Photo ID: 110351 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is a scene that looks substantially different than it did 30 years ago. Back then, the two tracks on the left did not exist at all. They were added in the early 2000s to accommodate the huge number of coal trains that ran on the Moffat back then. Then, about 15 years ago, the bridge in the background was built to take Pecos Street up and over the tracks. Here, in 2024, a UP manifest backs away from the camera and in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110350 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 3032 is one of the 87 SD70ACe-T4s that UP currently has on the roster. Indeed, one of the only SD70ACe-T4s that actually exists in the United States. To say the EPA Tier-4 units are unpopular with North American railroads would be an understatement. Railroads are, instead, choosing to invest in rebuilding older power rather than buy these newer, more complex, and more expensive units. UP 3032 is working on backing the train in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110349 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr heads west on the North Yard siding, passing by a UP manifest that is spanning Main 3 and Main 2 through the crossover at Pecos. The manifest arrived earlier in the day from the Greeley Sub. It came across Main 2 and, now that the Zephyr is clear, will back in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110348 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 126 approaches the signal bridge at Pecos Street, running on the North Yard Siding. You may notice that there does not appear to be a signal over the North Yard siding. That is indeed correct. There are CTC crossovers from Main 3 to Main 2 to Main 1 at Pecos. But there is no CTC-controlled crossover from the siding to Main 3, so this is not a control point on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109899 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs has been cut out of the middle of a loaded oil train. The power will ultimately return to be fueled in North Yard and the crew will put the train back together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109898 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three mid-train swing helpers are about to be cut out of the middle of an eastbound loaded oil train. You can see the crossover is reversed from Bypass 1 to Bypass 2. The engines will move east of the OS at Pecos, and then run back west to C&S to take one of the two units off the back of the oil train as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109824 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY is approaching the end of its (roughly) 270-mile journey from Grand Junction, CO to North Yard in Denver, CO. The train is passing by the classic water tower that was used for steam power in an era long since gone here at the north end of North Yard between the Pecos Crossover and Utah Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109301 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 11, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The Rocky Mountaineer, with a pair of SD70Ms for power, approaches a clear (green) signal at Pecos. The train is currently on Bypass 2, which directly connects the Moffat with the Belt Industrial Lead. Main 3 and the North Yard Siding are just visible in the lower portion of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 201 (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 608 (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 784 (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 983 (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 785 (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 1065 (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 1157 (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.

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