Photo ID: 113551 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF There currently is not a lot of snow falling here at Granby, but the train is moving quick enough that it is kicking up a lot of fresh powder along the right-of-way. A pretty cool effect along the length of the empty unit oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113550 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A green signal at the west end of Granby lets the crew on this BNSF oil train know that they are clear to leave the siding and re-enter the single track main west of Granby. It is a very cold (roughly 12°F) morning with a lot of snow being kicked up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113549 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the time of this photo, there is a lot of question marks about the future of Norfolk Southern (and, technically, Union Pacific). The two railroads are attempting to merge, creating the first true transcontinental railroad. The Surface Transportation Board rejected the original filing, citing missing information. They did not reject/decline the merger, just the application. A new application is supposed to be submitted in the next few months, and the STB is expected to yield a decision sometime in 2027. Meanwhile, the two railroads continue to operate as separate entities. Here, an NS SD70ACe is putting in some power sharing miles on a BNSF oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113548 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF pretty consistently runs oil trains west on the Moffat with six units on the point. This way, the same six units, split up in a 3x3 configuration, can bring the train back east. 3-4 inches of fresh snow fell during a blizzard overnight. In fact, it continues to lightly fall this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113547 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 15, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF What a difference 24 hours makes! The previous day, there was hard any snow on the ground here in the Colorado high country. But this morning, snow is finally falling. A westbound BNSF oil train is, for some reason, being run through the siding at Granby. It is not meeting anything. DS-378 just ran it in and out of the siding. Meanwhile, a beautiful new platform sits at Granby, ready for the Zephyr. The platform is heated to make it safer, although it appears a couple of heating element panels are not currently working. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113544 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The station stop at Granby is usually a very brief stop for the Zephyr. And today is no different. Conductors work to very quickly get two passengers on the train. From the time the train came to a stop to the time the train was highballing and starting to pull was around 60 seconds! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113543 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific UP 5833, which replaced a P42DC on the eastbound Zephyr in Salt Lake City, has a ditch light out as the Zephyr moves along the recently-completed extended, heated, platform here at the Granby depot. Two passengers stand on the depot, waiting to board the train to head east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113169 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS074 (East Granby) Granby, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is running just a few minutes late after making its station stop at Granby. The Zephyr is overtaking a UP coal load in the siding amidst a very vivid fall scene here in the small town of roughly 2,300 residents. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113168 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is not particularly often than you see a loaded coal train on the Moffat with six units on the head end in 2025. Traditionally, UP's "preferred" setup for coal loads has been 2x3x1. In this case, this shorter-than-normal coal train was configured as 4x2. However, after breaking a drawbar overnight, two units came out of Denver and were added to the head end, making the train the 6x2 that it now is. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113167 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS074 (East Granby) Granby, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal load is making final preparations to depart the siding of Granby eastbound. Take notice of the two "yellow/red" board that are either side of the track, near the front of the train. Union Pacific has a "Form B" (a work zone) setup between MP 75.65 and MP 75.88. The work zone is protected by similar looking "boards", but they are all-red. Trains are not allowed to pass the red boards without explicit permission from the track foreman in charge of the work zone. In this case, crews are working on the new platform at Granby. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113166 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS074 (East Granby) Granby, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The (relief) crew on this eastbound UP coal load are getting close to being ready to head east. The conductor is knocking off hand brakes. Unfortunately (for the crew), DS-378 will be holding them here at Granby until the eastbound Zephyr passes by. Certainly the correct call by the dispatcher to try to keep the Zephyr moving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113164 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS074 (East Granby) Granby, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The original crew on this UP coal train went "dead" on their hours many hours ago. Once a crew "dies" (runs out of hours to work), they are not allowed to lift a finger. When the new crew arrived, the old crew simply sat in the cab of the previous lead unit and waited. They finally get to head home, catching a ride on the Rocky Mountaineer. The Mountaineer just came to a stop to pick them up and take them home to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113160 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound coal train broke a drawbar when climbing the grade between Tabernash and the Moffat Tunnel overnight. As a result of the delay, one of its units also ran out of fuel and shut down! The train had to back down to the siding at Tabernash. 10 hours later, and a new crew is going to add two new units to the head end to get the train over the grade. Of note, the current lead unit, UP 6278, started its life in May 1995 as SP 187. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113159 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While taking some pictures around the Moffat Tunnel, I learned about two units sent west from Denver to assist a coal train at Granby. I decided to head to the west slope for some pictures. It is pretty crazy that, when I was at East Portal, I was only a little over six miles away from Winter Park (via the Moffat Tunnel). Yet by road, it was a 55 mile drive that took about 90 minutes! I finally made it to Granby, where I found the two units on the main, getting ready to work on the DPUs on the eastbound coal load. A new (heated) concrete platform at the Granby depot is nearing completion! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111974 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Power for the MNYGJ has been added back onto the train after dropping off one of its units on the tail end of the coal train on the siding in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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