Photo ID: 110188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF This eastbound BNSF oil train had a nice surprise as a Kansas City Southern AC4400CW is the trailing DPU on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110176 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Less than ten minutes after sunrise, the only UP manifest that still runs on the Moffat is approaching the grade crossing at Plain. The rest of the train is still making its way through Tunnels 2, 3, and 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110118 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's short Winter Park Express Ski Train passes through a very wintery scene on the main track at Plain, just east of Rainbow Cut. There are 266 passengers on board the train this morning, ready for a fun day on the slopes at Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110085 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr departed Denver about 30 minutes late, and is about 90 minutes behind the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) as it charges west on the main at Plain. UP has a lot of equipment and stacks of panel track alongside the House Track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110055 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Safe travels on the journey west, #5! The westbound California Zephyr hustles down the main at Plain toward the start of the Tunnel District and some spectacular scenery for passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109997 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal train approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of Plain after meeting the westbound Zephyr. In the distance, you can see the east portal of Tunnel 4. I was hoping that the coal train might taken long enough to start moving to get a shot with the Zephyr in the distance, but alas, no such luck. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109817 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Powdery white and green evergreens cover the scene at Plain, about 24 miles west of Denver, as the morning Zephyr heads west. It is a chilly 24°F (-4°C) this morning, but the clear blue skies help make up for the chilly temperatures. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109816 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After two days of off-and-on snow storms, it is finally sunny and absolutely beautiful at Plain as the morning Zephyr heads west on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109761 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP has been doing quite a bit of work throughout the Tunnel District lately. Evidence of this work is very apparent at Plain. Equipment is on the house track, there is a lot of panel track, and other ties and rail are in the area. Several hyrailers are also showing up, getting ready for a days work as the westbound Zephyr rolls by on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109708 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 282 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running about 40 minutes behind schedule, emerges from an early morning layer of fog that has totally enveloped the lower elevations in the Denver Metro area. By the time to train reaches Rainbow Cut, it will be entirely above the mist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An oil train leaves the east end of Plain and descends down in to the fog that has entirely enveloped the Denver Metro area at lower elevations. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109706 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of elephant-style GEs brings up the tail end of this eastbound loaded oil train on the main at Plain. The plains to the east are entirely obscured in a low fog layer this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109680 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 362 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific UP has quite a few pieces of equipment as well as dozens of sections of "panel track" laying alongside the house track at Plain. Meanwhile, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer rolls by on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109458 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An empty unit oil train is stopped short of the grade crossing at Plain, waiting for maintenance to clear up. Indeed, one of the hyrailers the train is waiting for is in the process of setting off of the main. In the distance, a westbound BNSF coal load pulls west on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109457 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In the early 2000s, when coal trains were "a dime a dozen" on the Moffat, it was quite common to find a westbound coal empty stopped short of the grade crossing at Plain. The tail end of the hoppers would hang out the east end of Tunnel 1. That does not happen often these days. However, on this afternoon, a westbound empty oil train is stopped short of the grade crossing. Indeed, its tail end is out the east end of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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