Photo ID: 100526 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 16, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical Arvada, CO 1988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7073 leads the eastbound MRONY-14 east past the "Chem Spur" turnout. Note the interesting inverted number board on the nose of UP 7073, conductors side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100515 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 13, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 3333 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Southern Pacific The Rocky Local slowly backs its way up the Rocky Spur while a westbound coal empty waits on the siding for a meet with an eastbound coal load coming out of Clay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100514 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 13, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 2852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Southern Pacific A very short westbound Rocky Local comes through Barbara's Gulch with two unpatched Rio Grande GP40-2's (DRGW 3129 and DRGW 3121), a patched Rio Grande GP40-2 (UP 1364, ex-DRGW 3109), and upatched Espee GP40-2 SP 7954. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100495 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical Arvada, CO 1930 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific has slowly been updating the signals on the Moffat with the latest-and-greatest in technology. While it is nice to see UP investing in the Moffat, it is sad to see the old D&RGW signals disappearing. On August 9, 2005, UP flipped the switch on the new signals between (and including) West Leyden and West Rocky. Here, UP 6045 East passes the new signal (and the old signals, now turned away from the track) at Chemical. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100490 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 30, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Sulphur, CO 1852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although the canyon walls are not that tall, Byers Canyon is nothing to scoff at! There are some extremely tight curves throughout the canyon, and trains are limited to 20 MPH for the duration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100480 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 2, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Elephant-style GE AC's lead up this westbound coal empty at the west switch of Crescent. Unpatched SP units are becoming more and more difficult to find! In the background, Gross Dam stops the waters South Boulder Creek in Gross Reservoir, which is finally full after a few years of drought. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100479 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 2, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 1649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF MDENPVO-26 is only moving along at 22 MPH as it runs through Barbara's Gulch just east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100432 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 28, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff Pinecliff, CO 1902 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Now that UP has again started running the MNYRO/MRONY (Manifest trains between North Yard and Roper), manifest trains are becoming more common on the Moffat. In fact, on this particular Saturday, the MNYRO-28 met the MRONY-26 at Cliff. Not only was coal completely missing from the scene, but so was the sound of a four-stroke engine! The eastbound MRONY had two SD70M's, an SD40-2, and a patched SP SD40M-2 for power. The westbound had four SD70M's and they were working hard. Here is the MNYRO approaching the west end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100427 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 28, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 1831 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After a brief crew change at the grade crossing at Crescent, UP 7194 (the CMSEY) starts rolling west. After entering the unit, the crew initially forgot to close the nose door! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100424 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 21, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2024 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP SD70M (Phase II) #3843 is a great leader on the MRONY-19 with wings and a clean flag! The train has 12,800 horses (two DC-powered, and one AC-powered) on the ~5,000 foot manifest. Another year or two and those trees will (unfortunately) obscure the view of the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100423 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 21, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 1862 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Recently Union Pacific reinstated the MNYRO/MRONY between North Yard and Roper. It looks like this move is justified too as UP 3843 heads up three units on a ~5,000 foot MRONY-19 through Crescent. The MRONY has been affectionately referred to as the "Macaroni". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100422 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 21, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1754 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With a diverging clear signal ahead at C&S Junction, Amtrak will accelerate as it leave four tracks behind (North Yard Siding, Main 3, [Bypass] Main 2, [Bypass] Main 1 from left to right) in favor of the single track Moffat Main ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100398 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 19, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 1804 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load highballs west switch at Clay. A few years ago, the signals here would have been classic Denver and Salt Lake signals, but UP replaced them in a signal project in 2001 and 2002. Unpatched SP units are becoming harder and harder to find these days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100397 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 19, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 2168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A rather unique prospective of the siding of Clay on the Front Range, this picture was taken from about 40 feet up the side of the mountain looking south (geographically) as Amtrak 5, the westbound California Zephyr, comes through the block on the main track. Note the track ascending from Rocky approaching Big Ten curve in the background on the left side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100392 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 3337 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande The Rocky Local has had to switch around as many as 75 cars lately at Rocky Flats. As a result, four GP40-2's currently work the local west out of Denver. On this day, DRGW 3126 was in the lead with a COMPLETE light package (MARS light and Class lights). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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