Photo ID: 113288 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF DS-378 routed the Provo-Denver into the siding at Rocky to meet the westbound Zephyr. As it turns out, 31st Street in Denver wasn't quite ready to take the train yet either, so it would end up having to hold here at Rocky for about an hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113287 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is really well-blocked today. Tank cars, followed by covered hoppers, follows by tank cars...and a box car on the end. Instead of the power being configured in the standard 3x2, this morning is setup in a 4x1 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113286 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the 1990s, Amtrak developed a variation on its Phase 3 paint scheme that it applied to the its fleet of GE B32-8BWH. The design and colors led railfans to adopt the nickname "Pepsi Can" for the scheme. Amtrak has applied a heritage version of the scheme on P42DC #160, leading the train toward Tunnel 1 this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113285 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr passes by a little red tractor as it also passes by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6, just west of Blue Mountain Drive. Amtrak's "Pepsi Can" heritage unit is leading the train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113284 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is just starting is journey up and into the Rocky Mountains as it wraps around the curve toward Blue Mountain Drive. The Denver skyline stands tall off in the distance, 23 rail-miles to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113283 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Daylight Savings Time ended this past Sunday, offering a little more light for the morning Zephyr. Here in early November, the shadows have grown quite long as AMTK 160, the "Pepsi Can", leads the train westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113282 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is rolling west on the main at Leyden right on time by the few-remaining fall colors here in early November. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113281 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on this westbound oil train is on the ground after putting the switch at West Eisele (Clay) in hand throw. The train had to flag by the west switch as a PTC problem prevented DS-378 from getting the train a light. The conductor will reboard the train and it will continue west at restricted speed until encounter a more favorable signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113280 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound UP oil train is slowing to a stop on the main at the west end of Eisele. There is a PTC problem at the west switch this morning, and DS-378 cannot set up a signal for the train. The conductor will have to put the switch in hand throw and the train will flag by the signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113279 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There had been a bit of a drop off in UP oil trains on the Moffat in the past few months. Rumor had it that UP had redirected them to run over the Overland and then over Soldier Summit. However, recently there seems to be a new increase on the Moffat, hopefully marking a return of UP oil trains in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113278 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP (tie) work train is climbing west out of Rocky, on its way up Big Ten Loop. Above the work train, in the siding at Eisele (Clay), an eastbound UP manifest is patiently waiting its turn to head east. It has held in the siding for two westbounds (the Zephyr and BNSF's Denver-Provo), and is now waiting on the work train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113277 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eight car work train heads west on the main at Rocky. The train, which has the symbol WNYNYT-27, is headed for the siding at Plain. The "W" at the start of the train symbol indicates this is a work train. The "T" at the end of the symbol (before the date: "-27") indicates the work train is a tie train. As you can see, the gondolas are filled with ties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113276 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the dozens of piles of ties along the right-of-way suggest, UP is currently in the midst of a substantial maintenance program on the Moffat. New ballast has been laid, and ties and tie plates are being replaced. Not one, but two work trains are both seen in this shot. One work train is coming out of the house track at Rocky, and another came out of the storage yard at North Yard and is headed for Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113275 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF I love that former MRL SD70ACes show up on the Moffat a couple of times a year since BNSF took over MRL at the start of the year. This is why I say "former" MRL, even though the unit is still sporting Montana Rail Link blue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113274 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful morning in late October as BNSF's daily Denver-Provo climbs the grade from the base of Coal Creek Canyon up to the east portal of Tunnel 1. Unlike most of BNSF's manifests on the Moffat, todays train has five units on the head end and no DPUs. 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