Photo ID: 102171 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Roughly once per month, BNSF takes advantage of their trackage rights on the Moffat and runs a coal train west toward Utah. The train is actually jointly operated, being run by BNSF up the Joint Line and west on the Moffat to Grand Junction where it is turned over to Utah Railway. A Utah Railway crew takes the train to Utah Railway Junction (near Helper) where the train is then taken on Utah Railway tracks past Martin up to the Wildcat mine. After loading, the train returns east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102166 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10.5 Arvada, CO 2713 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train A few days prior to the start of the 2008 Summer Ski Train Season, the train (or a part of the train) was chartered for an overnight trip to Winter Park. Four of the 14 cars (plus the three private cars) made up the consist for the trip. A day before this picture, the train went up to Winter Park and spent the night tied down on the Fraser siding. Here, the train passes through Arvada on the way back to Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102165 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 18 Arvada, CO 1769 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The head end power on this coal load is almost to MP 18. The end DPU (just coming into view) is right around MP 19.5! Close a mile and a half by rail, but only 3,200 feet as the crow flies. This is how trains have to gain altitude...the long and winding route! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102164 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 1493 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A telephoto shot of the head end power on a coal load descending down off of Big Ten Curve toward Rocky. Off in the distance, a car is visible driving south along Colorado Highway 93. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102158 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 19 Arvada, CO 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After passing the [wind break] hoppers on Big Ten, this eastbound manifest is continuing east on the main track toward Rocky. This was shot from Jefferson County Open Space between Clay and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102117 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 Arvada, CO 1929 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This light power move is hot on the heals of a westbound BNSF manifest, so the train paused at a red intermediate at MP 14.5. With the signal now yellow (an Approach aspect), the unit throttle up and start accelerating. These 12 units make four sets of three swing helpers. The units will be placed in Glenwood and cut into eastbound coal loads coming out of Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102116 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Arvada, CO 1478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On this particular afternoon, BNSF's MPUPVJ-02 (Pueblo to Provo) trackage rights train consisted of about 70 tank cars and one single box car, about ten cars from the end of the train! Afternoon thunderstorm clouds make lighting a bit tricky, as is common this time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102115 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1840 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 14 miles west of Denver and the westbound California Zephyr is climbing out of the city in between Leyden and Rocky. The Denver skyline rises above some morning haze in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102110 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 30, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 15 Arvada, CO 1549 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As I was on my home from work I heard a westbound leaving Denver so I went out to Chemical to setup for a shot. The overcast skies actually helped this evening as I was shooting from the shady side of the train! Note the Denver skyline direct above the second unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102108 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1632 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Running on clear signals, the MRONY-26 heads east with four SD70Ms and a C44AC-CTE on the point. At 102 cars and just over 5,800 feet in length, this is a long Roper to North Yard manifest! Most of the train consisted of covered hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102090 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1888 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Rather rough lighting makes this shot a bit rough to see. A 6,000 foot eastbound BNSF manifest approaches Leyden with seven units on the point, including a Canadian National C40-8M. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102089 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Hey, I do believe there is a Zebra in that pumpkin patch! A very rare visitor to Colorado to be sure, CN 2417 is the sixth of seven units on this BNSF trackage rights train. The unit is a C40-8M, a "cowl" unit produced by GE for Canadian National specifically. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102088 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 2012 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Chicago North Western Very turbulent weather across Colorado, including (unfortunately) a deadly tornado in the Greeley area, led to some interesting cloud patterns. A former Chicago & North Western AC4400CW (ex-CNW 8804) leads a westbound coal empty west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102084 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is not at all uncommon to see shots taken near the intermediates west of Leyden. I decided for a slightly different perspective on this day and went about a half mile east of the intermediates to get the MNYRO-21 charging west out of Leyden. The train consisted of 74 cars and seemed to be giving the four units on the point a pretty good workout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102083 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1663 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A coal empty with eight units (only three pulling) pulls through Barbara's Gulch about 14 miles west of North Yard. The train will set out five of the eight units at Glenwood Springs to be used as swing powers for eastbound coal loads coming out of Grand Junction. This particular coal empty, consisting of 103 empties, is heading for the mine at West Elk on the North Fork Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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