Photo ID: 106030 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1575 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Barbara's Gulch, the westbound Zephyr pokes through the trees on its journey west. The lighting is harsh as it is very backlit. I was standing in this spot not primarily for this shot, but for the shot behind me of a meet at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105969 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A fairly wet Spring has resulted in the plants in the Denver area greening up quite nicely. A special consist of six units and a passenger car head west (away from the photographer) on their journey toward Tabernash on the west slope. A couple days testing will ensue for the two new SD70ACe-T4s in the consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105968 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1482 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One of the 518 SD70ACes that UP purchased over about a ten year period is in full dynamics as it heads west (upgrade) in Barbara's Gulch. It is in full dynamics because EMD is testing brand new SD70ACe-T4s and, by putting the other units in the consist in full dynamics, it generates drag that helps simulate a train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105967 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In order to test the loading and emissions for the SD70ACe-T4, EMD needs it to throttle up. Without an actual train to pull, the best way to do that is to take a couple of other units and put them in full dynamics while climbing a grade. Simulates pulling a train. Interestingly, a GE ET44AC (GE's own Tier-4 compliant unit) will be helping in this test. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105966 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division You can see some rain and even hail coming down as one of EMD's SD70ACe-T4 prototypes heads west through Barbara's Gulch on a special test train headed for Tabernash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105965 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Afternoon thunderstorms offer some interesting lighting and dramatic clouds as an EMD special heads west through Barbara's Gulch toward Rocky. Maintenance is in the process of clearing up between Rocky and Eisele, so the train will have an approach (yellow) signal at the east end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105964 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1435 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8739 leads the SDVTNT-24 (Special, Denver to Tabernash) through Barbara's Gulch. The consist will tie down overnight on the wye at Tabernash. The crew will stay at a local hotel and be on duty at 0700 the next morning for testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105887 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The two DPUs on the tail end of this coal empty are passing from sunlight toward shadow amongst a lot of foliage at the west end of Barbara's Gulch. The gulch gets very narrow for the last few hundred feet. Note the bridge to the left. This is the CO-93 overpass. Also, in the distance toward the top of the frame, you can see the wind break hoppers on Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105886 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Chicago North Western On was on the wrong side of the train (light-wise) to get a great shot of this guy, but thought it was worth adding, regardless. A former CNW AC4400CW assists on this westbound coal empty. Prior to being assimilated by Union Pacific, this unit was CNW 8820. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105885 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1329 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Who would have thought (even two years ago) that coal trains would become something of a rarity on the Moffat? With the sharp decrease in demand for coal, the Moffat is only seeing a couple of coal trains per week. One such example was this West Elk-bound empty. The train will meet an eastbound manifest at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105884 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 10, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An early morning coal empty rolls west in Barbara's Gulch. This coal train is part of a contract for a few businesses in Texas. It will load at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch and then return east and south to Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105864 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The power on this manifest, setup "elephant-style", represents many decades of motive power! It is led by a C44AC-CTE, followed by an SD70AH, an SD70M, a GP38-2 leaser, and a GP40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105863 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An interesting collision of both light and shadow in Barbara's Gulch as the eastbound MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) glides east. A winter storm is spilling in over the mountains, encroaching on the morning light. This shot, from the south side of Barbara's Gulch, is one that I've wanted to try for awhile! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105814 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1525 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I didn't have quite enough time to set up for a better picture of the MNYRO on this morning. A pair of units lead up a train of 60 or so cars in Barbara's Gulch. The last 40 or so cars are all empty coal hoppers. Most likely, they will be dropped off in Grand Junction, loaded on the North Fork Branch, and return to Denver and spotted in the Arvada siding to be used as coal for Coors in Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105808 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific So this is what constitutes a train on the Moffat in 2016, eh? This light power move is actually headed for Phippsburg on the Craig Branch. UP runs coal trains that are "captive" to the Craig Branch. Essentially, the trains run from the Axial Mine to the Ute and Hayden power plants. All of this is located on the branch. The power used on those trains needs to be switched out from time-to-time (for maintenance, etc). So this power will be left in Phippsburg and, in a few days, the current shuttle power will likely run light back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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