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Photo ID: 112224
Date Shot
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Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
12
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Here at C&S Junction, BNSF's Golden Sub converges with UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub. Between C&S Junction and Fox Junction, BNSF trains run on UP's main. It is also the only real section of track that crews operating on BNSF's Golden Sub have to run in CTC limits. Meanwhile, a UP oil empty heads west on Main 1. when RTD constructed their G-Line along the UP right-of-way, UP received money to add a second main track between C&S Junction and Arvada. Main 2 is the newer track, indicated by the concrete ties.
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Photo ID: 112223
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
14
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Since UP got rid of their hostlers, road crews have to switch power around. The outbound crew on this oil train had to do exactly that when they got to North Yard. They went on duty at 9:50am, and it is now 2:50pm. So the crew has been on duty for five hours before actually departing west. They have seven hours to make it to Bond.
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Photo ID: 112222
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
11
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Three UP GEs have tied onto a westbound oil empty and the crew is currently charging the air brakes in the train so it can depart west.
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Photo ID: 112221
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
13
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The power for this westbound oil train is about to be hooked up to the west end of the train, ahead of a covered hopper buffer car. After attaching to the train, the crew will knock off handbrakes and charge the air before departing west.
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Photo ID: 112220
Date Shot
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Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
12
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A westbound oil empty arrived in Denver at 10am. A new crew was called at 9:50am. Upon arriving at North Yard, the crew had to pull power off the train and replace it with new power. UP got rid of all of its hostlers a few years ago, so crews have to shuttle power around themselves. In this shot, the outbound crew is taking three units and putting it back on their train in preparation to head west.
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Photo ID: 111813
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
82
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The Zephyr has the typical post-COVID consist with a pair of P42s, a baggage car, and seven Superliners. The train is in the OS at C&S Junction and is crossing over Federal Blvd.
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Photo ID: 111812
Date Shot
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Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
87
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The westbound Zephyr passes underneath the signal bridge at C&S Junction, about to cross over Federal Blvd, changing from Main 3 to Main 2. The train is running right on time for its morning trip west.
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Photo ID: 111518
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Sunday, December 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
121
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
While coal has almost entirely disappeared from the Moffat, UP still runs the occasional coal train from the North Fork Branch east over the Moffat. Here, a 95-car coal load rolls east through the OS at C&S Jct, entering Bypass 2. The outbound crew is coming out of North Yard right now and will meet the train at Pecos.
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Photo ID: 111403
Date Shot
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
68
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
It is a little difficult to tell from this view, but the engineer has flipped on the headlights on UP 7634. The brakes are being released and the engineer has notched the unit into Run 1 to start creeping west. The unit is on the point of an empty oil train, ready to head west and tackle the Moffat.
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Photo ID: 111402
Date Shot
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
81
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A westbound oil train is sitting on Bypass 2, presently facing a red signal at C&S Junction. Indeed, you can see the signal the crew is looking at on the signal bridge, right over the track. In just a minute, this signal will turn green and the train will depart west.
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Photo ID: 111401
Date Shot
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
75
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Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The outbound crew on this empty oil train are sitting on Bypass 2, ready to take the train west on the Moffat. Maintenance of Way is working on one of the crossovers at C&S Junction. The maintenance worker informed DS-378 that he would be clear within ten minutes.
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Photo ID: 111372
Date Shot
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Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
96
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
In the OS at C&S Junction, this westbound BNSF oil train is crossing over Clear Creek on Main 2. A visitor from the north is second out on the train. Of course, in the coming years, that paint scheme will eventually train be changed to the new CPKC scheme after the merger of Canadian Pacific and KCS.
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Photo ID: 111371
Date Shot
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Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
118
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
At C&S Junction, a westbound BNSF oil train with six units on the point is changed from Main 3 to Main 2 (without actually changing tracks) as the number of tracks filters down from four to two. The crew was on duty at 9am and started pulling out of the yard right around 9:30am.
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Photo ID: 111314
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
86
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A pair of GEs were removed from the tail end of an eastbound loaded oil train on Bypass 2 are headed for North Yard. They will pull west on Main 1 to clear the signal at C&S, then get a light to cross over to Main 2 and the North Yard siding to head back east. In the distance, you can just see the tail end of the westbound Zephyr on Main 2. One additional note of interest...UP 6345 was original SP 296!
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Photo ID: 111312
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
75
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
An SD70ACe is being added to the pair of ES44ACs that are currently on a westbound oil train on Bypass 1. After getting the unit added, waiting for the Zephyr, and performing an air test, the oil train will be ready to head west. In the distance, you can see the tail end of an eastbound oil load that arrived a few hours earlier. That power will be removed from the train before it departs east for the KP.
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