Photo ID: 111816 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF oil empty heads west in the OS at Pecos. The train was recrewed south of Denver on the Joint Line and came across UP Main 1 at Prospect to get to the Moffat, completely bypassing BNSF's actual yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111815 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In between the running of trains, railroads have a rather large contingent of maintenance personnel. Many of them use hi-rail trucks to drive on the rails and ensure the track is in shape. One such UP MOW hi-rail truck is headed east on Bypass 2 in the OS at Pecos, headed for Broadway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111538 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The front half of a coal load backs through the OS at Pecos Crossover on Bypass 2. It is approaching the back half of its train, ready to connect up after cutting out mid-train DPUs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111536 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After uncoupling from an eastbound coal load, these two mid-train DPUs have crossed over from Bypass 2 to Main 3 in order to make their way into the yard for servicing. You can see the front half of the train in the distance, clear of the OS, on Bypass 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111535 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Conductor from the inbound crew has just uncoupled UP 6448 from the back half of this coal load. The inbound crew will take the two DPUs into North Yard to the fuel tracks for servicing. The outbound crew will be responsible for putting the coal train back together before departing east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111534 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This UP coal load has come to a stop on Bypass 2 and the inbound crew is working to uncouple the front half of the coal load from the two mid-train DPUs. The outbound crew on the head end will pull the front of the train forward, clear of the Pecos Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111521 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound UP coal load is coming up to an approach (yellow) signal at the Pecos crossover. At the same time, BNSF's Beer Run is headed west on Main 3 on a approach restricting (red of lunar) signal. The crew on the Beer Run has dimmed its headline to avoid blinding the UP crew, even though it is daylight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110351 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 160 (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 147 (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 149 (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 185 (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 186 (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 253 (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 201 (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 245 (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.

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