Photo ID: 107594 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound coal train was originally called at Bond at 6pm the previous night. It seemed certain that it would arrive in Denver in the dead of night. Fortunately (for the railfans out there), it experienced a major delay in Bond and did not depart until 2am. The crew that was on duty at 6pm only made it to Cliff before their hours expired at 6am. The next crew got the train and it hit plain in beautiful morning light! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107593 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Generally speaking, UP's heritage units seem to do a pretty good job of avoiding Colorado. So, when one does show up (as UP 1982 has a few time lately), a lot of effort is often made in getting shots of it! Here, the MoPac unit approaches the grade crossing at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107592 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 makes its second appears in as many weeks on an eastbound coal load on the Moffat! A fresh crew got on the train at Cliff (after the previous crew died), and is now bringing the train through Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107495 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1092 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Interestingly, this eastbound coal train only had a pair of mid-train swing helpers, instead of the standard trio. The reason being that the train is actually relatively short. It is only 74 cars in length, so the third unit was not needed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107494 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Gotta love the full on green that accompanies the month of May! A coal load heads east at Plain through a picture-perfect spring scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107493 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Coal has certainly experienced a major drop off in the last decade, but it isn't completely gone! Here, an eastbound coal load rolls down the main at Plain, passing some maintenance equipment. The train loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107485 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A look at one of the Amtrak California Comet cars, which is headed back to California after a couple weeks away...granted I am not entirely sure what the reason was for leaving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107382 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1099 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is not a particularly common sight...finding a Sightseer Lounge car as the last car on the Zephyr! This is due to the fact that this is actually the second of two lounge cars on this westbound Zephyr. The reason? The entire train has been booked for "Train Jam", and Amtrak has added an extra lounge car for the journey. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107381 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running right on time, we find the annual "Train Jam" Zephyr heading west on the main at Plain. "Train Jam" is an event in which the entire train is rented out by a single group that bring along software gaming developers to travel by train to the annual Gaming Developers Conference held in San Francisco. Amtrak has added an extra sleeper, an extra coach, and an extra lounge car compared to the standard Zephyr compliment for the event. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107323 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The "pink sticker cars" (as a friend's daughter refers to them) are on the east end of the Winter Park Express as it heads west on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107308 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 26, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is running about 30 minutes late due to some mechanical issues. The P42DC that led the train in to Denver shut down. In need of a second unit for the trip west. AMTK 156 was taken from the Winter Park Express Ski Train on Track 5. Whether or not the unit will make it back to Denver before the next run of the Ski Train is unknown! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107275 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A good old Colorado snow storm dropped about five inches of snow at Plain overnight, giving way to partly cloudy skies today. Despite some sunlight, the temperature was only 5°F, keeping the snow on the vegetation. BNSF's orange looks great as a trio of GEs lead the Provo-Lincoln through the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107274 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Lincoln manifest rolls east down the main at Plain with some beautiful, snowy flat irons as the backdrop. Plain has not been used since five inches of snow fell overnight! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107183 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of the best parts of riding the California Zephyr west out of Denver (in my humble opinion) is the ascent from Rocky up and along the Front Range. Alas, Mother Nature had some other plans for passengers on this morning. The Zephyr quickly disappears into the fog as it heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107182 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 9, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This morning found a lot of fog and a bit of permafrost on some of the vegetation at Plain. As the headend rolls by, the fog is thick enough that you cannot see the last Superliner on the train! These conditions but be tough on crews, particularly when approaching grade crossings. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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