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Photo ID: 111312
Date Shot
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Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
101
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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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Photo ID: 111311
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
127
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The conductor on this single SD70ACe looks out the window as the unit backs across Federal Blvd on Main 1. The unit will be added to the point of a westbound empty oil train. A few years ago, UP laid off all of the engine hostlers in Denver. These hostlers would make sure power changes like this were done before the road crew showed up. Now, the road crew is responsible for doing all these power shuffling activities before departing the yard.
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Photo ID: 111310
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
117
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A single UP SD70ACe sits on Main 1 just west of the signals at the C&S Junction. Before unit trains (mostly oil trains these days, coal trains in the past) head west on the Moffat, UP frequently will do a little power shuffling. Often times adding a unit to a train that came off the relatively flat plains before it heads into the Rockies. Such is the case here as this SD70ACe is waiting for authority from DS-378 to back east onto the point of a westbound oil train, just barely visible way off in the distance. This shot also demonstrates how long the OS at C&S Junction is. It must be one of the longest anywhere, as it is roughly 1/2 a mile between switches!
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Photo ID: 111247
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Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
125
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
It is a reasonably pleasant November morning here at C&S Junction as the westbound Zephyr crosses Federal Blvd on Main 2. It is around 50°F outside, and slowly warming up. It may be the last temperate day for awhile as, starting tomorrow, there is at least a 40% chance for snow all the way until next Sunday.
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Photo ID: 111246
Date Shot
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Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
132
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The morning Zephyr passes underneath the signal bridge at C&S Junction. The Zephyr is running right on time as it charges west on Main 3 (changing to Main 2 here at C&S). Four tracks collapse down to just two when heading westbound here at C&S. The four tracks, from left-to-right, are Bypass (Main) 1, Bypass (Main) 2, Main 3, and the North Yard Siding. The two tracks in the foreground, from left-to-right, are Main 1 and Main 2.
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Photo ID: 110710
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Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
174
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
After a layover in Denver on Bypass 1 at North Yard, UP 1943 and its empty westbound oil train is departing on Main 1 at C&S Junction. The four tracks east of C&S Junction, from left to right, are Bypass 1, Bypass 2, Main 3, and the North Yard Siding. At C&S Junction, when heading west, these filter down to just two tracks. From left to right, we have Main 1 and Main 2.
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Photo ID: 110709
Date Shot
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Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
185
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP 1943 is sitting on Bypass 1, looking at a red signal at C&S Junction (CP DS005). Momentarily, the train will tone up DS-380 to let him know that they are ready to depart west.
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Photo ID: 110708
Date Shot
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Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
246
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Four units sit on the point of a westbound unit oil empty on Bypass 1, just east of C&S Junction. The conductor is onboard and the train is about read to head west.
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Photo ID: 110707
Date Shot
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Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
219
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP 1943, UP's unit painted in tribute to the US military, was taken off its train by the inbound crew. The outbound crew, which went on duty at 9:45am, brought the power back out to the train. The hand brakes are being knocked off, and it will be ready to depart westbound shortly.
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Photo ID: 110342
Date Shot
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
183
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Looking west through the signal bridge at C&S Junction, we see the headlight of UP's MGJNY approaching on Main 2. The train is actually stopped just short of Lowell Blvd, waiting for a signal at C&S and continue in to the yard. If you look closely, you can actually see the crossover bent from Main 2 to Main 1.
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Photo ID: 110295
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
236
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
A very short Beer Run (only 23 cars) is entering BNSF trackage on the Golden Subdivision after traveling on UP tracks for the previous few miles between Prospect Junction and C&S Junction.
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Photo ID: 110294
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
229
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
Four units on BNSF's Beer Run are representing three different paint schemes. The SD70ACe is, of course, sporting the New Image scheme. SD70MAC 9709 has the short-lived "green and cream" scheme. The two SD40-2s that will run on the Golden Local are also on the train, one with a New Image and one with the original Heritage scheme. The train is crossing over Clear Creek at C&S Junction.
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Photo ID: 110293
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
255
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP 7051 passes by a westbound oil train waiting to depart at C&S Junction. the manifest is on the North Yard Siding and the oil train is on Bypass (Main) 2.
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Photo ID: 110292
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
284
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
As you can clearly see, UP 7051 clearly encountered its snow somewhere on the way east between Grand Junction and Denver. Here, at C&S Junction, the manifest is leaving Main 2 (which becomes Main 3 here at C&S) and is entering the west end of the North Yard Siding.
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Photo ID: 110290
Date Shot
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Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
217
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP 6777 is on the point of a westbound empty oil train, stopped on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. there is a crew onboard the train, but for reasons not clear, it is not heading west. What's more, it would actually be several hours before it finally did head west.
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