Photo ID: 106951 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1130 (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 1366 (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 1283 (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 1405 (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 1360 (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 1380 (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 1491 (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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