Photo ID: 104012 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 2, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Denver, CO 1768 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Some of BNSF SD70MACs will be coming up on 20 years of service soon. These work horses have spent the majority of their tenure in coal service and seem to have worked really well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104011 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 2, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Denver, CO 1735 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I certainly prefer "action" shots to "roster" shots, but I think it's also good to get some roster shots of the current power roaming the rails! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104010 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 2, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Denver, CO 2159 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It's actually been several months since I went down to the yards, but it seems I picked the right Sunday to do so! Check out this string of classic EMD power sitting near the house. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103932 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 Denver, CO 1969 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Got ballast? With Union Pacific diligently installing a new main track between C&S Junction and Arvada, one of the key components is, of course, ballast! This train will dump some of the ballast needed for Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103931 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos) Denver, CO 1447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Mission accomplished! North Yard hostlers have cut out the mid-train helpers from this coal load on Main 2. The light power will be taken back to North Yard for servicing before likely returning west for additional helper service. Meanwhile, the crew from the coal train will back the front half of the coal train back to the rear half and hook it back up. The next crew will then take the coal train east on the plains with two units on the point and one on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103930 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos) Denver, CO 1468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Once coal trains arrive in Denver, their mid-train swing helpers need to be cut out before the trains continue east toward the Limon Sub and the great plains. Here, the front half of the train has been pulled forward beyond the signals of the Pecos Crossover. Now, hostlers from North Yard have a low yellow (diverging approach) signal and will crossover from Main 2 to Main 3 and take the power to the yard for servicing. In the distance, the Pecos Street overpass is nearing completion! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103902 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 10, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 1417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Between September 6 and September 9, Union Pacific laid new tracks across a grade crossing at Lowell Blvd. These tracks, visible to the right, will become the new Main 2. Between September 19 and September 28, UP will remove the old BNSF crossing (in the foreground) and replace it as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103901 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 10, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1829 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Progress is being made on the addition of a second main track between C&S Junction and Arvada. In the last two weeks, concrete ties have been laid and a couple stretches of welded rail can be seen alongside the ties. A westbound UP coal empty departs from Bypass 1 westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103900 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 10, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific What to do when the sun is directly behind the train? Well, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or, when life gives you a large glowing ball in the sky, make silhouette shots. An eastbound coal train is approaching the grade crossing at Tennyson Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103867 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 1787 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Most days, UP runs the MNYRO, a manifest from North Yard to Roper, UT. This train, however, does not run on Sunday's. Instead, a MNYGJ runs from North Yard to Grand Junction. Here, the MNYGJ departs from Main 3 at C&S Junction. As it heads west towards Lowell Street, it passes by stacks of concrete ties which will be used in the installation of a second main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103866 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 1430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Lowell Street, UP has a stretch of track down (with no ballast) that will eventually become Main 2. New grade crossing will be installed across Lowell between September 6th and September 9th. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103865 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 1390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Lowell Street, a construction sign has been erected letting motorists know that the grade crossing will be closed from 9/6/11 until 9/9/11. During this time, Union Pacific will reconfigure the tracks across the road, adding in new tracks to accommodate the new second main and the (slightly) relocated BNSF Golden Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103762 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 (Lowell Street) Denver, CO 1846 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Looking west at Lowell Street, you can see the currently missing BNSF Golden Sub, as well as the location where the tracks have been removed. This has been done to allow UP to add a second main track. Whether or not the new track will use the old BNSF alignment here (utilizing the existing grade crossing) remains to be seen. Note: Apologies for poor picture quality - picture taken with my iPhone 4 Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103761 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Looking east at Lowell Street, all signs of the BNSF Golden Sub have all but vanished. UP will be adding a second track here soon. Once the second track is in, the BNSF tracks will no doubt be hooked back up. The question now is exactly where will the BNSF tie back in. Note: Apologies for poor picture quality - picture taken with my iPhone 4 Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103760 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The bases for a new bridge over Clear Creek have been put in place. There is obviously still quite a bit of work left to do in order to complete the bridge (adding a second track across the creek), but signs along the bike path beneath the bridge indicate it should be complete by August. Note: Apologies for poor picture quality - picture taken with my iPhone 4 Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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