Photo ID: 101685 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 1795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express At the end of the California Zephyr, seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey cars are being pulled along to form the GrandLuxe Limited. The cars look pretty good on the outside, and passengers on the inside are no doubt enjoying them too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101684 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 1676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Wrapping around the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the cut does a nice job splitting up Amtrak 5 (at the front of the train) and the GrandLuxe Limited (at the back of the train). The head end of this westbound train is now facing (compass) east...just part of the trip up the Front Range! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101683 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 1794 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express A shot of the seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey cars that were placed on the end of Amtrak 5 to form the "GrandLuxe Limited". The cars are about to cross over Highway 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The building in the foreground is a Colorado Department of Transportation facility where they store salt/sand for the highway in the winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101629 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Jefferson County, CO 1730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) TXI The TXI plant - located roughly halfway between CO-72 and the south end of Boulder along CO-93 - is the last industry served on the north end of the Rocky Spur. Anybody who's driven past on CO-93 will probably remember it! This shot shows the plant along with the new "critter" being used to switch cars out at the plant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101628 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Jefferson County, CO 1676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) TXI It appears as though the GM8 that has been used by the TXI plant (at the end of the Rocky Spur) for so many years may have finally fallen off its last leg. This new "critter" showed up a few weeks ago and has been switching hoppers that the GM8 used to switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101627 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 11, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Jefferson County, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) TXI At the very end of the Rocky Spur is the TXI Plant (that has gone through several different owners over the years). For as long as I can remember, the plant has switched out covered hoppers using this old G8. It is in pretty sad condition and may actually be inoperable at this point. It hadn't moved in several weeks at the time I took this shot. This is the VERY end of the Rocky Spur, just a few dozen feet away from CO-93. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101611 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1732 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The mountains right along the Front Range don't have a lot of deciduous trees that can offer good fall colors. However, there are a few hiding amongst the pine trees as seen here at the west switch of Clay. A coal empty with three units (no DPU) hustles west as the last of five westbounds to leave Denver before 11am! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101606 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chem Spur (MP 16) Arvada, CO 1897 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express Adding a little color to the shot, the GrandLuxe Rail Express passes near Chem Spur. The newest car on the train, the "Great Dome Lounge" is a beautiful addition to the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101605 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chem Spur (MP 16) Arvada, CO 1824 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express Formerly known as the American Orient Express (and now the GrandLuxe Rail Express) heads west for the second (of seven) days spent along the rails between Denver and San Francisco. Unlike in 2005 (the last time the train ran west on the Moffat), this year the train is led by three (leased) P42's instead of just two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101604 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chem Spur (MP 16) Arvada, CO 1897 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 4828 brings up the back end of BNSF's Pueblo to Provo (HPUEPVO) trackage rights train. As is often the case, the train is dominated by tank cars with a just few pieces of general merchandise thrown in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101584 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (DS036) Pinecliff, CO 1783 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east end of Cliff, the last DPU unit on a westbound coal train does a nice job catching the morning light. This westbound would untimately be tied down while waiting for an eastbound coal load in emergency just west of Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101583 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (DS038) Pinecliff, CO 1775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of Cliff, an eastbound coal load went into emergency and stopped right on the switch. The train had problems with the first (of three) swing units that took about three hours to correct! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101532 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada 2067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Look west at the west end of Clay, you can see the gain in elevation between west Clay and east Plain. In this shot, the Ski Train is over a mile (trackwise) away, but has incurred a noticeable gain in elevation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101531 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 2143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train In the summer morning light, the Ski Train winds its way west on the mainline at Clay. From Highway 72, the tracks through Clay appear to be relatively straight. In reality, though, there are several curves as you head through the block. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 2798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The siding of Clay was originally named for the clay found in the area. The clay was a fire red color and, for awhile, the name of the siding was in fact Fireclay. The siding here at Clay has a permanent 12 MPH slow order on it and heavy loaded trains are not allowed through the siding. This is because the siding rests on the soft clay and the railroad doesn't want to risk a derailment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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