Photo ID: 109454 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil empty sits stopped just east of the east end of Rocky. The train has been looking at a red signal for close to two hours due to a BNSF coal load that is broken down ahead. Shortly after this shot was taken, the BNSF coal load would roll back between switches at Rocky on the main, and the oil empty would get a light to head in to the siding around the load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109453 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 530 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Looking past the nose of BNSF 9021, the lead unit on this westbound BNSF coal train, we see the three DPUs at the tail end, just beyond the grade crossing at Little Ten. The train has gone in to emergency each time it attempts to load. You can see a BNSF mechanical truck sitting near the DPUs. It would be determined that a low-hanging air hose was bumping against the plow of one of units, causing the air to be lost and the train to go in to emergency. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109452 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 538 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF (loaded) coal train, headed for Valmy, NV, has been stuck in this spot for nearly two hours. When the train was climbing out of Rocky, it went in to emergency. After a second attempt, it happened again when the train started to load. BNSF mechanical has been called out to check out the train and attempt to find the cause. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF For the past few months, BNSF has occasionally run a loaded westbound coal train up the Moffat. The train is loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is on its way to Valmy, NV where BNSF has picked up a contract to provide coal for a power plant. BNSF is running the train with three units on the point and three units on the end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109439 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of BNSF units is leading the Denver-Provo and is about to disappear behind the rock face as it enters Tunnel 1. The train is making its way up the 2% grade from Coal Creek Canyon, through the S-Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109438 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the climb to Big Ten, the Zephyr, with a standard winter consist, is on the move. After running around a train at Leyden and a train at Rocky, the Zephyr has clear (green) signals up the hill to and beyond the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109437 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Rocky, the morning Zephyr is running right on time and, thanks to some good dispatching, the Zephyr ran around a BNSF manifest that has only been sitting in the siding for about 7 minutes! Once the Zephyr is a block ahead, the manifest will get a light to continue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109436 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 601 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The two most common units you'll find on BNSF trains on the Moffat are ES44ACs and SD70ACes. This is an example of the latter. The orange is a bit darker than on the ES44ACs that it is stuck in between. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109435 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A somewhat dirty SD70ACe is sandwiched between two ES44ACs on the point of a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109434 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 426 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east end of Rocky, there is a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal for a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. Note the switch bent for the siding. The train will hold in the siding to allow the Zephyr to run around it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109433 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The two P42DCs leading the eastbound Zephyr have variants on their paint schemes. Well, the schemes themselves are the same (Amtrak's Phase V), but the shade of blue appears quite different. It could simply be a matter of how dirty AMTK 194 is. Of interest, there is a private car behind the power and ahead of the baggage car. This is somewhat unusual as private cars on the Zephyr are typically on the tail end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109432 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Rocky, UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub enters in to the very narrow passage of Barbara's Gulch and passes underneath CO-93. The gulch is lined with some deciduous trees, making for a rather interesting geological feature. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109431 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific DPUs have become extremely ubiquitous in the past 15-20 years, and the sole DPU bringing up the tail end of this eastbound UP manifest is no exception. The train originated in Grand Junction and will terminate at North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109430 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 367 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A relatively short UP manifest (around 4,800 feet long) descends down the grade from Big Ten Curve, past the switch at the west end of Rocky, and through Little Ten Curve on its way east toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109429 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY, the only regularly scheduled manifest (along with its counterpart, the MNYGJ) that UP still runs on the Moffat, descends around and down Big Ten Curve toward a clear (green) signal at West Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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