Photo ID: 109053 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single AC4400CW brings up the tail end of an empty unit oil train as the train ahead of the DPU disappears in to Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109052 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Over 100 tank cars snake their way through the lower part of the Tunnel District westbound. A sole DPU brings up the tail end of this empty unit oil train, which current has parts of the train in Tunnels 3 and 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109051 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP (empty) oil train emerges from the west portal of Tunnel 3. From Tunnel 1 to Tunnel 8, the tracks skirt the very eastern edge of the Rockies Mountains, offering amazing view of the plains. In the distance on the west side of the frame, you can catch a glimpse of the back half of the unit tank train, still on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109050 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In between Tunnels 2 and 3, three SD70ACes have this westbound oil empty on the move. In September 2013, the large fill on the left side of the frame was washed out by record levels of rail fall. The Moffat was closed for about a week as UP worked tirelessly to rebuild the fill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109045 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In this shot, you can see from the head end of this manifest on the main at Plain on the left, all the way back to near the tail end at Tunnel 4 on the right. Despite having clear (green) signals coming down the Tunnel District, the crew was surprised to find a red signal at the west end of Plain when they emerged from Tunnel 2. The engineer put the train in emergency and toned the dispatcher. It appears it was an issue with PTC/CTC. Both ends of Plain were showing as "out of correspondence". The train recovered its air and continue east. While it did technically run through the red signal, there was zero advanced warning that the signal would be red, and the crew responded as best they could, acting in exactly the correct manner. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108922 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 323 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The 2023 Winter Park Express Ski Train leaves the west end of Plain and approaches the east portal of Tunnel 2. This year, the train only has five Superliners (four coaches and a lounge car). Demand must be a little lower for the season compared to previous years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108811 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 leads a loaded unit oil train east through Tunnel 3 at the east end of the Tunnel District. The head end is passing the fill that washed out in 2013 after a "500 year flood" hit the Denver-Metro area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. 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 1042 (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 655 (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 646 (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 684 (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 771 (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 780 (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 996 (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 900 (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.

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