Photo ID: 111800 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Roster shot of UP 7052. Originally built as a C44/60AC, and designed to be upgraded to 6000 HP, it has now been rebuilt by UP and is designated as a C44ACM. After a brief push for 6000 HP in the 1990s, 4400 HP has pretty well become the standard horsepower for the last 25 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111799 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific From slightly below track level, we look up at UP's MNYGJ, Manifest from North Yard to Grand Junction. It just about to start continuing the journey west after the westbound Zephyr overtook it here in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111798 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It would seem that BNSF has successfully captured a majority of the manifest traffic that runs over the Moffat. UP's MNYGJ and MGJNY are, more often than not, quite short these days. Such is the case this morning as the MNYGJ sits in the siding at Rocky with only 30 cars in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111797 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The only westbound manifest UP runs on the Moffat is the MNYGJ. Typically, it departs North Yard in the darkest hours of the night. However, for whatever reason, it apparently departed North Yard late today and took the siding at Rocky so that the Zephyr could overtake it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111796 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 51 and AMTK 157, running elephant-style, lead the westbound Zephyr through Eisele (Clay) precisely on time, if not a few minutes early. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111795 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Thanks to the angle of the sun this morning, black and white just felt right for the Zephyr, heading west on the main at Eisele (Clay) right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111787 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6158 comes around the curve from Blue Mountain Drive to turn directly into the rapidly rising sun as it approaches the west end of Eisele (Clay). If you look closely, one of the tank cars to the left is passing by the silver control box for the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111786 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, this eastbound BNSF oil train is emerging from the cut just west of Blue Mountain Drive, the head end now looking toward the grade crossing (and the hotbox detector at MP 22.6). If you look just above the covered hopper, at the tank cars a bit back in the train, you can see the top of the bridge that crosses over CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111785 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An ES44AC and a pair of SD70ACes lead an eastbound oil train toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. As is the case with most BNSF oil trains on the Moffat, the three units on the point are accompanied by three DPUs on the end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111784 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the Winter Park Express Ski Train here at Plain, this eastbound BNSF oil load now has a clear (green) signal at the east end of the siding. It is slowly starting to roll toward the signal. In the distance on the right side of the shot is Tunnel 4, which the Ski Train will momentarily be passing through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111783 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express crests the hill on the climb to Tunnel 1. So far, no new homes from the Canyon Pines neighborhood have appears in the shot. Though for how much longer that will be the case is anyone's guess! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111782 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The seven Superliners of the Winter Park Express offer a night glint of orange from the slowly rising sun, not too far away from the end of the morning golden hour. The train just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111781 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The ground at Rocky and all around Big Ten is still covered in snow from a storm two days prior. There is not a cloud in the sky this morning, however, as the westbound Winter Park Express wraps through Little Ten Curve. The Denver Skyline, from where the Ski Train here originated about 40 minutes ago, is clearly visible in the distance, about 18 rail miles away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111780 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Winter Park Express enters into the east end of Little Ten Curve at Rocky about 20 minutes after sunrise. After several days of below-freezing temperatures, the ground here is still covered in snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111779 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running with an extra Superliner this morning. Specifically, there is a diner catching a ride on the end of the train. Most likely, the car was repaired at the Beech Grove, IN shops and is headed back to the west coast to be put into service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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