Photo ID: 113040 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific If you are familiar with the Moffat, then you are probably well aware that in the early 2000s, coal was king on the line. You could expect to see as many as 16-20 coal trains (half westbound empties and half eastbound loads) in a 24 hour period. Now, coal train have essentially become the rarest train type (of the train types that run) on the Moffat. UP 7861 leads this westbound at Plain. Note the missing number board on the engineer's side. there is an array of LEDs providing lights for the should-be number board. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113039 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not the best lighting, but I could not pass up an opportunity to grab a shot of the Rio Grande Heritage Unit! It is pretty hard to believe that this unit is nearly 20 years old! It was unveiled at North Yard in June 2006. The paint is a bit dirty and could certainly use some touch up. The unit is headed to North Platte, NE for engine work. Perhaps it'll end up getting a paint job before its 20th birthday next summer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113038 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The clouds were kind of all over the place this morning, which was casting some crazy shadows and creating a lot of contrast. UP's MGJNY, led by a graffiti-ridden ES44AC, rolls into the OS at East Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113037 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a westbound coal empty (which is visible in the distance), UP's thrice-weekly MGJNY is ready to roll east out of Rocky toward North Yard in Denver. The train is quite short this morning, with only 30 cars or so (give or take). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113036 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Hello old friend! It's been just over two years since I last saw UP 1989, the Rio Grande heritage unit here in Colorado. This morning, it is the third unit on UP's MGJNY on the main at Rocky. Turns out the unit has been flagged as a bad order, and it is making its way toward North Platte, NE so it can be repaired. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113035 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY is holding on the main at Rocky as a westbound coal empty rolls by in the siding. The coal train will run through the siding without stopping. A ballast regulator and a tamper are tied down on the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113034 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Throughout the summer, the Zephyr has been running with nine Superliners: a transition sleeper, three standard sleepers, a diner, a lounge car, and three coaches. However, there are only seven Superliners this morning. A sleeper and a coach have been dropped from the consist. This may signal that the summer rush is over and bookings are down. Here, the Zephyr is headed west on the main at Eisele, running right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113033 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr just knocked down a green signal at the east switch of Eisele. I've mentioned it before in other captions, but I actually do like the Phase 7 paint scheme. While the Phase 5 scheme certainly grew on me over the course of roughly 20 years, the Phase 7 scheme really pops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113032 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Clouds slowly float around in the area as the morning Zephyr makes its way up and around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113031 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 204 is the first P42DC in the 200s (as far as I know) to sport the new Phase 7 paint scheme. Slowly, Amtrak is going through the process of repainting the entire P42DC fleet in Phase 7 colors. Here, the morning Zephyr is climbing the north edge of Big Ten curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113030 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A Phase 7 P42DC leads the westbound Zephyr by a UP work train in the house track at Rocky. UP will send light power out of North Yard to take the train west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113029 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 362 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Stacks of ties and gondolas of tie plates paint a picture of maintenance in the house track at Rocky. Some maintenance crews are on the end of the caboose (or "shoving platform"), getting ready to start the days work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113028 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 347 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP work train is tied down in the house track at Rocky. A maintenance crew is discussing the plan for the day ahead. Two light units will come out of North Yard later to hook on to the train. Rumor has it that UP's maintenance project on the Moffat is going to stop nearly all trains between 6am and 6pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113027 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 8, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver as the train passes 40-50 gondolas, tied down in the siding here at Leyden. Note the red flag that has been placed in the middle of the siding, facing the gondolas. There is a portable derail on the siding just beyond the red flag (toward the camera). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113026 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 8, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5699 leads BNSF's daily manifest east on the main at Leyden. Note the ballast is lighter on the main compared to the siding. UP dropped fresh ballast along the main about a week earlier as part of a maintenance project on the Moffat. Gondolas are still being stored in the siding here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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