Photo ID: 106600 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 24, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first eastbound to run over the Moffat in eight days! The Moffat had been entirely closed for extensive maintenance and just opened overnight to allow trains to start rolling again. A former Espee AC4400CW (SP 202) leads the train for the journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106549 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF officer's special (train symbol OSTODEN2-11) glides down the main at Plain in semi-cloudy morning light. This would be the only train to sneak through this morning as UP has dedicated work windows for maintenance crews between sunrise and around 12:30pm. During these work windows, the westbound Zephyr is holding at Union Station in Denver until 12:30pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106481 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ever wonder how rail is transported from the mill to its destination? This is it! A train allows rail to be stacked 10 wide and 5 high, for a total of 50 strips of rail. With each strip roughly 1/4 mile long, that means the train has 12 1/2 miles of rail. Of course, there are two rails to make up the tracks, so that is 6 1/4 miles of track on this train. That is enough to replace all the rail in the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106480 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I'm always a sucker for a shot of any SD70M! UP purchased 1000 of them in a single order in 2000 and added on to that order with a few hundred more. UP 4073 is one of the older SD70Ms on the roster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106479 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1320 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound rail train approaches the grade crossing at Plain. The rail was "rolled" at the steel mill in Pueblo and the rail is headed for Talure, CA, just north of Bakersfield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106362 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Two of Amtrak's specially painted P42DCs are on the Zephyr this morning. AMTK 42 is painted to honor America's Veterans. AMTK 156 is painted in a Phase I scheme. Interestingly, AMTK 42 was used on the test run of the Winter Park Express in 2015 and AMTK 156 was used on the first run of the Winter Park Express a week earlier in 2017! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106318 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak To help advertise the Winter Park Express (the new Ski Train), Amtrak applied some wraps to three Superliners and the trailing F40PH. Hopefully, the wrap will help in attracting customers to the train, helping it to be successful. The train will run on weekends through March 26, 2017. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106275 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1509 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful Colorado morning in December, and this eastbound BNSF manifest sports quite a load of power! Seven units (not all of which are online) lead up the Lincoln, NE-bound train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106274 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1493 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest passes by a UP track gang at Plain. The track gang is currently having a job briefing regarding the work they are going to get done for the day. The BNSF train will meet Amtrak at Rocky. After the Zephyr passes by Plain, the track gang will get some track and time and get to work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106223 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus still moves from city-to-city by rail. It is by far the most efficient way to move such a large operation. The circus actually has two shows running somewhere in the United States at any one time. As a result, the circus actually has two complete train sets. One is referred to as the "Red Train" and one is referred to as the "Blue Train". This is the Blue Train, and an example coach car on it. Performers essentially live on the train through the 11 month tour season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106222 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1625 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey On a beautiful, crystal clear Colorado morning, the eastbound circus train descends down the main at Plain on its way into Denver. UP found some very nice power for the "Blue Train" for its trip from Salt Lake City (where the show closed two days earlier) to Denver (where the show opens the in two days). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106221 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey With elephants no longer a part of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus, the circus train is now once again running over the Moffat (rather than through Wyoming) when moving between Denver and Salt Lake City. Such was the case on this morning as the circus is coming to Denver! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106065 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70ACe leads an eastbound coal load down the main at Plain. The train held the main at Crescent in order to meet a very late (six hours) California Zephyr. After clouds build, threatening the possibility of a thunderstorm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106064 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I was trapped on the uphill side of this coal train (meaning I could not drive away until it passed), so I decided to wander around the area and came up with a bit of an artsy shot between a pair of trees not far away from the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106063 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1910 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific What's this? A coal train!? Funny how ten years ago, the Moffat was busting at the seams (no pun intended) with coal trains. Now, the Moffat regularly goes days between coal trains. In fact, there are only two mines left in Colorado (as of this photo) that are loading on trains*. The West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch and the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. This particularly train loaded at Energy. * Axial Mine on the Craig Branch does still loads trains, but they are "captive trains"...they run between the mine and the Hayden and Ute Power Plants in the Steamboat and Craig area. The trains never leaves the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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