Photo ID: 110959 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is rolling east in the early morning sunlight east of Leyden. The train will make it down to Denver ahead of the departure of the morning westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110867 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Crossing 66th Avenue, the westbound Zephyr is running right on time as it navigates its way through the residential Denver suburb of Arvada. Arvada has a few areas of commercial zoning, but the vast majority of the city of 120,000 citizens is filled with houses. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110866 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr approaches the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. With the morning Zephyr generally headed away from the sun, this short stretch of track by 66th Avenue is one of the best places for a reasonably lit (not backlit) shot as the tracks run (more or less) geographically north here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110790 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO) has an impressive 90 cars in tow as it rolls through Arvada. Seven units on the head end, only the first three of which are actually online, lead the train with a single DPU on the tail end. The train is crossing 66th Avenue, following along Oberon Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110675 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although this might appear to be an eastbound coal train, it is in fact a manifest, UP's MGJNY. Not too far out of view in the distance is a string of general manifest cars (box cars, tank cars, etc). The train is parallel is Oberon Road and is crossing 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110674 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two AC4400CWs (both ex-Espee, SP 246 and SP 324), an ES44AC, and an SD70ACe lead UP's thrice weekly manifest between Grand Junction and Denver. This is the MGJNY-04. Rail traffic between Salt Lake City and Denver has, since 2018, traveled through Wyoming on the Overland Route rather than the former Grande. UP has not (regularly scheduled) manifests between Grand Junction, CO and Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110661 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Anything look weird or out of place in this picture? The crossing gate for opposing traffic at the 66th Avenue grade crossing is stuck up. This crossing has a center median and "quad gates" because it is a quite zone. When working properly, trains do not use their horns at this crossing. However, since the crossing gate is malfunctioning, trains are currently using their horns here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110660 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There is a short stretch of track between the cut west of Carr Street and the curve along Oberon Lake where the tracks run north northwest (for westbounds). It is a great place, particularly in the summer months, to get westbound with decent lighting in the morning. Case-in-point is this morning's westbound California Zephyr, with AMTK 18 and AMTK 824 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is only going about 20 MPH as it approaches the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. Part of the grade crossing is currently broken, so there is a standing "XH" order at the crossing. This means trains must go slow enough to stop if a car darts out in front of them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the grade crossing at 66th Avenue, the second eastbound Zephyr of the afternoon heads toward Denver in the golden hour, shortly before sunset. The first Zephyr I shot was yesterday's 21 hour late Zephyr, which was held at Fraser for 17 hours due to extremely high (90 MPH) winds around Big Ten. It's great to see green grass returning as we get deeper in to Spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110230 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In the month of January, several UP oil train have stalled on the grade between Tabernash and the Moffat Tunnel. Those trains had five units on them. It appears that, even though it only has five units (2x2x1), this oil train made it up and over the hill. Two mid-train DPUs roll east by the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110229 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the 66th Avenue grade crossing (which the train is still crossing in the distance), an loaded UP oil train rolls eastbound. The lead SD70ACe has a badly damaged flag decal on the long hood. The second unit, an AC4400CW, hasn't seen a repaint in decades, from the looks of it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110125 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is 5 hours and 15 minutes late today, after experiencing some issue (not sure exactly what) between Lincoln, NE and Hastings, NE the previous night. The train is crossing 66th Avenue in Arvada, about 10 miles west of Union Station, hidden amidst the skyline in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109894 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP has been doing a lot of work on the Moffat in the past two months or so. Here, an eastbound work train carrying away a lot of scrap, such as used tie plates, rolls east through Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.