Photo ID: 110881 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 37 (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 40 (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 44 (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 43 (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 43 (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 73 (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 87 (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 83 (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 103 (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 113 (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 117 (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 148 (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. Photo ID: 110188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 125 (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 138 (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 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express 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.

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