Photo ID: 114205 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific As the engineer throttles up, UP 4073 really kicks up some exhaust (briefly) as the Canyon Spirit heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114204 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8600 throttles up as the westbound Canyon Spirit has cleared a slow order and is accelerating a bit back toward track speed. RMRX 8600 has replaced one of the two UP SD70Ms that has been leading the train the last three months or so, ever since the Canyon Spirit struck a semi truck in Rifle. The two GP40-3s are still in Denver, waiting to be repaired. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114188 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While I'm not a huge of UP's latest paint scheme, it is always nice to see a freshly painted unit. This C44ACM must have been very recently (re)painted. I'm not a huge fan of the flag on the nose. The cab and nose just feel a little too busy, in my humble opinion. I also very much miss the wings on the nose. I would speculate that a lot of these changes were financially motivated, as the smaller flags and remove of the wings probably saves quite a bit of money on repaints. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114187 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Coal has actually seen an increase on the Moffat recently. Rumor has it that the West Elk Mine (the only mine currently loading by rail in Colorado) has some new contracts and is increasing their output, with the intention of loading more than 30 trains per months. Evidence of that is seen here with this meet between an eastbound and westbound train here at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114185 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been longer than I care to admit since I manage to capture a meeting between coal trains on the Moffat! However, a westbound coal empty is waiting here in the siding at Eisele (Clay) for the coal load on the main. The empty is up against the signal at the west end, but still has about four cars to go in order to get in the clear at the east end. The coal load is going to have to stop and hopefully will fit between signals on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114166 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 102 (4 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three trains, one scene! An eastbound UP oil train is slowly rolling on the main track at Eisele (Clay). BNSF's Denver-Provo and the Canyon Spirit are both in the siding for the meet. There was enough room behind the BNSF manifest for the Canyon Spirit to squeak in, clearing the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114165 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I know this scene is a bit blurry as the shot was taken from further away that I would have preferred. But in the scene, there is a three-way meet happening. An eastbound UP oil train is on the main, and BNSF's Denver-Provo and the Canyon Spirit are both in the siding at Eisele (Clay) for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114082 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the 15 MPH slow order behind, the westbound Zephyr is accelerating on the main at Eisele (Clay), just west of the east switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114028 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr had a quartet of P42DCs on the point this morning. I'm not entirely sure why the extra power was on the train. It was suggested that two units might be headed to Siemens in California to carry out a new Airo train set. It is also possible the extra power was due to the additional Superliners on the Zephyr today. Yet another possibility is just a power relocation move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In addition to the scenery, wildlife is certainly one of the draws for passengers that choose to ride the California Zephyr. This morning, a small herd of elk hustle away from the tracks, trying to distance themselves from the noisy steel beast rolling by them. A quartet of P42DCs lead the unusually long (11-car) train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 114026 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr starts to accelerate on the main track after clearing a 10 MPH slow order, a herd of elk hear the approaching train and are started to move further up the mountain side. The elk on the far left even looks like it might be calling out a warning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113805 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The Zephyr is running about two hours late this evening, so the sun is well behind the mountain here at Eisele (Clay). Rays of sun still shine over the mountains in the distance, looking geographically north along the Flat Irons. The main reason for the Zephyr running late was mechanical, hence the ES44AC leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113734 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7198 is missing a lot of its front end below the platform. The cab and long hood are banged up. This unit was involved in a derailment on the North Fork Branch, south of Grand Junction, on December 3, 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113733 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On the evening of December 3, 2025, a coal empty headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch in western Colorado struck a large rock that had fallen on the track. Fortunately, there were no major injuries to the crew. The two units, however, were pretty banged up. Union Pacific is finally transporting the units to either be repaired or scrapped. Here, they were the 8th and 9th units on the head end of the MGJNY, seen here on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113732 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I caught wind that the MGJNY was likely going to be transporting some units from Grand Junction to Denver overnight. It was a toss up if it would make it to Denver before sunrise. Turns out, it arrived at Plain about 30 minutes after sunrise. A short time later, the train was here at Eisele (Clay). Alas, it was a very overcast morning, so no direct sunlight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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