Photo ID: 110353 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of GEs, each representing different eras in technology, lead BNSF's Provo-Denver, currently stopped on Main 2 at Tennyson Street. The lead unit is an ET44C4. The second unit is an ES44C4. Finally, third out, is a C44-9W. Just after this picture was taken, the train got a light at C&S Junction and continued east to Prospect Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110352 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After catching a UP SD70ACe-T4 a few minutes earlier at Pecos Street, here is the GE counterpart, an ET44C4. This is GE's tier-4 compliant locomotive. The unit led BNSF's Provo-Denver from Provo back over to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110351 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is a scene that looks substantially different than it did 30 years ago. Back then, the two tracks on the left did not exist at all. They were added in the early 2000s to accommodate the huge number of coal trains that ran on the Moffat back then. Then, about 15 years ago, the bridge in the background was built to take Pecos Street up and over the tracks. Here, in 2024, a UP manifest backs away from the camera and in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110350 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 3032 is one of the 87 SD70ACe-T4s that UP currently has on the roster. Indeed, one of the only SD70ACe-T4s that actually exists in the United States. To say the EPA Tier-4 units are unpopular with North American railroads would be an understatement. Railroads are, instead, choosing to invest in rebuilding older power rather than buy these newer, more complex, and more expensive units. UP 3032 is working on backing the train in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110349 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr heads west on the North Yard siding, passing by a UP manifest that is spanning Main 3 and Main 2 through the crossover at Pecos. The manifest arrived earlier in the day from the Greeley Sub. It came across Main 2 and, now that the Zephyr is clear, will back in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110348 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 126 approaches the signal bridge at Pecos Street, running on the North Yard Siding. You may notice that there does not appear to be a signal over the North Yard siding. That is indeed correct. There are CTC crossovers from Main 3 to Main 2 to Main 1 at Pecos. But there is no CTC-controlled crossover from the siding to Main 3, so this is not a control point on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110347 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct to Pecos X-Over (MP 3.2 to MP 4.0) Denver, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Utah Jct, an 80 minute late westbound Zephyr is on North Yard siding, passing by a manifest that is waiting to back in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Looking west through the signal bridge at C&S Junction, we see the headlight of UP's MGJNY approaching on Main 2. The train is actually stopped just short of Lowell Blvd, waiting for a signal at C&S and continue in to the yard. If you look closely, you can actually see the crossover bent from Main 2 to Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak I have spoken to many railfans over the years that say Amtrak got it right with their first paint scheme in 1972. The bloody nose / pointless arrow Phase 1 scheme was (and is) quite unique, and I was very happy to catch the heritage version on AMTK 161 on Track 4 and Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110339 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak AMTK 174 wears the newest paint scheme Amtrak has to offer. The Phase 7 scheme, introduced in 2022, is the "go-forward" scheme for Amtrak for the foreseeable future after roughly 20 years of Phase 5 as king. AMTK 161, on the other hand, has the original Amtrak scheme. The Phase 1 scheme was introduced in 1972 and is often referred to as either the "bloody nose" scheme, or the "pointless arrow" scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110338 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When train hall behind Union Station was rebuilt in 2010, a fuel tank was placed under the ground to allow for refueling of Amtrak without needing a fuel truck to be present. Diesel fuel is being pumped in to AMTK 174 from the tank during its stop at Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110337 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Denver is a refueling stop for the Zephyr on the journey between Chicago and Emeryville (in either direction). An Amtrak service employee is in the process of refueling AMTK 161 as the train makes its station stop. Love the classic "pointless arrow" and Amtrak name on the side of the heritage unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110336 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A 21 hour late eastbound Zephyr (with a pair of great looking units) sits on Track 4 at Denver Union Station. The units are currently being refueled and the Superliners are being filled with water. Several of the Superliners were completely drained of water as the train sat at Fraser for 17 hours overnight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110303 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Amtrak There is quite a bit of interest from both Amtrak and the State of Colorado in trying to get some state-sponsored Amtrak trains running along the Front Range from Ft Collins to Pueblo. In a very rare move, the Winter Park Express equipment was repurposed for one day to take several key dignitaries on a trip from Denver to Longmont on the Front Range Sub. Included on the train were Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Amtrak President Roger Harris, among others. AMTK 174, sporting Amtrak's newest (Phase VII) paint scheme, was brought in from Chicago specifically for the special. Here, the train crosses Clear Creek just north of Utah Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110302 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Jct Denver, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Union Pacific A pair of UP GP38-2s sit on a string of cars on Denver and Rock Island trackage right near UP Junction. The two units are waiting for a UP crew to take the cars from the Denver and Rock Island over to North Yard, where UP will forward them on to their final destinations. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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