Photo ID: 109677 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 5 (MP 26.1, 866 ft) Jefferson County, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers on the westbound Zephyr quickly move from light to shadow and back to light repeatedly as the train passes in and out of the tunnel in the Tunnel District. The head end is about to disappear in to Tunnel 5 as the tail end of the train disappears in to Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109676 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr catches a bit of sunlight as it moves in between Tunnel 3 and Tunnel 4 just west of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109675 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the Zephyr runs along some of the narrowest portions of the Tunnel District, hugging the flat irons. The train is just about to enter Tunnel 3, with the tail end just about to clear the huge fill that was actually washed out in epic flooding in 2013. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109674 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 138 and AMTK 75 are pumping out the exhaust, keeping the westbound Zephyr running at track speed through Rainbow cut, about halfway through the siding of Plain. The train had a short delay getting out of Denver, and is trying to make up about 20 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109668 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil train, which has been patiently sitting in the siding at Plain for over 90 minutes, finally gets its turn to head west! It is departing the siding on a clear (green) signal, and the two units leading the train are about to disappear in to Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109667 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After sitting in the siding at Plain to let the westbound Zephyr run around it and have two eastbound meet it (a UP coal load and a BNSF manifest), it is finally this westbound oil train's turn to head west. With only two units on the train, they are both throttled up, kicking up some exhaust, as they work to pull the train toward the west end of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109666 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A New Image SD70MAC makes a somewhat rare appears on the Moffat, together with the far-more-common SD70ACe that bring up the tail end of this eastbound Provo-Denver at the west switch of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109665 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 2 (MP 25.4, 516 ft) Jefferson County, CO 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5781 pops out of Tunnel 2 while the rest of the train is still within Tunnel 2...and Tunnel 3...and Tunnel 4! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109664 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver emerges from the east portal of Tunnel 4. The train is setup in a typical (for BNSF) 3x2 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109256 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific After turning around on the wye at what used to be the west entrance to Rocky Flats, these two GP40-2s are now slowly headed back toward the mainline at Rocky on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. Their job of setting out three covered hoppers was a quick one today. The train was away from the mainline for just over an hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109255 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Looking north across the vast openness on the east side of CO-93, we see the City of Boulder in the distance, the Arcosa Lightweight aggregate plant on the left side of the shot, and a pair of GP40-2s head east (geographically south) on the Rocky Flats Industrial lead. The local dropped of three hoppers and no pick ups today, so it is returning to North Yard light, with just the two geeps. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109254 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Two GP40-2s head away from the camera at the west (geographic north) end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. With only one train every 2-3 weeks on the lead, mother nature has started a valiant attempt to reclaim the right of way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109253 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A pair of GP40-2s just finished dropping off cars at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead and are now heading back to the mainline at Rocky. Neither of these geeps started life as UP units. UP 1507 started as SP 7129 and UP 1357 started as DRGW 3102. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109252 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 320 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has just dropped three cars at the Arcosa Lightweight aggregate plant at the west end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead. With no cars to pick up today, the local is departing with just the two GP40-2s to head back to the main and back to Denver. An intense afternoon storm is currently resting over Boulder to the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109251 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Many mainlines in the country have a lot of industries along the line that are serviced by local freights. Alas, the Moffat is not one of those mainlines. In fact, the only remaining industry served by a local between Denver and Bond is the Arcosa Lightweight aggregate plant. It is located at the far north end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead, about four miles north of Rocky. Here is an overview of the plant and almost two dozen covered hoppers at the plant. A pair of GP40-2s just dropped off three more covered hoppers for the plant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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