Photo ID: 109045 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In this shot, you can see from the head end of this manifest on the main at Plain on the left, all the way back to near the tail end at Tunnel 4 on the right. Despite having clear (green) signals coming down the Tunnel District, the crew was surprised to find a red signal at the west end of Plain when they emerged from Tunnel 2. The engineer put the train in emergency and toned the dispatcher. It appears it was an issue with PTC/CTC. Both ends of Plain were showing as "out of correspondence". The train recovered its air and continue east. While it did technically run through the red signal, there was zero advanced warning that the signal would be red, and the crew responded as best they could, acting in exactly the correct manner. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108922 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The 2023 Winter Park Express Ski Train leaves the west end of Plain and approaches the east portal of Tunnel 2. This year, the train only has five Superliners (four coaches and a lounge car). Demand must be a little lower for the season compared to previous years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108812 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful fall day with a few fall colors showing up at the west switch of Plain as UP 1982 leads a loaded oil train out of Tunnel 2. The train is looking at a clear signal (green over red) at the west end and will continue down to Leyden where it will meet the westbound Rocky Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108717 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 557 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Zephyr holds the main at Plain as an eastbound BNSF coal load enters the siding. You can see the rest of the coal train coming out of Tunnel 3 in the distance. This was actually a very well-planned meet by DS-80. Amtrak came to a stop at the west switch just as the coal load popped out of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108374 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 850 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After the morning Zephyr passed by on the main, the MNYGJ got a light to follow west, pulling out of the siding at Plain. The head end of the manifest is just about to duck in to Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108373 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr departs out the west end of Plain, back on a clear signal. The train encountered a few yellow signals coming up from Rocky, as it was following the MNYGJ. That manifest is in the siding, visible through the trees to the left. Once Amtrak gets further west, the manifest will get a light to continue the climb up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108219 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 22, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Prior to this shot of a UP coal empty (in the siding, to the left) and the MGJNY (on the main), I do not specifically recall the last time I saw a meet between two UP trains on the Moffat. Several days of the week find only a single UP train running (MNYGJ/MGJNY). Sundays have no regularly scheduled UP trains at all. The MGJNY is just coming out of Tunnel 2 toward a clear signal at the west switch of Plain. Note the SD40-2 that is last in the consist. This unit is most likely due for a 92-day inspection. That means it still has a long way to go as it'll likely have to go to North Platte, NE to receive said inspection, thanks to the closing of Burnham in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108004 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 707 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a beautiful morning scene at West Plain as the California Zephyr as clear signals toward the tunnel district. The head end is approaching Tunnel 2. The trees have a light dusting of snow on them after six inches fell yesterday during a storm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103702 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 1748 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look at the west switch of Plain (and tunnels 2, 3 and 4) from the siding. I took this shot out the windows of a Sightseer Lounge on the westbound California Zephyr! We are in the siding to meet this MRONY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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