Photo ID: 112579 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At CP DS007 (Arvada), the MGJNY diverges from the Main Track to Main 2. UP intentionally added a little dog leg curve to the main so Main 1 (far track to the right) would not be diverging at the switch. This is because heavy coal trains (and now oil train) generally run on Main 1, and UP did not want the heavy trains to diverging through the switch. The switch itself is actually a (relatively) high speed switch. It is long and has moveable point frogs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111935 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5826 knocks down the signal at CP DS007 at Arvada as it continues east, moving from the main track to Main 1. The switch here at Arvada is a high speed switch. It actually has to switch motors as it has a moveable point frog. Rather than a solid chunk of steel, the frog point moves similar to a switch point. The oil train here is taking the non-diverging route. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6558 leads UP's MGJNY east on Main 2 at CP DS007 (Arvada), just a few miles west of North Yard. The train is on Main 2 as it approaches the grade crossing at Lamar Street on the eastern edge of Arvada. To the left is the Arvada siding and to the right is Main 1. The train departed the yard in Grand Junction the previous day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Are you familiar with a moveable point frog as it related to a switch (turnout)? Most switches have a frog that is a single piece of steel with groves for wheel flanges. However, in situations where the turnout needs to support higher speed and/or it needs to support heavier trains, railroads will sometimes install a moveable point frog. Similar to the standard switch point, a moveable point frog requires a second turnout motor and it moves the frog back and forth, create a far smoother (and safer) turnout for heavier trains at higher speeds. This particular moveable point frog is located at CP DS007 (Arvada). When UP added a second main track between C&S Junction and Arvada, the added this turnout for coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109790 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is on Main 2, approach a green signal at Arvada (CP DS007). There, the train will enter the single main track for the journey west. As you can see, the Zephyr actually enters the single track main through the diverging route. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109767 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A former Espee AC4400CW has received some some tagging across the fuel tank and some classic "toaster burn" on the long hood. It is currently tied down in the Arvada siding, waiting for a new crew to take Jordan Spreader DRGW 45 west to Phippsburg. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109766 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6351, formerly SP 359, is a fitting unit responsible for transporting DRGW 45 (a Jordan Spreader) from Cheyenne to Phippsburg, CO. It is currently in the Arvada siding, waiting for a recrew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109765 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande Rio Grande's Jordan Spreader AX-41 is still in active service on Union Pacific. However, it has been renumbered to DRGW 45 on UP's roster! Here, it sits in the Arvada siding at Lamar Street, waiting to head west to Phippsburg for the winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109672 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 21, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the early morning light, the westbound Zephyr is precisely on time as it leaves two main tracks behind, entering the single track main at Arvada. The train is crossing the Pierce Street, about seven miles west of Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108287 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 806 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun is ducking behind some early morning clouds as the MGJNY heads east at Arvada. The train is on Main 2 and is actually long enough that it is currently blocking Lamar Street, Pierce Street, (crossing) Wadsworth Bypass, Olde Wadsworth Blvd, and Carr Street. Fortunately for motorists, the train is still on the move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107296 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 1205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An Amtrak California car catches a ride on the westbound Zephyr. Not entirely sure where the car is coming from...it may be coming from Beech Grove, IN, Amtrak's main maintenance facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107295 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 24, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 1254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak is running about 30 minutes late this Saturday morning as it approaches a clear signal at Arvada on Main 2. An "Amtrak California" car is catching a ride behind the power and ahead of the baggage car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105463 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1810 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local diverges and moves from the Main track to Main 2 at Arvada. The local has half a dozen covered hoppers in tow. The local is meeting a westbound BNSF manifest that is currently sitting on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105462 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local is approaching this control point...which one? Well, CP DS007! The West Local is approaching a diverging approach signal, meaning it will take Main 2 and head east to C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105461 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1530 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CREX A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest sits on Main 1 just east of Arvada. The crew went on duty at 11am, but the train didn't leave Denver until 4:30pm. Now, due to a fair amount of traffic on the Moffat, the train is holding. Here it will wait for the eastbound West Local, which was east of Leyden as of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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