Photo ID: 107835 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 is among three (standard) mid-train swing units on an eastbound coal train that is coming out of Tunnel 1. Seeing as how the swing helpers will be cut out in Denver, there is a chance that UP 1996 may make another trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107816 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a clear and temperate December morning, the sound of six UP units (five on the point and one tail end DPU) echoes off the mountains at Blue Mountain as the MNYGJ-10 approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Last Wednesday, the final MNYRO left North Yard, running across the Grande to Roper in Salt Lake City. The MNYRO usually carried a cut of cars for Grand Junction. With UP stopping the MNYRO (and MRONY), they have started an MNYGJ (and MGJNY) three times a week to move cars headed to or from Grand Junction. Note UP 1996 is second in the head end consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107815 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1690 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Like each of the six Heritage Units, UP 1996 is an artistic representation of some of the various schemes Espee had over the years. It is really a mix of two schemes: the "Daylight" scheme and the "Black Widow" scheme. Here, the colorful unit is headed west toward Grand Junction on the MNYGJ. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107520 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the westbound Zephyr is about to duck in to Tunnel 1 as it climbs its way up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107414 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 14, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of SD70s (an SD70M and an SD70ACe) lead a D&SL crane west on the Moffat mainline on the climb up to Tunnel 1. It would be interesting to know of all the things this crane has seen over the course of its life! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107405 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The tail end of a rail train makes its way up toward Tunnel 1. I liked the fact that a single (empty) Rio Grande hopper brought up the end of the rail train as it works its way over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107014 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1080 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I am making it a point to try to get a lot of shot of the tracks ascending from Coal Creek to Tunnel One because, in a relatively short period of time, it is very likely the mountain side behind the train will be covered in single family homes! Here, a single DPU brings up the tail end of a westbound coal empty, disappearing in to Tunnel One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107012 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1616 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Okay, going for a bit of a perspective change here! Shooting underneath the train in the foreground, the lead units of a westbound coal empty approach Tunnel One as seen from near the Blue Mountain grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106933 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers onboard the westbound Zephyr are about to dive in to their first of many tunnels on the journey west of Denver. The east portal of Tunnel One is just ahead of the lead P42DC. From looking in the windows of the Lounge car as the Zephyr rolled by, it looked like there was a pretty good crowd aboard for this New Year's Day adventure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106920 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1882 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, BNSF A very colorful consist emerges from the east portal of Tunnel One. Only two of the six units on the head end of this eastbound are BNSF, but the train itself is indeed BNSF. The first three units were on a Denver-Provo which I shot a few days ago on Thursday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106890 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load rolls out of the east portal of Tunnel One. The train will cut out its mid-train swing helper in Denver and a new crew is called for 10:20am to take the train east on to the Plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106612 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A little bit of sun peeks out from behind the clouds as the Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1472 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The nose of an ES44AC is about to disappear in to the east end of Tunnel 1 as it pushes on a westbound manifest. The perspective of the shot makes it appear that the tracks are closer to the left tunnel wall, but they are in fact centered through the tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1456 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70M and an ES44AC bring up the tail end of a manifest that is headed for Phippsburg, CO on the Craig Branch. Visible in the shot is the east portal of Tunnel 1. The train will pass through this and another 26 tunnels before reaching the Moffat Tunnel, roughly 26 (rail) miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105999 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 26, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 2197 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division, Union Pacific There was a train following UP's Engineering Special and I had no idea what it was going to be. I was certainly surprised when I saw it was EMD's SD70ACe-T4 test train! When the train was up at Tabernash in March, it stayed for four days. Apparently a day and a half was all they needed this time around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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