Photo ID: 110985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The siding of Plain was originally named Plainview. Rio Grande shortened the names of many of its sidings to save time when talking about them. Plainview was changed to Plain. Pinecliff to Cliff. Rollinsville to Rollins. Plainview's name is very well deserved as you can see out and over the plains of Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110894 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the east end of Plain, the westbound Zephyr is overtaking an empty UP oil train, sitting in the siding. The oil train fit in the siding by less than one car. If there had been one more tank car on the train, it would not have fit! You can see how close the end DPU is to the signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110740 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A transition sleeper, two regular sleepers, a diner, a sightseer lounge, and three baggage cars (the middle of which is a baggage/coach car) make up the morning westbound Zephyr as it heads down the main at Plain. This is the first time in well over a year that I've seen eight Superliners on the Zephyr. Hope it becomes a regular thing! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110722 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east end of Plain, UP's thrice weekly manifest from Grand Junction to North Yard is coming out of the siding and onto the main track. It'll continue down to Rocky and meet a westbound coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110577 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has quite the colorful consist this morning, with AMTK 160 in the Phase 3 variant often known as the "Pepsi Can" scheme and AMTK 174 in Phase 7 leading the train at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110327 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is combined with the equipment from the Winter Park Express on the main at Plain. The combined trainsets are reminiscent of 40 years ago in the 1980s when the California Zephyr was combined with the Pioneer and Desert Wind between Chicago and Salt Lake City. Would be great if passenger levels allowed for train lengths like this on a regular basis in 2024! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110203 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound unit oil train passes through the east OS of Plain on the main track, right at MP 24. Off in the distance, you can clearly see the Valmont powerplant. The powerplant was fueled by coal when it was in operation. However, Xcel Energy shut the power plant down in 2017. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110177 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of units leads a UP manifest out the east end of Plain on a clear (green) signal. Most of the train consists of covered hoppers and empty center beam flats. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110117 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The five car Winter Park Express Ski Train passes through the OS at the east end of Plain on its way west to Winter Park. Note the snow-covered asphalt road to the right which will serve the new Canyon Pines neighborhood once houses are built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110084 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express A year from now, if the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) runs in 2025, there will very likely be houses in the background in this shot. For the first run in 2024, however, there is only asphalt and a few construction vehicles behind the westbound Ski Train on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109998 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This UP coal train loaded at the West Elk mine on the North Fork Branch and is now rolling east out of the east end of Plain. It will continue in to Denver on green signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109996 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr diverges through the switch at East Plain and in to the siding, meeting an eastbound UP coal train that is holding the main. The conductor for that coal load is on the ground, ready to give a "roll by" to the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109995 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr appears to be headed directly toward an eastbound UP coal load. However, the Zephyr is actually lined in to the siding here for the meet. If you look closely at the signal, you can see it shows a Diverging Approach (red over yellow). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109987 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, with a typical winter consist of seven Superliners (a transition sleeper, two sleepers, a dining car, the lounge car, and two coaches) are on the move on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109820 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the westbound Zephyr at Crescent, UP's MGJNY got a clear (green) signal to continue east toward North Yard in Denver. The lead unit has UP's newest paint scheme, which (sadly) no longer includes the famed UP wings. 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