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 281 (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 316 (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 286 (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 278 (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 268 (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 306 (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 298 (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. Photo ID: 110543 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Couldn't ask for better lighting here at the east switch of Leyden as UP's thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to Denver, CO (MGJNY) manifest approaches a clear (green) signal. This is the only regularly-scheduled UP manifest train that still runs on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110542 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden. 30 years ago, nearly all of the houses visible in this shot had not yet been built. Leyden was "out in the boonies" back then, but is in the middle of suburban Arvada today! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110541 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Throughout the course of a year, there is obviously lots of different color in the landscape as the season change. Of all the different scenes that appear, I think the scenes dominated by green landscape and blue skies are just about my favorite. Such is the case here as the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1 and heads toward Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110540 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The foliage has reached its peak green levels at Eisele in a beautiful scene as the westbound Zephyr passes by on the main track at Eisele (Clay). It does look like the Lounge car, third from the end, could stand to receive some cleaning and/or polishing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110539 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak seems to be repainting P42DCs from Phase 5 to Phase 7 paint at a rate of around one every two weeks. AMTK 75 appears to be the latest to get the new scheme, second out on the westbound Zephyr this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110538 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A mixed match set of P42DCs (one Phase 5, one Phase 7) leading the westbound Zephyr on the climb to Big Ten Loop on a beautiful Thursday morning in May. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110537 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr wraps around the curve at the base of the north edge of Big Ten Loop. AMTK 60 and (freshly painted) AMTK 75 are leading the train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110536 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 71 leads another P42DC and a standard consist for the Zephyr out of the west end of Leyden. The train is crossing over Indiana Street, the busiest north-south road in Western Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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