Photo ID: 106974 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver emerges from the east portal of Tunnel Four on its journey east. Incredible to imagine that about a century ago, surveyors came up to the Rockies and said "sure, we can build a railroad here!" Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106458 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, glides west down the main at Crescent. It is a slow day on the Moffat and the first eastbound the Zephyr will meet will be its counterpart, the eastbound Zephyr, at Dotsero. Right now, the Zephyr is only running between Chicago and Salt Lake City. This is due to major flooding in Nevada that has caused a lot of washouts for Union Pacific. Until the tracks are repaired, the Zephyr has been truncated to help keep it running on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106457 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I enjoy the leafless Aspen in the background of this shot, and the clearly jointed rail of the siding of Crescent in the foreground. Crescent, coming in at "only" 5,550 feet long, which is not long enough for most of the coal train on the Moffat. But even manifest don't typically meet at Crescent due to the grade crossing located two thirds of the way through the siding (from the east end). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106456 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, peeks around the curve on the main about halfway through Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105991 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Unfortunately, in the time it took for the train to pass by on the main at Crescent, the clouds moved back in and obscured the sun. Regardless, here is a shot of the sole DPU on the tail end of a westbound BNSF manifest passing by some Aspen trees just west of the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105990 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Crescent can be a tricky place to shoot, depending on the time of day. It can also depend on the time of year. The lighting is actually pretty good in the afternoon and evening in the summer months as the sun is far enough to the north to get the nose of the lead unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105989 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1435 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The sun found a hole in the clouds to punch through just in time for the arrival of this BNSF manifest at Crescent. The crew has been on duty for less than two hours at this point and, with the decreased traffic on the Moffat, should have no problem getting to Grand Junction before dying at 1:45am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105883 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The tail end of an EMD special moves west, away from the camera, at Crescent. The train is headed for the wye at Tabernash where it will tie down and spend the night. In the next few days after this picture was taken, UP and EMD would test the SD70ACe-T4 at high altitude and through the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105882 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division My last view of the SD70ACe-T4 prototypes as the train continues west. Crescent was as far west as I would be able to make it as I had to return to town in order to pick the kids up from school. The paint scheme on these units looks particularly good among the snow and pine trees, don't you think? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105881 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Electro-Motive Division I was actually rather glad that the sky was overcast for this shot at Crescent. The sun was on the opposite side of the tracks, but the trees on that side make it difficult to get much of a shot other than close to head on. Here, an SD70AH leads an EMD special that is headed for Tabernash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105880 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Electro-Motive Division This ended up being one of my favorite shots of the day for this EMD special. The train includes two of EMDs SD70ACe-T4 prototypes and test car #820. The train is headed for Tabernash where it will undergo high altitude and tunnel testing later in the week. With the first eastbound being Amtrak over near Gore Canyon, the train had clear signals up to the tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105694 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 31, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1786 (4 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) American Railway Explorer, Amtrak As some low hanging clouds grip the top of the snow-spotted Flat Irons, we say goodbye to the Zephyr and the private cars California and Kansas. They are no strangers to the Tunnel District and hope that they don't stay away for too long. This seems like a fitting picture to bring a close to 2015! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slows in preparation for hooking on to a trio of covered hoppers, loaded with aggregate by Texas Industries Inc. Note that the second hopper is of Chicago Northwestern heritage. For several months, the West Local was not running. Apparently, flood waters had caused some damage along the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Texas Industries thought UP should repair the track and UP thought Texas Industries should. Consequently, the local stopped running and, during that time, Texas Industries trucked their aggregate to Loveland and loaded it on BNSF. It appears that the tracks on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead has been repaired (although I have no clue by whom) and this is the third week the local has run since restarting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 2102 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local slowly descends down a fairly steep grade at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The brakeman is standing by to guide the train as it will pick up hoppers from Texas Industries Inc., an aggregate company. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105458 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Jefferson County, CO 1658 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing There was a time in the not-too-distance past that you would have found Rio Grande geeps running on the West Local. Those days are gone now, however, as is evident in this picture. Not even UP units are being used on the West Local right now, as a trio of geeps leased from "Helm Leasing" head north on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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