Photo ID: 101239 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 Golden, CO 1864 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The lead unit on a westbound coal empty approaches the east portal of Tunnel 20. While Tunnel 20 is by no means the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District, at 460 feet, it is not even close to the longest either. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101238 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 Golden, CO 2045 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two units on the back of this westbound coal empty see some daylight as the train moves through the Tunnel District between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20. The train would eventually stop at Winter Park and wait for a few hours for a rock slide in Byers Canyon to get cleaned up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101220 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Golden, CO 2586 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Running right on time on its way back to Denver, the eastbound Ski Train rounds the curve at the west end of Crescent. A lot of the snow from the blizzards earlier in the year has melted away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101191 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 Golden, CO 2143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train A scene that has been repeated many times in the past and will hopefully be repeated many times again in years to come. The ex-DRGW business cars (California, Utah and Kansas) - now owned by the Ski Train - cross the bridge at MP 36.5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101190 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 Golden, CO 3231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande The Ski Train, led by UP 1989 makes its way out of the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District (Tunnel 29) and crosses the bridge at MP 36.5. The tracks cross South Boulder Creek at this location for most of the remainder of the trip west to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100907 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff Golden, CO 1946 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MNYRO-30 developed an interesting problem at Cliff. Actually, developed may not be the correct word. When meeting an eastbound coal load, the conductor on the coal train noticed a hazmat violation on the MNYRO. A tank car of Methane was placed next to a gondola full of pipe, where the pipe exceeded the height of the gondola! After several hours of delay, the train switched cars around (using the Cliff siding) and solved the problem. Here, the head end of the train is west of Cliff, performing some switching moves. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100906 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pactolus Golden, CO 1624 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Amazing the things you sometimes find when you least expect too! It has been about four years since UP replaced the old Rio Grande signals (and control boxes) at Crescent with all-new equipment. Today, while scouting up around Pactolus (between Cliff and Rollins), I noticed the signal control shed for Crescent sitting about fifty feet away from the tracks amongst some trees! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100904 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pactolus Golden, CO 1685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three mid-train helpers pass the lake at Pactolus on a unit CNW coal load bound for the KP line and points east. My dad told me that he and his family came up to Pactolus when he was a kid to go ice skating in the winter, although he doesn't specifically remember any trains! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100903 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff Golden, CO 1988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MRONY (with unpatched Espee AC4400CW 173) departs east out of the siding at Cliff after meeting the MNYRO. Even at the end of July, a small amount of snow can still be found near the top of the Continental Divide! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100902 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 Golden, CO 1941 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On the approach to Cliff, the MNYRO is about to enter tunnel 29. The train is power by three SD70M's, a C44-9W, and an SD60 on this morning. At Cliff, the train would meet its counterpart, the MRONY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100774 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 7, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Terrell Junction Golden, CO 2655 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF At Terrell Junction, the "Beer Run" (headed for the Coors Brewery in Golden) makes a turn to the south. The diverging route will take the train into the east yard at Coors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100745 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 7, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coors Golden, CO 2064 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Moving at no more that 8 or 9 MPH, the Beer Run has nearly completely its westbound journey. The train is about to pass under McIntyre Street as it enters the east yard at Coors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100732 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coors Golden, CO 1986 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Preparing to enter the south yard at Coors, BNSF 7008 and crew pass a Coors grain silo just east of McIntyre Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100731 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terrell Junction Golden, CO 1873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF At Terrell Junction, the Beer Train turned south to head into the south yard at Coors. This track crosses W 44th street and then crosses (via a bridge) Highway 58. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100728 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coors Golden, CO 2014 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Preparing to pick up some hopper cars near the east end of the north yard at Coors, these SD40-2s are slowing down. The "M" on the mountain in the distance represents the Colorado School of Mines, an engineering school located in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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