Photo ID: 112874 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting UP's MNYGJ, and with a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, this Amtrak special with the Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset start to roll east on the main track, the sun quickly setting behind the Rocky Mountains under partly cloudy skies to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112873 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has just dipped behind the mountains to the west as a westbound UP manifest, the thrice weekly MNYGJ, rolls west in the siding. The manifest was entirely composed of covered hoppers, and had an interesting configuration with three units on the point, and a single SD70ACe as a mid-train swing helper! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An eastbound Amtrak special, carrying an Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset, sits stopped at a red signal on the main at Rocky. The train is waiting on a westbound UP MNYGJ, which is going quite a bit slower than the dispatcher would have liked. The dispatcher was hoping the manifest would have been in the siding waiting for the special by the time the special arrived. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset is currently stopped on the main at Rocky, waiting for a westbound UP manifest. The AIRO trainsets will, in general, consist of a ALC-42E locomotive, a baggage/coach car, cafe car, business class car, a few standard coaches, and a cab/coach car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 408 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is a close look at AMTK 70001, a Siemens ALC-42E. It sports the Amtrak Cascades paint scheme, which includes a "Washington State Department of Transportation" marking on it, as Amtrak Cascades is a joint venture (state-sponsored) version of Amtrak between Amtrak and the state of Washington. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112869 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I like the image of Mount Rainier that is part of the paint scheme on this Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset. The individual cars on this trainset are semi-permanent components of the trainset as a whole. The can be separated, such as for repairs, but they are generally designed to remain together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112868 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a sample of one of the cars that are part of the semi-permanent trainset on the new AIRO train that will eventually wind up in the Pacific Northwest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112867 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a closeup look at AMTK 79501, the final car on the new Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset. This is a Cab/Coach car that will work as part of a push-pull operation. It has 88 seats in the car. This is a new trainset built by Siemens in California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112866 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Several local railfans, including myself, are gathered at the Blue Mountain Road Crossing, watching the brand new Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset passing by on its way toward the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112860 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting its counterpart, the MNYGJ, at Rocky, this eastbound UP manifest (the MGJNY) is headed for North Yard in Denver right at sunset. Clouds largely cover the western sky as a bit of sunset colors appear behind the train and the Rocky Mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112859 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1540 has likely just completed a regular inspection and is being transported back to Grand Junction on the MNYGJ. The GP40-2, now rebuilt as a GP40N, was delivered as WP 3550, just over 45 years ago in April 1980. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112858 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGJ departs North Yard for Grand Junction on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Typically, the crew is called in the late afternoon and it is quite common for the train to depart well after sunset. The best chance to get shots of the train in light are on the longest days of the year in summer. Such is the case on this day, as UP 6220 heads west out of Leyden. Of note, UP 6220 is no stranger to the Moffat, originally delivered as SP 113 in April 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112857 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three units bring up the tail end of an eastbound oil train on Big Ten Curve. As has become relatively common of late, there is a Norfolk Southern unit mixed in with the two BNSF DPUs. Several of these oil trains are originating east of the Mississippi on Norfolk Southern. Not sure if that is the case for this train or not. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112856 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of elephant-style BNSF units lead a loaded eastbound BNSF oil train through the S-curve on the north edge of Big Ten Curve toward a clear (green) signal at the west end of Rocky. The evening has brought with it partly cloudy skies. Fortunately at the moment, we are in the "partly" portion, great evening light cast on the eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112855 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is a shot that I have come to really enjoy. The perspective with an eastbound coming around Big Ten with the Denver Skyline in the distance makes for a cool shot. BNSF 5888 is leading an eastbound oil load on the trip east. I think it is interesting that the number boards on the SD70ACe are inverse, with black numbers on white boards. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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