Photo ID: 109734 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 459 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 20-25% of the time, BNSF's Provo-Denver will tie down in the siding at Rocky rather than making it all the way to Denver. There are a number of reasons this might happen. The top two generally are either that the yard in Denver is not yet prepared to receive the train, and/or the crew on the train does not have enough time left on the clock to make it in to the yard before "dying" (hitting their hours of service). Here, one such Provo-Denver sits idle in the siding at Rocky with no crew, the derail at the east end of the siding set. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109733 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With daylight savings time now ended and the winter solstice quickly approaching, the days are short but the light quality is fantastic! A pair of DPUs bringing up the rear of an oil train case long shadows on the hill behind the train as it rolls east toward Denver and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109732 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Moffat has been averaging one oil train each direction per day for the past few months. BNSF seems to be averaging one oil train each way every other day. Not long before sunset, an eastbound oil train crosses 80th Avenue, leaving Leyden behind, as it continues toward Denver and points east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109731 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Western Arvada has exploded in the last few decades. In 1995, there were a few houses and farms in this shot along with the tracks. But little else! Today, Leyden is right in the heart of suburban Arvada. An loaded UP oil train glides through the houses on the main at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109729 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr lost about two hours at various points across the plains between Chicago and Denver. With a little bit of time made up, the Zephyr is just over 90 minutes late as it blasts west on the main at Leyden on a beautiful November morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109728 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 2 (MP 25.4, 516 ft) Arvada, CO 418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the west portal of Tunnel 1, the second snow fall of the 2023-2024 winter season still largely covers the ground as the westbound Zephyr pulls west. The Zephyr is a little over an hour late this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109727 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 134 and AMTK 168 lead the westbound Zephyr on the pull toward Tunnel 1 up from the case of Coal Creek Canyon. Construction on the new Canyon Pines subdivision continues in the background. No groundbreaking on any houses has started. Yet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109726 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In 2018, it was common to find eight Superliners on the Zephyr through the winter months. Post-COVID, an a coach and a sleeper have both been dropped from the train, making six Superliners the current winter standard. P42DCs still reign on the Zephyr, despite Amtrak taking receipt on 18 ALC-42s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109725 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Fall colors along the front range are entirely complete here at the start of November. Most trees have lost their leaves entirely, although some still have some colorless leaves clinging on, such as this tree near the west end of Eisele (Clay). The westbound Zephyr rolls through the scene on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109724 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An inch or two of snow fell throughout the day yesterday. This morning, the westbound Zephyr passes through the semi snow covered scene, climbing up the east side of Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109723 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 376 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) Amtrak The morning westbound Zephyr is running about 1 hour and 15 minutes behind schedule as it leaves the west end of Rocky. A storm came through yesterday that left a couple inches of snow in the foothills. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109722 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the 19 "25th Anniversary" units BNSF created is the 4th unit on a westbound coal empty sitting in the siding at Rocky. These units are the closest (to date) that BNSF has come to having a heritage unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109721 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF A guest from the north is spending some time with BNSF. Actually, with the recent merger with KCS, CP is no longer a northern railroad. CPKC now covers Canada, the central United States, and Mexico! This paint scheme will be fading in to history in the coming years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109720 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 15 years ago, coal trains on the Moffat were ubiquitous and as common as leaves on a tree. However, today, they have become intermittent at best. Even more unusual is an empty westbound BNSF coal train. However, here one sits in the siding in the late morning on a somewhat windy Thursday. The train will be sitting for a few hours to wait for a maintenance window to close ahead in the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109719 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A quartet of orange BNSF units are cut in half by a red Canadian Pacific putting in some power sharing miles on BNSF. The train is stopped on the siding at Rocky, waiting for a maintenance window ahead to clear up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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