Photo ID: 100082 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crater Crater, CO 1511 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Crater Loops are an amazing engineering feat. In order to rapidly gain elevation, the Crater Loops were constructed to double back several times. In this shot, one coal train is making its way through the loops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100081 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crater Crater, CO 1415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After descending through Volcano (so named because the tracks are built around the rim of a dormant volcano), this train is approaching the Crater loops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100069 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 10, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 1294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It's all about the coal! As the westbound Ski Train climbs out of Rocky toward Big Ten, I took this shot looking northwest. Note the coal train on the siding at Rocky, and the eastbound coal train leaving Plain (entering tunnel 1) in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100068 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 8, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical Arvada, CO 1621 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the hint of a rainbow in the background, this westbound coal train is approaching the intermediate signal at Chemical, CO. This is the first intermediate west of the siding of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100059 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 13, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff Pinecliff, CO 3131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train I sat above the east portal of tunnel 29 for nearly an hour waiting for the Ski Train to arrive. But when it did, it was worth the wait! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100056 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 29, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff Pinecliff, CO 1924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The MDENSTO pushes west on the main at Pinecliff, CO. Behind me when taking this picture, the Ski Train is actually patiently waiting for this westbound to clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100041 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 26, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Byers Canyon, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific US 40 runs through Byers Canyon on the opposite side of the Colorado River from the tracks. Notice how very low the Colorado River is...the result of an ongoing drought in most of Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100003 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 12, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2026 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific SD9043MAC 8153 leads an eastbound coal train out of tunnel 17 eastbound. The coal train is in the middle of the tunnel district! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1034 Date Shot Photo By May 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 2770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For a short time during the transition between F40PH's and P42DC's, two P42 and one F40 could often be found on the California Zephyr. The F40 was used for HEP, while the P42's actually pulled the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1077 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 2163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BN C30-7's on the Moffat!? Yep, it happened for a very short time between the fall of 1997 and the deactivation of most of the C30-7's in 1998 and 1999. This was also before BNSF started using DPU on its westbound manifests on the Moffat. Manned helpers would push the train up the hill to East Portal where they would cut off and return to Denver. Here, C30-7 5047 leads the way back to town just east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1000 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 17 (MP 29.5, 1,752 ft) Crescent, CO 3313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific An eastbound coal load emerges from tunnel 17 and passes by the old Rio Grande intermediate signal. This signal has since been replaced with a single mast on the [trackwise] north side of the track (left side of the picture). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1068 Date Shot Photo By May 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 3026 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's Phase IV scheme was not yet popular (and their Phase V had not even been thought of) when this picture was taken in 1997. Amtark 5 is about to disappear into tunnel one, In the foreground, the track curves torward Clay over my left shoulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1055 Date Shot Photo By May 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 3219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific Two relatively new Espee AC4400CW's sit on the point of an eastbound coal load headed into Denver, The train is stopped in the siding, waiting for Amtrak 6 to pass it on the way into town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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