Henry private cars (the Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry) are bringing up the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning. These are probably the two most common private cars to appear on the Zephyr in recent years. Amtrak greatly increased their fees for hauling private cars, and imposed many restrictions on where they could be picked up or dropped off. That has led to a significant decrease in private cars making appearances on Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110567 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is rolling west through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Drive, running right on time. There are two private cars on the end of the train that were added during the station stop in Denver. Picking up or dropping off private cars can often lead to a delay in departure, but not this morning! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110550 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific I do not have many shots of SD70M-2s, so it is great to pick up one more with this shot. The SD70M-2 was not widely popular, with only 331 being produced between 2005 and 2011. The majority of the units went to Canadian National and Norfolk Southen. None of those 331 units went to western railroads (UP, BNSF, etc). By comparison, over 2,000 SD70ACes have been produced and are still in the EMD catalog in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110549 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Phase 5 P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr on the main out the west end of Rocky. Meanwhile, a eastbound UP coal train (with a visiting CN unit on the rear) is starting to role east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110548 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is a shot you do not expect to see in Colorado! Amtrak westbound Zephyr meeting an eastbound coal train that has a Canadian National SD70M-2 bringing up the tail end. The blue and red contrast between the two railroads looks quite nice at the west switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110547 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National CN 8878 makes a rare appearance in Colorado, bringing up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. At first glance, you might (reasonably) assume that this is an SD70ACe. However, it is actually an SD70M-2. Noteworthy as this unit has DC traction motors...something that is almost never heard of on coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110546 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An (somewhat rare, these days) eastbound UP coal load is stopped on the siding at Rocky. The train is waiting on the westbound Zephyr, which is just a few minutes late and is currently between Leyden and Rocky. Interestingly, the number board on the engineer's side of UP 6942 appears to have halfway popped out of its fixture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110545 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The last unit on UP's MGJNY is UP 2010. This unit was the 100-year celebratory unit for the Boy Scouts. However, the various stickers and whatnot that were included on the unit have since been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110544 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east Leyden and 80th Avenue, UP's MGJNY crosses over Church Ditch. The man-made canal bring water from Clear Creek through Golden and Arvada and eventually up to Standley Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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