Photo ID: 111748 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific For the past decade, The US EPA has required that diesel locomotives built meet the (very strict) Tier-4 emissions standards. As a result, Class 1 railroads have largely started rebuilding older locomotives as rebuilds are not subject to the same standards. It is cheaper than buying Tier-4 compliant locomotives, which, even after their initial sticker price, are more expensive (and more complicated) to maintain. However, UP has purchased 107 Tier-4 compliant SD70ACe-T4s. UP 3054, on the point of the MGJNY, is one such unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111747 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY met the Winter Park Express at Rocky and is now heading the rest of the way into Denver. The train is less than 3,000 feet long this morning. Other than the coal at the front, most of the rest of the train are cars from the Potash Local that runs out to Moab from Grand Junction. If you look off in the distance and slightly up, you can see the head end of an eastbound BNSF in the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111746 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I felt like this shot almost feels like the Winter Park Express actually originated from the sun! The Ski Train is right on time here as it charges west out of Leyden. In fact, the train will make up a little time and arrive at the base of the slopes in Winter Park 12 minutes early. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111744 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Shortly past sunrise, the sun glints off the Superliners of the westbound Winter Park Express, just west of Leyden. Clear skies and the early morning create a perfect gold hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111743 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At 6pm, the eastbound Winter Park Express lights up the rails as it streaks past the camera in a 20 second timed shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111737 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Even though this MGJNY is not especially long, the train still has six units on the head end and a single DPU on the tail end. The train passes by the metal beast that has been rumored is scheduled for demolition. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111736 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads five GEs on the point of the Grand Junction to North Yard manifest. The head end is passing by Chem Spur, which hasn't been used in over a decade. Indeed, UP removed the frog for the turnout almost a decade ago. It's a little surprising they haven't removed the entire turnout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111735 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Six UP units lead the thrice-weekly MGJNY. The train is about 4,200 feet in length, with quite a few coal loads mixed into the train. Astute observers will note five covered hoppers in the distance, on the plateau above Barbara's Gulch. These cars are sitting on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead near both CO-93 and CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111734 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After climbing up and around Big Ten Curve, the westbound morning Zephyr makes the turn to the (geographic) north as it approach a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111733 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the west switch of Rocky, the morning Zephyr is running on time as it works to climb the grade on Big Ten Curve. AMTK 187, sporting Amtrak's Phase 7 paint scheme, is on the point for the journey to Emeryville, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111732 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is viewed from the north side of the rails at Rocky as it approach the turnout to the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead, seen climbing the 8% grade up the hill to the left. There are a lot of clouds on this mostly overcast morning, allowing for some shots from the usually shady side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111726 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, Co 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of GEs, a C44-9W and an ES440AC, bring up the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest as it crosses Indiana Street at the west end of Leyden. BNSF manifests on the Moffat frequently consist of more tank cars than anything else, and today is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111725 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of SD70ACes leads this eastbound Provo-Denver as it approaches the west end of Leyden. While much of the mid-west is buried under multiple inches of snow, the Denver area has seen hardly any snowfall so far this winter season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111724 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak DS-378 has set up a nice meet here at Rocky between the westbound California Zephyr and an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver. The conductor on the Provo-Denver is just climbing down off the head end in order to give a roll by to the Zephyr. There isn't a cloud in the sky, which is resulting in slightly colder temperatures, right around 20°F (-7°C) at the moment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111723 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Tunnel 1, AMTK 75 and AMTK 146 lead the Winter Park Express westbound. This season, with the train running five days a week, AMTK 75 will lead westbound on Friday and Sunday for one week, then least westbound on Thursday, Saturday, Monday the next. So both units will be on the point (on varying days) eastbound and westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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