Photo ID: 110691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two SD70ACes do their best Alco impressions as the units throttle up on the climb up Big Ten Loop. The units will like be redistributed in a 3x3 configuration for the trip back east over the Moffat after loading in Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF UP 5804 leads an 86 car oil empty west on the Moffat, on the climb toward Big Ten out of Rocky. You can see the buffer car on the tail end of the train in the distance on the right side of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110683 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 107 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier in the day, this train in the siding at Leyden stalled out on the climb out of Rocky and backed in to Leyden. That first crew tied the train down and were picked up by a van. A second crew brought a new unit out to Leyden. The problem as the previous leader was leaking air so bad, it could not be repaired or bypassed. The second crew brought all three units from the head end back to North Yard. Most like, it'll take a third crew to get this empty oil train more than 10 miles west of North Yard! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110682 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is always somewhat interesting to catch a unit that has all-matching numbers for its number. A good example is UP 6666, which was the second unit on this eastbound loaded oil train at Leyden. The unit has worn this same number since it was delivered to UP 27 years ago, in July 1997. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110681 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil train, which loaded at the transload facility at Wash, UT, just east of Price, UT. The train is rolling east and will ultimately wind up at an oil refinery down toward the gulf coast. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110680 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs, an ES44AC, an AC4400CW, and a ET44AC, lead an eastbound loaded oil train away from the steep grades of the Rockies and towards a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110679 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier in the day, this westbound oil empty stalled out on the climb out of Rocky. It only had two units on the head end at that point. A new crew brought UP 8547 out of North Yard for the journey west. Unfortunately, that alone is not enough to take care of the problem. The crew reported the (now) second unit is leaking air so badly, the train cannot be taken out of emergency. The crew spoke to the dispatcher and requested a bypass hose. A hose will be brought out of North Yard to connect to the air hose on the back of UP 8547 and the back of the third unit, completely bypassing the second unit. It will be isolated and, hopefully, the train can then proceed west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110678 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A new crew is slowly backing UP 8547 on to UP 6413 near the west end of Leyden. Though out of sight, the conductor is on the ladder on the opposite side of UP 8547, using hand signals to instruct the engineer on how close they are to connecting with UP 6413. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110677 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west end of Leyden, UP 8547 has a restricting signal to back in to the siding at Leyden, on the front end of this unit oil train. The restricting signal is displaying as a red over flashing red. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110676 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single C44ACM bring up the tail end of UP's MGJNY-04. The end of the train is rolling by Oberon Lake #1. UP 6449 is one of many recent UP rebuilds. UP has been rebuilding AC4400CW, upgrading certain systems. The rebuilt units are designated as C44ACM by UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110675 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although this might appear to be an eastbound coal train, it is in fact a manifest, UP's MGJNY. Not too far out of view in the distance is a string of general manifest cars (box cars, tank cars, etc). The train is parallel is Oberon Road and is crossing 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110674 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two AC4400CWs (both ex-Espee, SP 246 and SP 324), an ES44AC, and an SD70ACe lead UP's thrice weekly manifest between Grand Junction and Denver. This is the MGJNY-04. Rail traffic between Salt Lake City and Denver has, since 2018, traveled through Wyoming on the Overland Route rather than the former Grande. UP has not (regularly scheduled) manifests between Grand Junction, CO and Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110673 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A former Espee AC4400CW (SP 246) is leading the only UP manifest that still runs on the Moffat, the thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO. The train is parallel to Oberon Road, just out of view to the left. It make not appear to be a manifest, based on the coal visible in the shot, but the MGJNY frequently hauls coal ahead of the general manifest cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110672 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY crosses the 72nd Avenue grade crossing in the middle of Arvada. This grade crossing will disappear in the next five years (give or take) as the City of Arvada is widening 72nd Avenue here from two lanes to four lanes. As part of that process, the road will be lowered underneath the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110671 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is approaching the 80th Avenue grade crossing and the east switch of Leyden. AMTK 170 is just crossing over Church Ditch, a man-made irrigation ditch from Clear Creek running up to Standley Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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