Photo ID: 102727 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1862 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr has, of course, changed much over the course of fifty years! In the last ten years though, it is very common for the Zephyr to have eight Superliners: three sleepers, three coaches, a diner and a lounge car. One of the cars - either a sleeper or a coach - was missing on this particular day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102710 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Arvada, CO 2541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train After a full day of skiing for the passenger (and a full day of work for me), the Ski Train is on its way back home as it passes the turnout that leads to the Mesa Oil Chemical Plant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102709 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 Arvada, CO 1558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the mornings passenger trains - the Ski Train and the California Zephyr - out of the way, the daily MNYRO is free to head west! Union Pacific commonly runs the MNYRO with coal power these days. It allows five or six units to be transfer to Glenwood Springs for staging as eastbound swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102708 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 (West Leyden, DS013) Arvada, CO 1727 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a beautiful Thursday morning in as the westbound California Zephyr leaves Leyden behind. The dark patch on the slope is the result of a fire started by the West Local about ten days earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 13 Arvada, CO 1584 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The second westbound passenger train of the day heads west through Leyden. The Ski Train passed through here about an hour earlier as it headed for Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102705 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1965 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The tail end of the Ski Train is disappearing into the shadows of Barbara's Gulch on its journey west. In the distance near the top of the shot, note the hopper cars at Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102704 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Arvada, CO 2498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Starting in late February, the Ski Train added Thursday's to its round trip between Denver and Winter Park. For these five weeks or so, the Ski Train will run four out of seven days of the week! Here, the train is running through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102703 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 1444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is getting close to sunset as an eastbound coal train makes its way toward Denver. This particular coal train loaded at the Savage Mine on the CV Spur near Price, UT. It is headed for St Louis where it will be delivered to CSX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102702 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 (East Leyden, DS012) Arvada, CO 1615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF The Ski Train has been waiting patiently for this westbound coal empty to pull into the clear in the siding at Leyden. The switch at the east end is currently be thrown, and the Ski Train will be rolling east very soon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102701 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 (East Leyden, DS012) Arvada, CO 1783 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Two BNSF helpers - an ES44AC and an AC4400CW - are pushing on the tail end of a westbound coal empty at Leyden. The train sat at Sable on the KP for three days due to two bad order cars. They were finally set out and the train made a dusk departure out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102700 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1671 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF This picture may look a little bit odd; might have some pastel-type qualities to it. It took a lot of massaging in PhotoShop to get the picture into a state that was reasonably viewable! It was well past sunset at this point, and in fact twilight was nearly over. This is a UP coal train running with unit (5x2) BNSF power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102699 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF For the past few weeks, UP has been running a coal train with unit BNSF power west on the Moffat. BNSF is repaying some horsepower-miles. The train was called at 3:00pm on this day, but didn't leave North Yard until about five minutes after sunset. This shot has an interesting effect, which is the result of 1600 ISO and very little light left! The train is approaching the east switch at Leyden, where it will take the siding to meet the already-waiting Ski Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102696 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Got exhaust? The sun was getting low in the western sky, which really amplified the exhaust coming out of the hard-working engines! Here, they are approaching the west end of Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102695 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1904 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty, headed for the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. The train has six units that will be cut out in Glenwood Springs to be used as mid-train swing helpers on loaded coal trains coming east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102694 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Arvada, CO 1641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSMIM9-27 If only it were a few hours earlier! The eastbound coming through Clay is hiding in the shadows while a westbound ballast train waits on the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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