Photo ID: 110184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 443 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It looks like UP may have pulled a bunch of center beam flats out of storage, possibly from somewhere in the desert between Grand Junction and Helper. This is a long strand of them on the Grand Junction to Denver manifest. The Winter Park Express is waiting for them to clear, sitting in the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 171 is leading the Winter Park Express Ski Train this morning. Note the orange covering on the coupler of 171. It is there to prevent snow from building up on the coupler, preventing it from being used. Once reaching Fraser, the power will run around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110182 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun has only been up for about 20 minutes as the Winter Park Express Ski Train rolls west on the siding at Eisele (Clay). A 6,000-foot manifest is holding on the main track, getting ready to continue east on a clear (green) signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110181 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak "Diverging Approach, Fireclay". The westbound Winter Park Express just called a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) as it enters in to the siding at Eisele (Clay) to met a UP eastbound manifest holding on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110180 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 427 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP's MGJNY has slowed to a stop on the main track at Eisele (Clay). The Winter Park Express is climbing out of Rocky and will wrap around Big Ten, entering the siding at Eisele (Clay) to meet the manifest. The manifest has 101 cars and will not fit between switches, so the Winter Park Express will briefly have to stop to wait for it to clear the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110179 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the switch that leads up the hill (to the right) on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead, Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train is rolling with its four coaches and lounge car on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110178 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Minutes after sunrise, UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard in Denver, CO) rolls east toward Tunnel 1. UP's manifest between Denver and Grand Junction (and back) is the only regularly scheduled manifest UP still runs on the Moffat. It runs each direction three times a week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110177 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of units leads a UP manifest out the east end of Plain on a clear (green) signal. Most of the train consists of covered hoppers and empty center beam flats. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110176 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Less than ten minutes after sunrise, the only UP manifest that still runs on the Moffat is approaching the grade crossing at Plain. The rest of the train is still making its way through Tunnels 2, 3, and 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110175 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Winter Park Express, running about 15 minutes late (and seen here around 22 minutes after sunrise), heads west. The train just passed the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The detector specifically checks to see if anything is sticking off the side or if there is a car that is too high to fit through the tunnels in the tunnel district. If something is sticking out, it'll break the wire on the detector and inform the dispatcher (and the train, via radio). No problems this morning though! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110174 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of CP DS007, where two main tracks funnel down to a single track, the morning Winter Park Express has just throttled up and is proceeding west. The train is running about 15 minutes late this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110173 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The Provo-Denver has a pretty typical configuration of three units on the head end and two units DPU'd on the tail end. BNSF's manifest on the Moffat often consist primarily of tank cars, with this train being no different. There currently is no crew on the train and the derail on the siding is set. This guy is going to be here for awhile longer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110172 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is tied down in the siding at Rocky. It arrived here about 10 hours ago, a little after 10pm the previous night. It continues to wait for a fresh crew that will take it the rest of the way in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110171 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A fresh layer of powder fell overnight, covering the landscape. A pair of P42DCs pull the five-car Winter Park Express toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Amtrak annulled both Amtrak 5 and 6 yesterday, so there will be no Zephyrs through Colorado today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110170 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 630 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The headlight from AMTK 171 lights up a handful of snowflakes falling on the tail end of a very minor overnight storm. The Winter Park Express has its five cars in tow as it heads west for Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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