Photo ID: 113729 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About 30 minutes after sunrise, UP's MGJNY rolls east on the mainline at Plain. Nine units are on the head end of the 74-car train, though most of the units are simply being transported from Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113723 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The last shot of the day for me came here at Blue Mountain Drive as the Canyon Spirit passes by, headed east toward Denver. This is the sixth season the train has been running over the Moffat now, and, based on their website, it looks like 2026 should be a pretty good season once again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113722 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The eastbound Canyon Spirit is just passing by the hotbox detector (HBD) at milepost 22.6. The detector will provide an audible readout of information, including the number of recorded axles, train speed, and outdoor temperature. It would reveal that the train is slowly meandering along at 12 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113721 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Canyon Spirit crosses over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. You can see the east portal of Tunnel 1 in the top-right section of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113720 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer One things that is not always immediately obvious when seeing shots of the nose of the GP40-3s on the Canyon spirit is that the shield/logo on the nose is not actually on the nose! It is a physical shield mounted ahead of the hand rails, above the anti-climber. You can clearly see it in this shot. The nose itself is just blue. Here, the Canyon Spirit is just east of Tunnel 1, descended toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113719 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Not sure if it was due to Union Pacific slow order, mechanical issues, or just a choice to provide passengers longer views, but the Canyon Spirit was rolling along at 12 MPH here just east of Tunnel 1. One of the great things about the Canyon Spirit is that passengers are allowed to actually open vestibule doors and look out. A practice that Amtrak banned years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113708 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty has actually come to a stop on the main at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Union Pacific has some maintenance of way between Eisele (Clay) and Crescent, and the dispatcher has promised them time until 12:15pm. Consequently, the oil train will be stuck here for the next 45 minutes or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113707 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Ironically enough, after getting a shot of the Zephyr this morning, I had planned to head back home as I didn't expect there to be anything else running on the Moffat. Much to my surprise, a westbound highballed Leyden, and I set up for a shot of this westbound BNSF oil empty with the standard six units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113706 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 92nd Lane Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The City of Arvada has built a new road, 92nd Lane, connecting CO-93 and CO-72 through a new area southeast of the actual intersection of the highways. As you can see, the grade crossing itself of 92nd Lane has not yet been built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113705 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A lot of construction has happened southeast of the CO-93/CO-72 intersection. The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead passes right through the middle of construction. The construction done to date has dealt with a retaining pond and leveling of the ground. Two new roads have also been built through the area. 92nd Lane has not yet had a grade crossing built across the lead, as seen in this shot, just south of CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113704 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-93 Arvada, CO 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A week before this shot was taken, CO-93 was closed right here for three days so crews could rebuild the grade crossing. This is the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead just up the grade a bit from Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113703 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific As you can see, CO-72 is being widened here just east of the CO-93 intersection. The new asphalt has been laid on either siding of the grade crossing. But, as you can also see, the existing grade crossing (stop lights) are going to need to be widened in order to complete the widening. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has not run on the Rocky Spur in weeks (if not months) at this point. The old stop light that protects the grade crossing on Colorado Highway 72 is going to need to be widened as the highway is being widened to twice its previous width here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One last shot of a westbound oil train pulling out of the siding at Leyden on a day that I referred to as "Potpourri Sunday", as it offered a little bit of everything over the course of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113699 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the eastbound Canyon Spirit here at Leyden, it is this unit oil trains turn to move. The engineer is throttling up and pulling west out of the siding. The train would only make it as far as Rocky before having to take the siding again, this time for the eastbound Zephyr. 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