Photo ID: 108725 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 890 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Helm Leasing, Union Pacific Five red HLCX units look a bit unusual on the Moffat, training behind three UP units coming east out of Leyden and crossing 80th Avenue. Note a UP MOW truck sitting on either side of the tracks, waiting to pick up some track and time after the manifest clears. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108724 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 846 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8448, an SD70ACe on the main, passes by BNSF 3737, an ET44C4 on the siding, at Leyden. BNSF does not have room in the yard for their train, but UP's North Yard is ready to receive the Grand Junction manifest, so it will continue rolling out the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108723 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 895 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It may be a week until the official start of summer, but temperatures are reaching 100°F (38°C) here in mid-June. The eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden, passing by a tied down BNSF Provo-Denver. Five red HLCX leased GP38-2s are being take to Denver on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108722 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 856 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Roster shot of the "latest and greatest" to come out of GE's factories. An ET44C4 leads the eastbound Provo-Denver, currently in the siding at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108721 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF currently does not have any room in the yard for the Provo-Denver. Consequently, the train has been tied down in the siding. A van came and picked up the crew and here the train will wait until there is room in the yard and a relief crew can be sent out to the train. Of note, a relatively new ET44C4 is on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108720 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe, an ES44AC, and an AC4400CW lead an eastbound coal load at Eisele (Clay). The train is only 84 cars long, so there are no mid-train swing helpers on this coal load. Just three units on the head end and two DPUs bringing up the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108719 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF coal load is passing by a lot of MOW at Plain. Several track panels, sometimes referred to as "snap track" are laid out both on the house track and alongside it. The coal load met the Zephyr here at Plain, and has a clear signal coming out the east end of the siding. So it will not need to stop. In the distance, you can see the two end DPUs coming out of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108714 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 13, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 920 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Several minutes after sunset and the eastbound Zephyr is making its way east through Eisele (Clay). Heat restrictions have the train limited to 10 MPH at the moment. Take note of the Siemens "Charger" ALC-42 third out on the head end. This is the future of long distance power as the P42s are reaching their end of life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108713 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 13, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1031 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With daylight rapidly fading, the ISO on the old drone has be bumped up quite a bit for this shot of the eastbound Zephyr coming through the crossing at Blue Mountain Road. You can definitely pick up a bit of "noise" in the shot. As you can see though, there was a large gathering of railfans present to get a glimpse as Amtrak's Phase VI ALC-42...the future of power on Amtrak long distance trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108712 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 13, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Welcome to the future! Amtrak's GE P42DCs (the "Genesis" units) are really showing their age, being delivered in the late 1990s. AMTK 300 is the first ALC-42, a Tier-4 compliant Siemens "Charger". Amtrak has 75 of these on order to the tune of $850 million. The units are expected to run AMTK 300-374. AMTK 300 is wearing the "Phase VI" paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108711 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 13, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr lost nearly two hours between Elko, NV and Salt Lake City, UT. The delay was then made worse by level 2 heat restrictions on various parts of the Moffat. The light is fading very fast as it makes its way toward the crossing at Blue Mountain Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108686 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 941 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Crawling along at a mere 10 MPH due to a speed restriction, the westbound Zephyr leaves Rocky behind and starts to really dig in to the grade that will take it up and around Big Ten Loop to Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108685 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 824 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting UP's MGJNY at Rocky, the Zephyr passes by the end DPUs and is climbing west out of Little Ten Loop. There are a lot of speed restrictions in place on the Moffat right now due to heat, so the Zephyr is actually slowing down to 10 MPH at this point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108684 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 889 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the east end of Rocky, UP's eastbound Grand Junction to North Yard manifest holds in the siding to meet the daily westbound Zephyr. Note the Rocky spur off to the left toward the top of the image. The spur breaks away from the main a few thousand feet to the west, and climbs an 8% grade to rapidly gain elevation up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108683 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 856 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily westbound manifest out of Denver, destined for Pueblo, slowly makes its way through the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch, just east of Rocky. The train is slowing as it had an Approach (yellow) signal at the last intermediate. However, upon getting around the bend, they will find a Clear (green) signal waiting for them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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