Photo ID: 111027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Byers Canyon is one of the numerous canyons the Moffat passes through on its journey west. It is also one of the few that is very easily accessible by car as US-40 happens to parallel the tracks on the opposite side of the Colorado River. A westbound coal empty has just knocked down a clear (green) intermediate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111026 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Coal trains, once king of the Moffat, have certainly become rare. Perhaps even a novelty. I was fortunate enough to catch this westbound empty as it entered into the east end of Byers Canyon. It has six units on the head end, which will likely be set up in a 2x3x1 configuration for the journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby Overlook Grand County, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just before 10 o'clock in the morning, a westbound coal empty rolls west of Granby along the headwaters of the Colorado River. In just a few weeks, fall colors are going to be in full force here in the Colorado high country. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110461 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Grand County, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The train version of riding off into the sunset! BNSF's Denver-Provo has clear (green) signals ahead just west of Byers Canyon. After the tail end of the train is clear of the canyon, the train will pick up some speed between here at Kremmling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Grand County, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Byers Canyon, BNSF's Denver-Provo is heading directly into the sun as it gets closer to the horizon. The train had to sit in the siding at Granby for over an hour, waiting for both the Zephyr and UP's officer's special to get through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110457 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby Overlook Grand County, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A spot that has come to be known as the "Granby Overlook", west of Granby, a UP officer's special charges west toward the setting sun. As you can see, the skies are partly cloudy, and the train is moving in and out of the shadows on the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110456 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby to Sulphur (MP 76.2 to MP 84.6) Grand County, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Continental Divide stands tall in the distance as a westbound UP officer's special is moving along at track speed west of Granby. The train overtook BNSF's Denver-Provo, which is sitting in the siding at Granby. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110452 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Grand County, CO 169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the Continental Divide, the valley really opens up and passenger trains can reach 60 MPH between Fraser and Tabernash. This westbound UP officer's special is not moving anywhere that fast as it is approaching an Approach (yellow) signal at East Tabernash. The train will hold the main to wait for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110451 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser to Tabernash (MP 63 to MP 65) Grand County, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP officer's special charges west on the main track between Fraser and Tabernash. The ski runs at Winter Park, some of which are still open as of this picture in late-April, offer a fantastic backdrop to the train as it parallels US-40. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109958 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser to Tabernash (MP 63 to MP 65) Grand County, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The final shot of the day for me, five days before Christmas, comes during the start of the blue hour. In a chilly scene, a UP oil train is on the rolls between Tabernash and Fraser. Evening traffic is building on US-40 alongside the rails and the train looks at a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Fraser in the distance. The ski slopes of the Winter Park ski resort loom large in the distance, the Continental Divide standing behind the resort. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109957 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser to Tabernash (MP 63 to MP 65) Grand County, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the sun has set behind the mountains, we have reached blue hour as an eastbound UP oil train parallels US-40 as it digs in to the 2% grade and climb up toward the Moffat Tunnel. Note the ski slopes at the Winter Park ski resort off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109950 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The rails in this part of Byers Canyon are just barely lit by the sun in the far western sky. A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound oil train, slowly snaking its way along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109949 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Grand County, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Oil trains on the Moffat have basically become a successor to coal trains as far as "energy" trains go. While the oil trains are not as ubiquitous as coal trains once were, they have become more common in the past year. Here, an eastbound example rolls toward the west entrance to Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109948 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound BNSF Denver-Provo has come to a stop in the siding at Flat as an eastbound UP oil train rolls by on the main. The manifest has a very colorful consist today, with a New Image SD70ACe leading a KCSM ES44AC, a Canadian Pacific AC4400CW, and a Heritage 2 AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109947 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat (7,050 ft) Grand County, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, BNSF In 1996, when the Mexican government privatized freight railroad operations, one railroad formed was Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM). Kansas City Southern was one of the creators of and stock holder in the railroad. In 2005, KCS bought out its partners and took full control of the railroad. The name was changed to Kansas City Southern de Mexico, a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern. The subsidiary had its own fleet in the Retro Belle scheme, but with "de Mexico" printed on the unit. Here is an ES44AC sporting that paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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