Photo ID: 104096 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plastic (MP 16.1) Arvada, CO 1473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific How many trains do you see in this picture? If your first reaction is "only one", look again! As a coal empty approaches the intermediate signal below Rocky, the MNYGJ proceeds west (geographically north) on the mainline at Clay way off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104095 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It has been a busy morning on the Moffat and this is the fourth train to leave Denver in the past two hours! This particular coal empty went into to North Yard instead of running through one of the bypass tracks. This was likely done either because it was having power issues or the power arrangement needed to be changed. The train started in Cook, IL and is headed for the Bowie Mine on the North Fork Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104090 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Increasingly, UP is running manifest on the Moffat with DPUs. This Sunday was no exception as a sole C44AC-CTE brings up the rear of the eastbound Roper to Moffat manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1491 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The third train of the morning on the Moffat and not one of them has been a coal train! The eastbound MRONY-25 is heading for the west switch of Leyden. It will run through the siding and continue on to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104073 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the Zephyr at Rocky, this eastbound coal load is now headed east on an extremely windy morning. Gusts of wind were exceeding 60 MPH! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104056 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1638 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very colorful (and well-powered) BNSF Provo-Denver manifest wraps its way through Little Ten curve near the west switch of Rocky. If nothing else, just having a trio of Warbonnets on the train is pretty dang nice! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104042 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1347 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr heads west, you can see the Denver skyline in the distance. If you look closely, you can also see the Arvada water tower a bit below the skyline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104041 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1711 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The kids' grandparents decided to take a trip to Glenwood Springs on Amtrak. After dropping them off at the station, the girls and I chased the Zephyr west. Here is the first shot along CO-72 just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104040 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1754 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Back in April, the Zephyr came through Denver a couple times with AMTK 66 - the Phase II Heritage Unit - as the second unit on the train. However, it was nice to see the unit on the point of the Zephyr on this particular morning. The train is only a few minutes late as it charges west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104028 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 20, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1865 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is pretty much the definition of a perfect morning in Colorado (at least in my book)! Clear blue skies and temperatures right around 60ºF. A very long MRONY has an approach diverging (yellow-over-yellow) signal at Chemical. The train will be taking the siding at Leyden to meet its counterpart. These manifests used to be a good source for DC power (SD70Ms, SD60Ms, C44-9Ws, etc), but these days, they seem to almost always just carry the same AC power that coal trains have. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104025 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 14, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Unlike all the previous Heritage schemes, the Phase IV scheme was first worn by the P42's, so this scheme wasn't tweaked much from when the P42's previously wore the scheme. However, the gray above the red and white lines is in fact darker than when the P42's wore the scheme a decade ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 14, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2072 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With this shot, I have now managed to shoot three of the four Amtrak 40th Anniversary Heritage Units. This is the Phase IV unit, which was never one of my favorite schemes. But, any of the previous schemes is better than the current scheme, in my opinion! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103957 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 102 Kremmling, CO 1584 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It was nice to find this little gem on the westbound MNYGJ! The GP30 and the GP60 are my two favorite geeps. I really like the square dynamic brake intakes on the GP60. This particular GP60 was SP 9729 until June 22nd, 1998 when it became UP 5828. It held that number until July 3, 2001 when it moved to UP 2028. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103956 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 102 Kremmling, CO 1542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The westbound MNYGJ (Manifest, North Yard to Grand Junction) is slowing as it approaches the east switch of Kremmling. Maintenance has some time in Gore Canyon to check out some slide fences. So, the train will have to sit patiently at a double red signal until maintenance can clear up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103954 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 123 Yarmony, CO 1734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Ten years ago, you would have seen the east switch of Yarmony in this picture. However, when UP extended Yarmony several thousand feet to the west, they also moved the east switch west. This took the switch off the S-Curve seen here, and prevented the siding from crossing a road, allowing trains to stop on the siding without blocking the road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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