Photo ID: 108411 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1064 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP picked out a good looking SD70M to lead a ten car passenger special west on the Moffat. The train is heading for Helper, UT today. The exact purpose of the train...including precisely who is on board...is a mystery. Could just be the engineering department checking out the line, as happens from time to time. Some folks with more of a conspiracy theorist attitude might believe that a perspective buyer (or long-term leaser) is riding the train to check out the former Grande. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108370 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the MNYGJ and MGJNY only running three times a week, the trains have a tendency to be fairly long. This (rare) morning westbound is no exception, as it has 93 cars. Three units are on the point, a then there is a single DPU 3/4 of the way back in the train and a single DPU on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108344 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 944 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF Two days earlier, I saw these exactly same units as DPUs on the Denver-Provo. I shot them at Glenwood and then again at Grand Valley in Parachute. The got to Provo overnight and then departed back east on the Provo-Denver a little later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108343 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 959 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF As the head end power makes its way through Little Ten Curve near the west end of Rocky, a pair of DPUs (including a KCS ES44AC) makes its way around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108342 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 882 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As the head end of the Provo-Denver descends down Big Ten Loop toward the west switch of Rocky, the crew can look straight out at their tail end DPU as it comes out of the Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108341 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 894 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An ES44AC, ET44C4, and ES44DC lead the Provo-Denver around Big Ten Loop. I actually shot this exact same consist two days ago when it was heading west toward Provo on the Denver-Provo. It had a quick turn around time in Provo! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108285 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 877 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is one of the longest trains you're likely to see on the Moffat. The MGJNY has 134 cars and is 9,188 feet long. It is long enough that the head of the train has knocked down the signal at west Rocky while the tail end of the train has not yet left the block at Eisele (Clay)! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108284 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A monster MGJNY wraps around Big Ten Loop on the approach to Rocky. A ton of center beams were pulled out of storage and are being moved back to Denver. The empty center beams are clearly visible coming through Eisele (Clay) and heading toward Big Ten. All of the center beams were on the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108283 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 848 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MGJNY makes a very early morning descent around Big Ten. The train was traditionally being called at 10pm in Grand Junction. However, UP has changed that and now the train is called as soon as the MNYGJ arrives. This means its arrival in Denver will likely be early morning or even pre-sunrise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108281 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 900 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single mid-train swing helper is on the straight stretch west of Big Ten as a single DPU on the rear end climbs up toward the wind break coming around Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108280 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 922 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific When your train is over 7,000 feet long, the crew on the head end can very easily check out the back half of the train, as well as the rear DPU, as the train winds its way around and through Big Ten Curve. The rear of the train is about a thousand feet out of Rocky as the head end comes around the curve toward a clear signal at East Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108279 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is what a 7,000 foot long train looks like when it is wrapped around Little Ten Curve at the west end of Rocky as well as the start of Big Ten Curve between Rocky and Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108259 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 855 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MGJNY is descending down from Big Ten, approaching a clear signal at the west switch of Rocky. this particular train has three units on the point and a single DPU set up on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108258 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look directly down on the 10° curve which is where Big Ten Loop (or Big Ten Curve) gets its name from! UP's MGJNY is rounding the curve on the outside. You can clearly see the open hoppers filled with dirt on the inside of the curve, serving as a wind break for close to 50 years now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108257 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 29, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 998 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A majority of UP's 900 or so ES44ACs and ES44AHs are in the 7000-8000 number range. However, 80 of them wound up in the 2500 and 2700 series. These 80 units are all known as Tier 4 "Credit" units. They were ordered after Tier 4 emissions standards were in place, even though they are Tier 3 units, by using "credits" UP had accrued. UP 2747 is one such unit, delivered in late 2016. Here, it is leading the MGJNY around Big Ten Curve on a largely cloudy morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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