Photo ID: 111294 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 11, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 159 and AMTK 154 have the duty of leading the westbound Zephyr this morning. The train is right on time as it rolls west on the main through a still-snowy plain. After a lot of snow last week, the forecast is much nicer this week, with highs around 55°F (13°C). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111182 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units lead a westbound oil empty through the siding at Plain. The train had been holding short of the grade crossing to avoid blocking cars. However, the eastbound this oil train has been waiting on is now out of Crescent, so DS-380 told the crew on the oil train to pull into the clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111181 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After holding short of the grade crossing at Plain, this oil train is pulling into the clear on the siding to meet an eastbound. The SD70ACe in the third spot is really coughing up some exhaust as the power throttles up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110881 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rolls by the house track that holds a single gondola. Stacks of panel track lie on the ground by the house track as well. The Zephyr will be the final train through here for the next six hours or so, as UP has a work window starting behind Amtrak Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110766 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A Phase 3 SD70M is second out on UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO). In general, locomotives are not tagged by graffiti...unless they've spent some time in the LA or Houston area! A small amount of tagging is behind the cab on this particular SD70M. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110765 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 197 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9811 is leading UP's MGJNY, currently stopped in the siding at Plain to allow the westbound Zephyr to pass by. UP 9811 was originally a C44-9W. However, the unit has been converted from DC traction motors to AC traction motors and it is now designated as a C44ACM. Rebuilding older units is the way Class 1 railroads are moving, rather than buying new Tier-4 compliant units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110721 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY held in the siding at Plain for two westbound. The Zephyr, and the Rocky Mountaineer. With the Mountaineer now in the clear near the west end of Plain, the manifest as received a clear (green) signal out of the siding from DS-380. In the distance, you can clearly see the east portal of Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110578 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is an unusually humid morning along the Front Range with overcast skies and the threat of severe thunderstorms later on. Meanwhile, AMTK 160 and AMTK 174 lead the Zephyr west toward Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110499 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two units bring up the tail end of a loaded coal train on the main at Plain. Coal loads typically only have one DPU on the tail end, so it is not entirely clear if the train will depart Denver with both units, or if one will be taken off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110498 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An AC4400CW and an SD70ACe are the DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound coal load (moving away from the camera), here on the main track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110497 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As is typical for loaded UP coal trains on the Moffat, a trio of units has been cut in as mid-train swing helpers. A pair of ES44ACs and an SD70ACe have the duty today at Plain. This trio will be cut out when the train arrives in Denver. Note the paved road in the background. That is the far east (north) end of the new Canyon Pines neighborhood. Note that it does *not* connect in with Plainview Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110496 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 217 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Almost feels like it could be 2005. A pair of AC4400CWs leading an eastbound coal train at Plain! It is, however, 2024 as this GE pair crosses the grade crossing at Plain on the main track. In the distance, to the right, you can see the east portal of Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110446 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After a long, cold winter, its Rocky Mountaineer season once again! The first revenue run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks" charges west on the main at Plain, approaching Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110368 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's "Pointless Arrow" (or "Bloody Nose") Phase 1 Heritage Unit, AMTK 161, leads a P40DC (AMTK 817) on the westbound California Zephyr as the train rolls west at Plain, approaching Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110249 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train descends down the main at Plain the morning after a major blizzard. Looking in the distance, you can see the east portal of Tunnel 4. No trains have used the siding since the storm, so the rails are still covered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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