Photo ID: 104911 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) UMP The last bit of sunlight shines off the peak of the mountain above Coal Creek Canyon as an eastbound coal load approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104839 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The classic shot from Blue Mountain Road! An eastbound coal train snakes its way through the S-Curves. Note the new ties lying along the ballast. UP has been doing a lot of maintenance on the Moffat in the last month or so and tie replacement has been included. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104763 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 2000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 made an unexpected visit to the Moffat on this Sunday afternoon. Both it and the NS unit it was coupled to were supposed to run on an autorack train. The power desk in Denver apparently had other ideas! Here, the units lead through the curves at Blue Mountain Road Crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104762 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Between two westbound manifests (one UP and one BNSF), this was the only unit I saw that was either orange or yellow! This BNSF C44-9W teams up with a CSX C40-8W, shoving on the tail end of a long manifest looping through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon up toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104761 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1624 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CEFX Perhaps the most colorful consist on the Moffat in quite some time, this BNSF manifest is led by a Warbonnet C44-9W, a CSX C40-8W, and an ex-SOO SD60. All three units (plus two DPUs on the end) were working as hard as they could, although they were only making about 15 MPH up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104760 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1654 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CEFX When I was a kid, I had an HO SOO SD60 that I always liked. So it was great to see the real world version on this BNSF manifest. Granted it isn't technically SOO anymore...it is now a CEFX leaser! At first, I thought it was the same ex-SOO leaser that has appeared on the Beer Run lately. But that was CEFX 6012. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104759 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CSX Talk about a unique and colorful consist! On a partly cloudy July afternoon, a westbound BNSF manifest is led by a trio of units without a trace of orange...well, okay...there is a trace of orange on the lead unit. But the BNSF Warbonnet / CSX Blue and Gray / ex-SOO Leaser lashup was a very welcome sight indeed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104758 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 13, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada 1515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Although a bit dirty - particularly on the plow - it was still great to catch this Warbonnet on the point of a westbound BNSF manifest. The train seemed to be a bit underpowered as it was working as hard as it could just to crawl along at 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104714 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 2050 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Amtrak was formed in 1972, the first official logo used was the "Pointless Arrow". It, along with the bright red "Bloody Nose", were the two main staples of the first scheme. To celebrate 40 years, here a reinterpretation of the scheme as applied to a P42DC. Personally, I think it looks pretty sharp! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104713 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 2064 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the last two weeks, the Zephyr has been the focus of several of Amtrak's heritage units. The Zephyr has seen Phase I, Phase III and Phase IV schemes all on the point. For the second consecutive trip west, the "Bloody Nose" Phase I schemed AMTK 156 leads the train west at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104712 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running just a few minutes lates, makes its way through the S-Curve at Blue Mountain Drive with the Phase I heritage unit on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104699 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1489 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Spring is less than 24 hours away, which means this scene will hopefully "green up" a bit in the next month of two. In the meantime, a few Yucca plants make up just about all the green - save for the pine trees - in the scene as an eastbound BNSF manifest loops around past the Blue Mountain Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104698 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1616 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest got stuck holding the main for about 45 minutes at Plain. Maintenance was working on some ballast regulation around the curves here at Blue Mountain and Coal Creek. With maintenance finally in the clear, the train got the signal to head east. Here, the front of the train is approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain and the tail end of the train is just emerging from Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104697 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 2007 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF When I heard the dispatcher talking to "BNSF 700" at Plain, I got excited because I thought I was going to be shooting a Warbonnet leading on the Moffat. Alas, it turned out that BNSF 700 has been repainted in the New Image scheme. However, there is still a tiny bit of Warbonnet in the shot...see it? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104687 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 17, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1879 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr passes by the hotbox detector at MP 22.6 on its journey west. It has been awhile since I shot any of Amtrak's heritage units (particularly leading), so I was really pleased to learn that AMTK 822 was leading on this morning. It is actually the only one of the Genesis units sporting a heritage Amtrak scheme that I hadn't shot yet! Guess that means F40PH #406 (in Phase III) needs to be next on the list! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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