Photo ID: 108782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 15, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 963 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) RMR The first official run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks" Rocky Mountaineer heads west on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub. The Rocky Mountaineer worked out an arrangement with Union Pacific to allow the operation of this train on a portion of the former Rio Grande. It will operate west on Sundays and Wednesdays from Denver to Glenwood Springs, CO. It will stay there overnight and run on Mondays and Thursdays west to near Moab, UT on the Cane Creek Sub. Passengers will disembark there and new passengers for the trip east will be picked up. It will then return to Glenwood Springs, CO. On Tuesdays and Fridays, the train will run east from Glenwood Springs, CO to Denver. The two UP SD70Ms being leased for the operation - UP 5107 and UP 5105 - have been give a wrap to cover up the flag and "Union Pacific" on the long hood, replaced with "Rocky Mountaineer". The train here is between Tunnels 2 and 3, just west of Plain around MP 25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108718 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 578 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal load, which loaded at the Savage loadout near Price, UT, is coming through Rainbow Cut on the siding at Plain. Hiding behind the coal load in the distance is the westbound Zephyr, ready to get a Clear (green) signal as soon as the coal train clears the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108717 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 575 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Zephyr holds the main at Plain as an eastbound BNSF coal load enters the siding. You can see the rest of the coal train coming out of Tunnel 3 in the distance. This was actually a very well-planned meet by DS-80. Amtrak came to a stop at the west switch just as the coal load popped out of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108716 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 611 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal load emerges from Tunnel 4, running through Tunnel 3, and crosses over the fill just west of Tunnel 2. This fill was washed out in September 2013 when "500-year" rains hit the Front Range of the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108715 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr, running just about on time, is about to enter Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. Rainbow Cut got its name, appropriately, from the various colors of the rock revealed when the cut was created. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108523 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Flats Wye Jefferson County, CO 697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific With three covered hoppers freshly picked up from the aggregate plant at the north end of the Rocky Flats Industrial Spur, the West Local is currently wying on the Rocky Flat Wye so it can back down to the mainline at Rocky. Once upon a time, the Rocky Flat Plant would have been in the background of this shot. The brakeman is on the ground, ready to throw the switch for the south leg of the wye. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Wood & Metal Jefferson County, CO 881 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local slowly rolls by Colorado Wood & Metal alongside the Rocky Spur. While the West Local does not serve this particular business, the local still passes by on the way to and from the aggregate plant at the north end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108521 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Jefferson County, CO 809 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has completed switching at the aggregate plant at the north end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead and is heading back south toward the mainline at Rocky. What you might first believe are clouds in the background is actually smoke. The Cameron Peak Fire is now over 135,000 acres in size. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108417 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 5 (MP 26.1, 866 ft) Jefferson County, CO 774 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the Zephyr at Crescent, BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest leads a relatively short train through Tunnel 5 and approaches Tunnel 4 shortly before noon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108416 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Jefferson County, CO 729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Okay, at first glance, this may just look like a cool nature shot and you are asking "where the heck is the train"? You have to take out your eagle eyes and look near the left side of the frame, about halfway down from the top. You can see the head end of BNSF's Provo-Denver emerging from Tunnel 7 eastbound! In the distance to the right is the town of Boulder, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108415 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 797 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Starting yesterday, the westbound Zephyr departs Denver at 10:05am rather than 8:05am. This change only lasts a week and is in place due to some Union Pacific maintenance windows in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah. The two hour delay gives crews two extra hours of daylight to work without having to clear up for the Zephyr. These work windows are happening off and on over the next six weeks or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108414 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr passes over the fill and through the cut located just west of Tunnel 2 and prepares to duck in to darkness in the 369-foot-long Tunnel 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108376 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 2 (MP 25.4, 516 ft) Jefferson County, CO 786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single AC4400CW brings up the tail end of UP's thrice weekly MNYGJ, about to enter in to Tunnel 2. You can see the train threading its way west through the Tunnel District, as the train is in and out of Tunnel 3 and wrapping around the bend in to Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108375 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 2 (MP 25.4, 516 ft) Jefferson County, CO 734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see the three units on the head end of the MNYGJ as they approach the east portal of Tunnel 3. The rather lengthy train is still coming out of Plain and heading in to Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108374 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 869 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After the morning Zephyr passed by on the main, the MNYGJ got a light to follow west, pulling out of the siding at Plain. The head end of the manifest is just about to duck in to Tunnel 2. 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