Photo ID: 101273 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Conditions on this April day were extremely interesting. There was a thick fog above 5700 feet and the temperature was only 25 degrees. Snow from the night before had frozen onto the trees and the plants, as seen near the west switch of Clay. UP 7114 leads a coal empty west at 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101272 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1602 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5588, a C44AC-CTE, brings up the back of a coal empty coming over the west switch of Clay. White was the theme of the day as there was fresh snow on the ground and thick fog in the air. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101271 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I thought the American Flag looked good through the frost-covered trees near the west switch of Clay. This is the third unit on a westbound coal empty trying to negotiate with the fog! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101270 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1564 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In addition to freezing cold weather and a lot of frost, this April storm brought a lot of fog to the Denver area. The fog was so bad, trains could not see signal aspects until they were a few cars lengths away. Such was the case for this westbound coal empty, creeping along at 10 MPH until the clear signal at west Clay was in sight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101269 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1583 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A thick layer of frost covered nearly everything on this particular April morning. The temperature outside is 25 degrees as this coal load heads east (away from the photographer) through Clay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101268 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay (DS022) Arvada, CO 1622 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6439 leads an eastbound coal load through thick fog at the west end of Clay. It is not uncommon to find extremely cold, winter-type weather in Colorado, even a week into April. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100621 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 2348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train, with five BNSF business cars on the end, makes its way west through Clay on a beautiful morning after a night where four inches of fresh powder fell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100559 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 3, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 1963 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Passing underneath a few lazy clouds, the headend of the MNYRO is about to hit the east OS of Clay, while the last few cars of the train are pulled up the grade toward Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100532 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 1885 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) American Orient Express After meeting an eastbound coal load at Clay, the westbound American Orient Express is back on the move approaching Blue Mountain Crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100530 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 1642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MRONY calls an approach signal at west Clay to meet the westbound American Orient Express. In the distance, note the two P42's on the point of the AOE about to enter the siding of Clay to meet the manifest. 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 1643 (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 1997 (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: 100179 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clay Arvada, CO 2404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Thanks to a particularly large snow storm in March, the meadow along the tracks at Big Ten Curve are very green! 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 2491 (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: 1068 Date Shot Photo By May 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 2780 (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.

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