Photo ID: 107124 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS097 (East Troublesome) Grand County, CO 1129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An unusual coal load leaves the east end of Troublesome on a clear signal. Why is it unusual? It is only about 4,000 feet long and has no mid-train DPUs! Instead, it is configured with two units on the point and two unit on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107122 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr snakes through Byers Canyon along the (rather frozen) headwaters of the Colorado River. The train will follow the Colorado River for the next 150 miles or so! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107121 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr rolls through scenic Byers Canyon at 25 MPH. There are multiple slide fences throughout Byers Canyon. These fences protected the tracks from falling rocks. And, if a large rock breaks one of the wires, the dispatcher is notified and signals around the break drop to restricting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106895 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 978 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load passes through the high/wide detector at MP 8.4 and crosses over Carr Street. In another four miles, the train will arrive on Bypass 2 and cut out its three mid-train swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106845 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chem Spur Arvada, CO 886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Chem Spur was used to serve an oil company in western Arvada for years. Most recently, it was Mesa Oil. However, Mesa Oil recently moved to a new location, leaving the industry in Arvada abandoned. The spur has essentially been rusting for a few years now, weeds starting to overtake the rails. On this day, UP had a single piece of equipment sitting on the spur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106507 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Denver-Provo is just about to clear the grade crossing at Carr Street. The City of Arvada has installed "quad crossings" and soon this crossing will become a quiet zone as trains will no longer use their horns. The two poles on either side of the train are a high/wide detector. If anything is hanging off the train that won't fit through the tunnels in the Tunnel District, they trip one of the wires, notifying the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106506 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of good old C44-9Ws, both in Heritage 2 paint, bring up the rear of the westbound Denver-Provo. It is becoming increasingly rare to find C44-9Ws alone on these trains as ES44s and ET44s have become so dominant in the last few years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106505 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1358 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo starts its journey west out of Denver. The train got held up at Utah Jct for about 20 minutes as DS-86 and the Corridor Manager figured out what to do about a coal train at Leyden (which was ultimately tied down there). No doubt the Grand Junction-based crew will be happy to return back home. As is common for a lot of the BNSF Denver/Provo trains, this train was about 95% tank cars. Also of note is the ET44C4 leading the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106177 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 1308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound manager's special is rolling down the main at Bond (sometimes referred to as "Center Bond"). It is here than the Craig Branch (original grade of the Denver and Salt Lake) departs to the right and starts climbing toward Steamboat Springs. This control point also separates the East Siding from the West Siding at Bond. This is just about the end of the journey for the crew on the point of the manager's special. They will stop the train in Bond for a crew change. The next crew will take the train to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106175 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS124 (West Yarmony) Eagle County, CO 1604 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound manager's special follows along the Colorado River at the west switch of Yarmony. The train has made pretty good time on the trip west out of Denver, getting from North Yard to this point at Yarmony in about five hours. The train could have been here about 40 minutes sooner, had it not needed to stop at Tabernash to wait for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106174 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS123 (East Yarmony) Eagle County, CO 1448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load, which just came off the Craig Branch, sits in the siding at Yarmony to wait for UP's Manager Special. The conductor from the coal train gives a friendly wave to the engineer on the special. Notice anything unusual about the power on the coal train? You may have noticed that the second unit is an SD70M. It is exceptionally rare to find a unit with DC-traction motors on coal trains these days. There is some speculation that, with the closing of Burnham, UP has to grab whatever power they can find when a units with AC-traction fails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105986 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver to Provo manifest passes through the high-wide detector at MP 8.4 (Carr Street). The crew for the train was called at 1:45pm and it didn't take long for the train to depart. This is likely because BNSF's crews for trains on the Moffat are now based exclusively out of Grand Junction. So this crew was called and just had to pop over to the yard from the hotel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105973 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There are two words that most (outdoor) photographers really hate hearing: "Partly Cloudy". This particular morning had clouds drifting through the sky, randomly casting shadows. This scene of the Zephyr heading west at Tabernash had been bright a sun just five minutes earlier, and would return to bright and sunny about two minutes after the passing of the Zephyr! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105943 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF SD70ACe (somewhat rare on the Moffat) leads up the eastbound Provo to Lincoln manifest at Carr Street in Arvada. DS-86 had originally held the train in the siding at Leyden. The plan was to wait there for Amtrak. However, it was decided the train could make it down to C&S Junction fast enough to avoid delaying Amtrak. The plan worked as the Zephyr had a clear signal by the time it reached Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105897 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 12, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 1370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF manifest had a single DODX flat car on it. "DODX" is the designation for the Department of Defense. Not entirely sure where this particular car is headed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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