Photo ID: 110175 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The morning Winter Park Express, running about 15 minutes late (and seen here around 22 minutes after sunrise), heads west. The train just passed the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The detector specifically checks to see if anything is sticking off the side or if there is a car that is too high to fit through the tunnels in the tunnel district. If something is sticking out, it'll break the wire on the detector and inform the dispatcher (and the train, via radio). No problems this morning though! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Near the end of Blue Hour, UP's MGJNY rolls slowly east through Arvada, approaching the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The temperature is a very cold -5°F (-21°C) this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110067 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver has just passed through the high/wide defect detector and is crossing over Carr Street in the middle of Arvada on its journey in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109896 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Quite a bit of snow still remains from a winter storm about 36 hours earlier as the westbound Zephyr crosses Carr Street and passes the detector at MP 8.4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109792 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr through the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The train is crossing Carr Street in Arvada. Fun fact, I could see this section of track from my elementary school (Peck) when I was a kid. On recess, I would often climb the monkey bars and look toward the tracks in hopes of catching a Rio Grande train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109791 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the grade crossing at Carr Street is the "high/wide" detector at MP 8.4. The wires around this detector equals the tunnel with the smallest clearance. If anything is hanging off a car on a train, it'll trip the wire. The train would then stop to check to find the car is cannot fit through the tunnel(s). In the distance, the westbound Zephyr is approaching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108029 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see what remains of part of the wire for this high/wide detector in Arvada. The detector is used to check for cars on trains that cannot clear tunnels west of Denver. Indeed, on this day, the detector was tripped and the wire was broken. The detector immediately informed the crew (via an automated radio message) and the train stopped to wait for a carman to correct the problem before continuing west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108028 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This high/wide detector, also known as a shifted load detector, is just west of Carr Street in Arvada. It has a wire that runs around trains. The wire marks the minimum clearance for the tunnels west of Denver. If anything hits the wire, it is an indication that the train will not clear one or more tunnels. Such was the case on this day when DRGW AX-41, a Jordan Spreader, hit the wire and tripped the detector. And man, did it ever trip it! It ripped the wire apart on this side of the rail. You can see the wire now danging over the top of the tracks. Maintenance of Way is coming to repair the detector before the next train rolls through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106871 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1061 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a mostly clear morning, despite some high, thin clouds, as the westbound Zephyr charges west. The train just crosses Carr Street and is now paralleling Oberon Road in Arvada. After a cold night, there is some morning frost clinging to the plants. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106870 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running just a few minutes behind schedule, the westbound Zephyr crosses Carr Street in Arvada and also passes through the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. This detector has a wire the runs up, across, and down around the track. The wire is the size of the smallest tunnel. If a car is too large to fit through a tunnel, it'll hit the wire and activate the detector. This ensure no cars will strike the inside of a tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105634 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), Union Pacific Seeing as how Kansas City Southern units are not super common in Colorado, I figured a roster shot of this SD70MAC was in order. It is bringing up the tail end of an eastbound oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105633 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), Union Pacific A pair of gray Kansas City Southern bring up the tail end of an eastbound loaded oil train. The train loaded at Wash, UT just east of Price. The Moffat has been seeing 1-2 oil trains running each way per week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105632 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 8, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1293 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of SD70ACes lead an eastbound oil train through Arvada near the east end of the Moffat. Of the four units on the train, only the lead unit was UP. The second unit (as clearly seen here) and the two tail end DPUs were all Kansas City Southern. The train is approaching the Carr Street grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104866 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada 1799 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific For a couple months now, UP has been running unit oil trains over the Moffat and across the KP. The trains are running between Wash, UT (where they are loaded) and Midwest City, OK (where they are unloaded). With the recent boom in oil in the US, more such trains may be coming to the Moffat. As an added bonus, an unpatched Espee unit brings up the rear DPU as the train heads in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104865 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada 1645 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific At the time of this photo, there are only 11 unpatched Espee AC4400CW. Considering it has been 18 years since the UP/SP merger, I suppose that even 11 out of the 279 units originally delivered in 1995 isn't bad! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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