Photo ID: 110858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rolls east on the main at Rocky. In this shot, you can clearly see the difference between welded rail (on the main) and jointed rail (on the siding). Some track equipment is currently tied down on the house track. Note that derails are properly set on both ends of the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110857 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr wraps its way through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky. In the distance (and above), you can see the signals at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110856 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Coming around Big Ten Curve, the eastbound Zephyr is descending the nearly 2% grade toward Rocky. Note the tail end of the open hoppers that serve as a wind break to the right of the frame. You can see the Denver skyline off in the distance, where the Zephyr itself will be in about 45 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110855 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One of the most popular locomotives ever produced, a pair of SD40-2s lead the west local (with six covered hoppers) east at the intermediate west of Leyden. 31 railroads in the United States and Canada purchased SD40-2s. Of the nearly 4,000 units produced between January 1972 and October 1989, the majority of them are still in service today in once capacity or another. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110854 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The power for the west local, a pair of SD40-2s, is headed west on the main at Rocky. The rain has really started to come down, moisture that the Front Range really needs after a couple of weeks of dry, clear skies and temperatures in the upper 90°Fs. The power will return to the six covered hoppers that it will bring back to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110853 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After returning to the main from the Rocky Spur, the power needed to run around the six cars that will be returned to Denver. Because the train has two six axle units, they could not wye on the spur. So, the power exited the west end of Rocky, came east through the siding, and is exiting the east end to go back on the main to then head east to North Yard. The conductor is protecting the shove for the engineer, located in the other unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110852 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF High winds and light rains are keeping the drone on the ground, so I settled for this long lens shot of a westbound oil train climbing around Big Ten. Note the Canadian Pacific ES44AC, joining the consist today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110851 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting an loaded UP oil train at Arvada, this BNSF empty is starting its journey west of Denver for the loadout at Wash in Utah, just east of Price. Six units are on the head end of the train, but it will likely be configured 3x3 for the return journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110850 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units are leading an eastbound loaded oil train on the main at Leyden. The crew has about one hour left to work before running out of hours. After making its way through a handful of 15 MPH slow orders (due to heat), the train is on green signals on the main at Leyden, now only about 10 miles from Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110819 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of SD70ACes, elephant-style, lead a relatively short Provo-Denver manifest. The train is just east of Leyden, crossing over Church Ditch, a man-made irrigation ditch that originates from Clear Creek in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110818 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr at Rocky, this BNSF manifest has received a clear route the rest of the way into the yard in Denver. The train is leaving Leyden behind and is crossing the 80th Avenue grade crossing. This is the only grade crossing between North Yard and Leyden that is not a quiet zone crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110817 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver makes its way through the various neighborhoods located in western Arvada. The manifest is short enough that it does not even have any DPUs on the tail end. Very unusual for this particular train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110816 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 76 knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden on its morning journey west. The east end Leyden is designated as CP DS012 by Union Pacific (as you can see on the signs by the signals). The "DS" represents "Denver & Salt Lake", David Moffat's railroad that predated Rio Grande. The "12", of course, indicates we are 12 miles west of Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110815 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street (MP 11.16) Arvada, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After running several hours late the previous two days (due to extreme mid-west weather), this morning's Zephyr is running right on time as it heads west from Denver, through Arvada. Major forest fires in the Pacific Northwest are creating smoke that is resulting in the Denver-Metro area being very hazy. You can barely see the Denver skyline in the distance as the Zephyr approaches Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110814 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The final car ahead of the SD70ACe DPU at the back of this oil train are about to roll by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. The detector will reveal that there are no defects for this train, and the crew can continue on their journey west toward Bond, the next crew change point. The train itself will continue on to Wash, UT to be loaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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