Photo ID: 103722 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1851 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since I got a shot of the Zephyr plunging into the Moffat Tunnel on the trip west, I was happy that I had the chance to also grab a shot as we were about to enter the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel on the journey back home. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS086 (West Sulphur) Sulphur Springs, CO 1345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Sulphur, we overtook a westbound coal empty. The empty took the siding a few minutes ahead of us. As seen here, we shot past lead unit just before entering Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103592 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1612 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single C44AC-CTE is found pushing on the tail end of MNYRO just west of Leyden. The train is crossing over Indiana Street as it quickly disappears into the morning fog. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103591 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Ouch! Talk about taking the scarlet and gray and patching it practically beyond recognition. In addition to the standard patch on the cab and the shield on the nose, note that "Union Pacific" has actually been placed on the long hood! The yellow frame stripe isn't helping out either. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103590 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the California Zephyr now a few blocks ahead (after passing by on the main), the MNYRO now has a clear signal to depart the siding westbound. The fog has actually gotten thicker since the Zephyr passed by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103589 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1394 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After passing by the MNYRO (which is sitting in the siding), the westbound Amtrak disappears back into the morning fog just as quickly as it emerged from it a few minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103588 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 2049 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From out of the fog, the westbound California Zephyr run down the main past the waiting MNYRO. The dispatchers on the Moffat do a good job at keeping the Zephyr moving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103587 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1594 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The westbound MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard to Roper) is stopped in the siding near the west end of Leyden. It is waiting for the westbound Zephyr, which is running on time this morning, to overtake it. It is a bit of a foggy morning out! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103583 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1670 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ballast trains can always be something of a challenge to get west over the Moffat. They typically weigh somewhere around 7,000 tons and that is all uphill between Denver and the Moffat Tunnel. Here, a ballast train has a clear signal at the east switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103581 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1611 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, the Roper to Denver manifest heads east toward Denver. The weather condition were deteriorating rapidly with the first few snow flakes just starting to fall. The Denver/Roper trains lately are led by the kind of AC power you see on most coal trains. It was nice to see some SD70M's on the train and an SD9043MAC on the point to boot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103566 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1844 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The crew on board this BNSF empty pipe train waits patiently on the siding at Leyden while a spot in the yard opens up. The 45-car train left Provo the night before and it is ultimately headed for Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103565 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1696 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF empty pipe train (with a Norfolk Southern ES40DC to boot) sits in the siding at Leyden while waiting for a spot to open up in the yards in Denver. The train came from Provo, running through much of Utah and Colorado in the dark. It is supposed to be heading to Pueblo, although I don't know where the cars are going specifically once they get there; where they will get more pipe. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103562 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS001 (Fox Junction) Denver, CO 1633 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Nearing the end of its journey, the eastbound QPVDVJ (Provo to Denver trackage rights train) passes through Fox Junction on UP's Main 2 towards Prospect Junction. When I left home in Arvada, the train was just leaving Leyden. Considering rush hour traffic, I was shocked I got to Fox in time to get this shot...granted I got there with less that 30 seconds to spare! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103560 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 25, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1827 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The westbound MNYRO made it a whole whopping 10 miles out of North Yard before being tied down in the siding at Leyden! There have been a lot of work windows on the Moffat lately during daylight hours. Once Amtrak comes through, the railroad more or less shuts down (for trains). The MNYRO was a little delayed getting out of the yard and thus had to spend the day at Leyden until the main was opened again in the evening. On this particular day, the train is over 6,000 feet long with 96 cars! There are two more units DPU'd on the tail end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103547 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1889 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I really like this shot a lot. Got a nice glint of light off the lead P42 in the morning light while the Denver skyline stands in the morning haze. The westbound California Zephyr is running right on time on its journey west. 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