Photo ID: 112946 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 525 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While UP 4533 rolls through the OS at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Meanwhile, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer is approaching the east end of Eisele (Clay), slowing to a stop at double red signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112945 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This UP engineering special has come to a stop on the main at Eisele (Clay). The signal at the west end is showing a red. Interestingly, DS-378 showed the signal as being aligned westbound, and was a bit surprised to hear it was red from UP 4533. DS-378 would then proceed to flag the train by the red signal to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112944 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP engineering special rolls by a UP track maintainer at Eisele (Clay). The maintainer has his hyrail pickup in the siding, while he is out on foot to give a roll by to the special. The maintainer will follow the special out of Eisele to check on any potential defects the engineering special might find. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112943 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is a great two-for-one shot! To the right, we have a westbound UP engineering (passenger) special on the main track at Eisele. To the left, we have the westbound Rocky Mountaineer, wrapping around Little Ten Curve, two blocks behind the engineering special! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112942 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Love or Hate Union Pacific, you have to admit that their passenger trains look better than just about any other (freight) railroad. Here, an engineering special crawls along at 10 MPH (after being flagged by the east signal) on the main track at Eisele (Clay). The train is, among other things, verifying the gauge of the rails and checking for defects. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112941 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4533 and train have slowed to a stop at a red signal at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). DS-378 indicated there is a phantom occupancy on the main, and that the engineering special will need to be flagged by the red signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112940 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There have been quite a few UP passenger trains running in the Denver area this summer! In June, UP's passenger equipment ran west over the Moffat. In July, UP 4014 brought a train from Cheyenne to Denver. Then, UP 1616 did the same thing on the Greeley Sub. Later, passenger equipment went west over the Moffat. Now, a UP engineering special heads west, climbing the north leg of Big Ten Curve, with a single SD70M for power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112939 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The skies are mostly cloudy this morning, but there are plenty of gaps in the clouds that are allowing some blasts of sunlight to come through. One such gap opened up at just the right time, as the (on time) westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112938 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The west switch of Eisele (Clay) has definitely become one of my favorite places to get shots of westbounds. There is a nice mix of pine trees and deciduous flora. The Zephyr passes by, with nine Superliners in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112937 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On an unusually cloudy morning along the front range, the westbound Zephyr rolls along on the main at Eisele (Clay), right on time. Kind of nice to see a Phase 5 P42DC on the Zephyr again, as it's been a few months since I last caught one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112936 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP ES44AC heads west on the main at Rocky, meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train. The oil train just arrived and is going to tie down in the siding as there is no room in Denver for the train at the moment. The single UP unit has a green signal and is going to continue westbound by itself. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112935 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP sent a single ES44AC west out of North Yard west on the Moffat. While I do not know why, I would imagine it was being sent to rescue a train that had an engine fail somewhere to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112934 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 529 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF This eastbound oil train has been told that 31st Street yard in Denver currently has no room for the train, so it is going to tie down in the siding at Rocky. The van driver that is picking the crew up is new to the territory...she drove past Rocky and was halfway up Big Ten when she met the eastbound train. The crew told her she should turn around and go back to the east end of Rocky. You can see the van on the right side of the shot, getting ready to turn around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112933 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This shot does a really good job of demonstrating the terrain and the grade of the Moffat between the east end of Eisele (Clay) and partway down the north edge of Big Ten Curve. A trio of DPUs bring up the rear of this loaded oil train this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112932 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 489 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF BNSF almost always runs oil trains on the Moffat in a 3x(0)x3 configuration, and this afternoon is no exception. Although the DPUs on the end cannot be seen in the shadows at Eisele (Clay), an NS ET44AC and two BNSF units clearly lead this oil train out the east end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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