Photo ID: 108983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak If you look closely at the last two Superliner, you'll see the train has just crossed over from Main 3 to Main 2 at the Pecos Street crossover. When coal trains were "a dime a dozen" on the Moffat, you could almost always count on finding at least one, if not two, coal trains here on Main 1 and Main 2. The Pecos Street crossover was built to allow the mid-train helpers to be easily cut out of the coal loads. With coal having all but vanished from the Moffat, these tracks spend most days empty and silent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is not always apparent from the ground, but the blades for wind turbines have a pretty significant curve to them! Each blade actually spans two flat cars. From top to bottom, the tracks here are the North Yard Siding, Main 3, Bypass 2, and Bypass 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 846 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the head end of the morning westbound Zephyr knocks down an approach signal at Pecos Crossover, the tail end of the Zephyr just passed by the old water tower, still standing near Utah Junction. To the right, the MNYNP sits on Bypass 2, waiting to come in to the yard. A blade train from Vestas is also waiting for new power to head south on the Joint Line to Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107924 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1077 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 backs down the North Yard Siding and underneath the signal bridge at Pecos Street. A brakeman is protecting the shove back in to the North Yard Storage Yard. The Big Boy will spend the night on the track knows as "Pig 2". This is a reference to many years ago when intermodal ran over the Moffat and was loaded and unloaded there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107923 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is producing a lot of steam as it approaches CP DS004 - the Pecos Street Crossover - on Bypass 2. The train will continue toward the Moffat, pulling just passed C&S Junction in order to back down the North Yard Siding and in to the Storage Yard for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107822 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful January morning, the California Zephyr approaches Pecos Crossover on Main 3. In mid-2018, Amtrak executives had said that no long distance Amtrak trains would run over any stretch of track that did not have Positive Train Control (PTC) implemented. Fortunately, they backed down on that as several train, including the Zephyr, would have been impacted. The former Grande between Grand Junction and Helper does not have PTC (and UP currently has no plans to add it). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106952 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A sharp looking ES44DC leads the westbound Zephyr. The train has a clear signal at the Pecos Crossover on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106951 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, BNSF The westbound Zephyr has a lot of time to make up as it departs Denver westbound. Guessing a failure in one of the P42DCs was a contributing factor to the delay as a BNSF ES44DC has been added to the point. The train is on Main 3, passing empty Bypass tracks and an empty North Yard Siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1429 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The traction motors that power the wheels are electric motors (which is why train engines are referred to as "diesel-electric"). Because they are electric, there are no gears, which means the engine can operate the same regardless of whether it is moving forward or backward. Thus, it doesn't matter which way DPU units are facing. On this morning, the last unit was facing forward, showing its long hood to the world! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105792 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units facing nose-to-nose bring up the tail end of a westbound Denver to Provo manifest at Pecos. In the distance, you can see the Pecos Street overpass. Ultimately built because Pecos Street was constantly blocked by coal trains on Bypass 1 and 2. Ironic that coal is virtually non-existent now! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Pecos on Main 3, a BNSF trackage rights manifest heads west on clear signals. Three GEs (each a different model) lead the train. It wouldn't see another train until it met the eastbound Zephyr on the western slope! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF BNSF's Denver to Provo heads west on Main 3 at the west end of the Pecos Crossover. The power, which includes a CitiRail leaser on the point, was the same power from the Provo to Denver the day before. Which I happened to shoot at Leyden! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CREX, BNSF Because of the light traffic levels of late, BNSF's Denver to Provo typically runs on UP's main between Fox Jct and Utah Jct (whereas, when things are busy, it usually uses BNSF's main track between those points and crosses over at Utah Jct). No doubt sticking to UP's main is faster! Here, the tank-dominated train is moving at track speed at the Pecos crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103732 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 8, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Last year, construction finally began on a grade separation between Pecos Street and the tracks. This had been planned for years, but there was no funding. Finally, a mix of funds from Adams County, the Feds and Union Pacific came up with the money and the project is well underway. The new overpass would block the view of UP's signal bridge (for the Pecos Crossover), so the signal bridge is being relocated east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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