Photo ID: 103958 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS097 (East Troublesome) Kremmling, CO 1682 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Troublesome, a track maintainer sits on the siding and gives a "roll by" to this MRONY. The maintainer will look sticking brakes, anything hanging off the train, or just anything that could pose a problem or safety risk. On this day, the roll by looks good and the train continues east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103955 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Gore Canyon Radium, CO 1466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound manifest heading from Roper to North Yard emerges from Tunnel 40 in Little Gore Canyon. The seven units on the point include six AC4400CW's and a single SD9043MAC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103953 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS125 (West Yarmony) Yarmony, CO 1733 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The afternoon clouds are starting to cause havoc at Yarmony! A westbound power move departs the west end of the block while an eastbound manifest prepares to depart out the east end in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103952 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS125 (West Yarmony) Yarmony, CO 2052 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Yarmony, a power move consisting of 15 engines heads west toward its crew change at Bond. The power will continue on to Glenwood Springs where it will be set out in the yard. Then, three units at a time will be added to eastbound coal loads coming from the mines in Grand Junction. Once in Denver, the units will be set out and this will happen all over again! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103949 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS123 (East Yarmony) Yarmony, CO 1645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After sitting overnight, the eastbound MRONY is about to receive a fresh crew and continue east toward Denver. It'll take a while to untie the train, however, and the westbound Zephyr and a light power move will come through before the train departs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103948 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Center Bond) Bond, CO 1547 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the crossover at Center Bond, this eastbound coal load crosses over from the main to the east siding at Bond. Here, the crew will tie the train down and get a ride to Yampa. The crew on this train is based out of Grand Junction. A Denver-based crew will take the train to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103947 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS152 (East Toponas) Toponas, CO 1412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun wasn't at the best angle yet, so I settled for this artsy shot of a coal load descending through the S-Curve at the east switch of Toponas. This is one time when I wish I had a lens that could give me something between 135mm and 300mm! I had expected to chase this train east as far as Winter Park on my journey back toward the Front Range. However, fate had other plans as the train struck some rocks near MP 147 west of Volcano. The crew was okay, but the train went on the ground and crews spent hours getting everything cleaned up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103938 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Center Bond) Bond, CO 1938 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the crossover at Center Bond, a westbound coal train continues down the mainline. You can see the clear indication on the left-hand signal. This is the spot where the Craig Branch breaks away and the Dotsero Cutoff begins. It is also a crew change point. The westbound streaking by here will stop at Bond and be relieved. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103936 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88 (Byers Canyon) Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1720 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the sun now completely set, Byers Canyon makes for an interesting subject as a westbound coal empty winds its way through the ten-degree curves of on the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103935 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1943 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound came about 25 minutes too late! The sun is now well behind the mountains to the west as the train enters the siding at Tabernash. It's headlight is dimmed so as not to blind the crew on the eastbound sitting on the main. Winter is definitely on the horizon as you can see snow accumulating on the mountain peaks on the Continental Divide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103934 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun is getting very low in the sky as an eastbound coal loads sits on the main track at Tabernash. It is waiting for a westbound empty that is still in the Moffat Tunnel. Eastbound loads hold on the main at Tabernash instead of the siding because there is a road crossing halfway through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103933 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1971 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just a day before this picture was taken, I got some shots of these two units headed west as light power to pick up a work train at Rollins. Well, here is that work train now as it departs Winter Park to tie up at East Portal! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103931 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos) Denver, CO 1332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Mission accomplished! North Yard hostlers have cut out the mid-train helpers from this coal load on Main 2. The light power will be taken back to North Yard for servicing before likely returning west for additional helper service. Meanwhile, the crew from the coal train will back the front half of the coal train back to the rear half and hook it back up. The next crew will then take the coal train east on the plains with two units on the point and one on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103930 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos) Denver, CO 1366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Once coal trains arrive in Denver, their mid-train swing helpers need to be cut out before the trains continue east toward the Limon Sub and the great plains. Here, the front half of the train has been pulled forward beyond the signals of the Pecos Crossover. Now, hostlers from North Yard have a low yellow (diverging approach) signal and will crossover from Main 2 to Main 3 and take the power to the yard for servicing. In the distance, the Pecos Street overpass is nearing completion! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103925 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 (Crescent) Arvada, CO 1902 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A C44AC-CTE brings up the rear of this eastbound coal train, loaded at the Somerset mine on the North Fork branch in western Colorado. The unit is facing the "wrong way", which really only means anything to railfans! In reality, thanks to DPU technology, the direction the DPU's are facing is irrelevant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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