Photo ID: 112726 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 154, sporting Phase 7 paint, leads the Zephyr at the east switch of Leyden, as well as through a 40 MPH slow order, as the train heads west here in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112725 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF There are days...or perhaps certain times on any given day...in which you might think the Moffat is actually owned by BNSF rather than Union Pacific. An empty oil train heads west on the main track at Eisele (Clay) in the background, while an eastbound coal empty sits in the siding at Rocky. The eastbound is waiting on the Zephyr and the Rocky Mountaineer before it will be its turn to continue east. The crew only has until 11:15am to work before their hours are up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112724 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 is actually no stranger to the Moffat. Lately, NS 4130 has been sticking around in Denver and BNSF has been putting it to good use on several trains. Here, the unit is on the point of a westbound oil train, coming around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112723 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 leads an empty oil train around Big Ten Curve. It is very interesting how oil has rapidly replaced coal as the most common type of train that runs on the Moffat now. Granted, they do not run with the frequency the coal trains once did, but their counts do seem to be increasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112722 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Another BNSF oil empty that originated on Norfolk Southern east of the Mississippi. This is why so many NS units are showing up on the Moffat lately. The four additional BNSF units were added to the train in Denver. Once loaded, the train will likely return east over the Moffat in a 3x3 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112721 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF I am not going to lie, I really enjoy seeing a unit sporting Norfolk Southern paint alone on the Moffat. The predominantly black scheme is closer to Rio Grande than any other Class 1 railroad here in 2025. The unit is a DPU on an eastbound coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112720 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4040, an AC44C6M, sits as the sole DPU on the tail end of this eastbound coal empty in the siding at Rocky. The unit was rebuilt from an AC4400CW by Norfolk Southern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112719 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF An MRL SD70ACe, now owned by BNSF, sits as the second unit on an eastbound coal empty. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that an MRL unit will ever lead on a train in Colorado, as the MRL units are not equipped with PTC. MRL never installed PTC on its mainlines. The units will likely eventually get PTC installed, but that will likely happen at the same time as a repaint into standard BNSF colors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112699 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 51 and AMTK 203 lead the eastbound Zephyr through the hotbox detector at MP 22.6 at Blue Mountain Drive. The detector would reveal that the temperature is currently 76°F (25°C), the train approaching the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112698 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Zephyr is running a little over an hour late as it glides down the grade toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. The final tunnel the train will pass through between here at Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The final bit of sunlight for the day is reflecting off some thunderclouds over the plains, the Denver skyline visible toward the left in the distance. This UP officer special has come to a stop just short of the grade crossing at Plain. The train will wait here for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On average, once or maybe twice a year, UP will run an Officer Car Special over the Moffat. Usually, the passenger cars are deadheading between Council Bluffs, IA and somewhere in California. That seems to be the case here, as nobody is actually on the train itself. The train is emerging from Tunnel 1, running on a Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal, reading to take the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112695 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although the sun has ducked behind the mountains, it is technically still 20 minutes to sunset as a pair of SD70Ms lead a UP OCS (Officer Car Special) into Tunnel 1. The train is deadheading 11 cars (plus a power car) from Council Bluff, IA west toward California. The train will spend the night tonight in Glenwood Springs. The train was expected to head west about six hours earlier, but some maintenance around town resulted in a much later departure west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112694 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A relatively small downpour south of Big Ten toward Golden reveals a small hint of a rainbow as a UP passenger special rolls west through the siding at Eisele (Clay). The train was going to stop here to meet the eastbound Zephyr, but DS-378 decided to take the train up to Plain for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112693 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4404 and UP 4533 throttle up and kick up some exhaust after clearing a slow order, picking up speed while climbing out of Rocky, up and around Big Ten Curve. 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