Photo ID: 100890 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 22, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2583 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train On a lazy, hazy, summer morning, the Ski Train passes west through Crescent on its way west to Winter Park. The experience on the train in the summer is completely different from winter. Many of the passenger in the summer are on board just for the experience of riding the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100889 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 22, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train SKTX 283 leads the Ski Train west past the grade crossing at Crescent. Note a couple of the vestibule windows appear to be open...looks like some people are probably preparing for a shot of Gross reservoir, just around the bend! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100865 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2902 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The first time UP 1989 heads west on the Moffat, into the sunset at Crescent. Once it reaches Grand Junction, it will return to Denver and be placed back in service on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100864 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 3112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A nice, slightly elevated, roster shot of UP 1989 heading west through the siding at Crescent with a coal that it is meeting slowly moving east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100863 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 3050 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Taking the siding at Crescent to await an eastbound coal load, the MNYGJX-06 crosses the grade crossing as the train it is meeting is (literally) just around the corner. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100862 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 1973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While waiting for Amtrak 6, this westbound coal empty is stopped on the siding at Crescent short of the grade crossing to allow cars to continue on their way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100860 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 2627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 and several variously-painted other units climb up the grade from Coal Creek Canyon toward Tunnel One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100859 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 3178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The exhaust from the four active units on the train can be clearly seen against the bright western sky as we move closer and closer toward sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100856 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Crossover (DS004) Denver, CO 3021 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 leads the MNYGJX-06 for its inagural run on the Moffat! The train is heading west on the North Yard Siding just past the Pecos Street Crossover. The BNSF Beer Run is to the left heading into Denver on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100855 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical Arvada, CO 1844 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF How many trains are in this picture!? The obvious trains is of course the BNSF unit tank train making its way through an S-Curve in Barbara's Gulch on the approach to Rocky. However, did you notice Amtrak 5 heading west through Clay several miles to the west near the top of the picture? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100854 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical Arvada, CO 2088 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With the obvious exception of coal trains, the Moffat doesn't see many unit trains anymore…and the ones they do see tend to be operated by BNSF! Here, a unit tank train (with various forms of fuel) heads west at Chemical. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100740 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 7, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS001 (Fox Junction) Denver, CO 2651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the Denver skyline as a backdrop, Amtrak 5 passes through Fox Junction on the Main Track heading north towards North Yard. The south end of Rennicks (BNSF's intermodal yard) is on the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100700 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (DS016) Arvada, CO 2139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Tunnel motor back on the Moffat!? Well, yes, although it is not quite wearing the proper colors…twenty years ago, who would have imaged a train on the Moffat that included a Kansas City Southern T-2 in the consist? Such was the case on this morning as the eastbound Provo to Denver heads east out of Rocky while a train they just met heads west around Big Ten in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100649 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada 2327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A long BNSF covered hopper train waits on the main track at Rocky for a clear signal to continue east. As is often the case, winter hit Colorado in mid-March, bringing lots of cold weather, snow, and fog! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100644 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 18, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch Arvada, CO 2426 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Looks like some people were riding in style on the Ski Train on this Saturday! Four people stand outside on the back of the Kansas as the train heads east through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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