Photo ID: 111179 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 (MP 36.4, 75 ft) Boulder County, CO 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units lead an eastbound military train across South Boulder Creek and toward Tunnel 29 in the middle of the Colorado Rockies. This 7,700-foot train just met the Zephyr at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111178 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP military train is coming to a stop in the siding at Cliff. The train is long enough that it is poking out the west end of the siding. The westbound Zephyr is not far off. Since the military doesn't fit between switches at Cliff, it'll be leaving just as soon as the Zephyr is clear of the east switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111113 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8879 is about to come to a stop on the siding at Cliff. A westbound empty oil train is about 20 minutes away. After meeting the oil train, the coal load will continue east, meeting the Zephyr at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111112 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound coal load is slowing as it rolls through the siding at Cliff. The house track is located to the left and the main, still cast in shadows, is on the right. The train will wait for a westbound unit oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8944 and train just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Crescent. The crew on this train had to do some work at Bond and they are starting to run short on their hours of service. DS-378 has informed them they will be recrewed at Rocky, about 15 rail miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111093 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 19 (MP 32.1, 1,059 ft) Boulder County, CO 268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units lead UP's MGJNY on the approach to the west end of Tunnel 19 in the Tunnel District. In the distance, you can see a few cranes working on reinforcing and increasing the height of Gross Dam. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111092 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 22 (MP 33.0, 164 ft) Boulder County, CO 206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The head end of UP's MGJNY approaches the west end of Tunnel 21. The train is also in-and-out of the short Tunnel 21, and the back half is still in Tunnel 23 in the heart of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111064 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of the siding of Crescent, deep in the middle of the Tunnel District, a westbound oil train curves toward the east portal of Tunnel 19, just out of view to the left. The train crosses one of dozens of fills in place to accommodate the rails here in the Colorado Rockies. Off in the distance, you can see the dam the creates Gross Reservoir. Indeed, the dam is currently undergoing a project to raise its height by 131 feet. If you look closely, you can see some climbing cranes on the scene, being used in the construction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110993 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs in Phase 5 paint lead the evening Zephyr across the grade crossing in Cliff. The train is 45 minutes late as it rolls through the small town of Cliff. Rumor has it the State of Colorado hopes to expand rail service, potentially reinstituting some depots in small mountain towns such as Pinecliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110992 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil train...the third overall of the afternoon...is sitting in the siding at Cliff waiting for the afternoon Zephyr. The Zephyr is running about an hour late and is not too far west of Cliff as of this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110991 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single C44ACM, sporting UP's newest paint scheme, brings up the rear of this westbound unit oil train. The train is going into the siding at Cliff to meet the eastbound Zephyr. A multitude of power lines crisscross, supplying electricity to the handful of residents that live in Pinecliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110990 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 27 (MP 36.4, 650 ft) Boulder County, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Nearing the west end of the Tunnel District, a westbound unit oil train has emerged from Tunnel 27. Tunnel 27 is one of the longer tunnels in the district, and it has (roughly) 90° curve in the middle of it, so you cannot see one portal from the other. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110989 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads a westbound oil train west out of Crescent toward Tunnel 19. The wires you see to the right and above the train is a slide fence. It held keep rocks off the rails. If a large enough rock breaks through one or more of the wires, it automatically changes the signals protecting the block red and alerts the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110988 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can peek out onto the plains at the area around Interlocken near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport as a westbound oil train comes around the curve west of the grade crossing at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110987 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gross Reservoir Boulder County, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) None Construction continues on the Gross Dam project. The project will ultimately raise the dam by 131 feet, tripling the capacity of the water in the reservoir. As you can see, the dam is being reinforced by thickening the front of the dam. Once the reinforcements has risen to the height of the existing dam, it will continue to build upward. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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