Photo ID: 109697 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A brakeman stands on the platform of the covered hopper to protect the reverse move of the West Local back to the mainline at Rocky. It is passes by Rocky Flats Lake, also known as Francis Smart Reservoir. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109680 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 603 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific UP has quite a few pieces of equipment as well as dozens of sections of "panel track" laying alongside the house track at Plain. Meanwhile, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer rolls by on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109679 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The final westbound run of the Rocky Mountaineer for the 2023 season heads west on the main at Plain. For this final run, as has been the case for the past few runs, a pair of UP SD70Ms leads the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109673 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wadsworth Blvd (Overpass) (MP 7.65) Arvada, CO 490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rolls across the busiest street in the Denver suburb of Arvada. Wadsworth Blvd is the only six lane street in the city. Prior to 1995, Wadsworth under the tracks here was only four lanes. The bridge of the time could not accommodate six lanes, so a second, shoefly, bridge was built on the south side. The tracks were diverted over the shoefly bridge so a new bridge could be built. Once the tracks were place over the new bridge, there was no reason to tear down the shoefly bridge, so nearly 30 years later, it still stands with no tracks on it! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109672 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the early morning light, the westbound Zephyr is precisely on time as it leaves two main tracks behind, entering the single track main at Arvada. The train is crossing the Pierce Street, about seven miles west of Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109671 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer approaches a clear (green) intermediate signal at MP 9.8. The train will be taking Bypass 1 across the Belt Industrial Lead to get to its final stop at UP's 36th Street Yard, just outside of Denver. The skyline of which stands tall in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 479 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific A pair of Phase 2 SD70Ms lead the Rocky Mountaineer, the premiere passenger train on the Moffat, east through Arvada. Passengers are hopefully enjoying the fall colors here at the lower elevations as the train continues east toward its destination in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109669 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific Fall colors at the higher elevations have died off, but they are just hitting their peak at the lower elevations in the Denver area. The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer, with a pair of UP SD70Ms subbing in for the Mountaineer geeps, glides east down the grade east of Leyden amidst the fall colors. 14,259-foot Longs Peak stands tall in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109663 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5799 passes by Blue Mountain Road crossing through the S-Curves below Tunnel 1. A pair of DPUs is visible in the distance, descending from Tunnel 1. The train is only 79 cars long, so there are no mid-train DPUs. Note the new add-on to the Coal Creek fire station on the left side of the frame! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109662 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the westbound Zephyr at Crescent, this eastbound coal load is approaching the west portal of Tunnel 1. The coal train is shorter than the typical coal train (if there is such a thing on the Moffat in 2023), at only 79 cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109661 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With P42DCs potentially reaching the end of their lives on Amtrak, I was happy I had the opportunity to catch a westbound Zephyr with four P42s on the point. The last two units are not online as they were added to the train in Denver and are just catching a ride to Oakland. Still makes for a great shot though! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109660 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A quartet of P42DCs on the point of the westbound Zephyr passes by the eastbound signal at west Eisele (Clay) on its journey west. The 3rd and 4th P42DCs were just picked up today in Denver. If you look closely, you can see one door on the baggage car currently open. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is something of a wild sight to see when the power and baggage car on the Zephyr are roughly the same length as the rest of the train! Four P42DCs lead a baggage car and six Superliners (two sleepers, a diner, a lounge car, and two coaches) up the grade toward Big Ten Curve. The second two P42DCs are not online. They were picked up in Denver and are catching a ride to Oakland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109658 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 401 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This morning's westbound Zephyr got out of Denver nearly two hours late this morning. The main reason for the delay was the 3rd and 4th unit in this shot. Those units had actually been sitting in Track 5 at Denver Union Station for the past week or two. They were picked up by the Zephyr here to be transported to Oakland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109657 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Some of the foliage along the right-of-way is sporting a strong red in its fall colors as UP 6888 passes by. We are peaking through some trees atop Tunnel 1 for this particular perspective. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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