Photo ID: 110390 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A northbound coal empty holds the main track at Carr, CO. The train is ultimately headed for the Black Thunder Mine in the Power River Basin in Wyoming. The train is currently holding for a southbound Z-Train that is just minutes away from the north switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109594 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A northbound military train sits in the siding at Carr, waiting its turn to continue north, as a southbound military train approaches a clear (green) signal in the distance at the south end of Carr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109592 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Fort Carson has loaded up some military equipment and sent it north toward Yermo, CA. That is the train sitting on the siding to the left. Ironically enough, Fort Carson will soon be receiving some new equipment as southbound military train passes slowly by on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109591 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The US military does ship equipment by rail, but coming across a military train is pretty rare. They are certainly no common. So imagine my surprise when I just happened to stumble across a meet between two loaded military trains at the siding of Carr in northern Colorado! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109585 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound local slowly rolls toward a red signal at the south end of Carr as the northbound it is meeting descends from the horizon on the approach to the south switch. UP's DS-14 has set up for a pretty good meet between the two trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108999 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Starting in 1997, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) passed regulations on exhaust emissions for diesel locomotives. Five tiers (Tier 0 through Tier 2) were identified, with each higher tier having a requirement for cleaner emissions. Tier 0 applied to locomotives built between 1973 and 1992. Tier 1 applied to locomotives built between 1993 and 2004. Tier 2, which was the first real major decrease in emissions, went in to effect for locomotives built in and after 2005. In 2008, the EPA added Tier 3 and Tier 4 requirements. Tier 3 applied to units built between 2012 and 2014, with Tier 4 starting in 2015. The Tier 4 standard required an 89% reduction in nitrogen oxides and a 93% reduction in hydrocarbons compared to Tier 0 standards. Compared to Tier 3 standards, nitrogen oxides required a 74% reduction and hydrocarbon required a 77% reduction It took both GE and EMD years to develop locomotives capable of meeting the regulations. The designed were complicated and the units were expensive. In the case of EMD, they could no longer use a two-stroke engine, and instead had to move to a four-stroke (12-cylinder) engine, similar to GE. Now, in 2023, UP still only has 87 SD70ACe-T4s (the Tier 4 compliant unit from EMD) on the roster. Most railroads have instead chosen to rebuild older units as rebuilds have lower emissions requirements and are far cheaper. One of the 87 SD70ACe-T4s is seen here, third unit at Carr on this southbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108997 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific UP's Greeley Sub Dispatcher has set up a meet between NS 4004 and a southbound manifest here at Carr. NS 4004 got here first and will be holding the main the for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108461 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 785 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Now we are cooking! In true GE fashion, as the westbound Zephyr starts to accelerate, AMTK 180 belches out not only quite a bit of exhaust, but some pretty decent flames as well from the exhaust stack! GE units are notorious for doing this, although newer models seldom have this happen anymore. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108460 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak After the eastbound and westbound Zephyrs met here at Carr, the siding furthest to the north on UP's Greeley Subdivision, both trains continue on their way. In the distance is a trans-loading facility that was built within the last ten years or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108459 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1004 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak In the tiny town of Carr, CO, the dispatcher has set up a great meet between eastbound and westbound (rerouted) Zephyrs. It will prove to be a "rolling meet", meaning neither train will have to come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107649 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 844 crosses Weld County Road in downtown Carr, CO on its trip south back toward Denver. The population of Carr probably doubled as people showed up to checked out the Northern-type steam locomotive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103505 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1967 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The crew on this coal load is throttling up, ready to leave the siding of Carr north on a clear signal. The train will have to go as quick as it can up to Speer as the ZLADV will be there before long, ready to head south to Denver. The flat car sitting on the house track to the right has been there for over six months. The car literally broke in two on a work train. It was welded back together (as a temporary fix) and was setup here. UP hasn't gotten around to dealing with it yet. More than likely, the car will be cut up and scrapped right here, on the spot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103504 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1774 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After waiting for more than an hour for the (rerouted) California Zephyr to show up at Carr, this northbound coal train is finally ready to continue north toward Cheyenne, leaving Carr on a clear signal. Note the end DPU's starting to shove on the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103503 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak An Amtrak F59PH, which typically lives in California, is being sent to Chicago on the California Zephyr. I never did hear exactly why it was making the trip back to Chicago, but it made for a nice (and unexpected!) addition to the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103502 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound (geographic southbound) Zephyr is accelerating on the main at Carr. The train is meeting a coal load on the siding behind the photographer. The Zephyr will shortly reached speeds near 75 MPH on its trip south to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.