Photo ID: 102044 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10.5 Arvada, CO 2298 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The weather was all over the place on this particular afternoon. Clear skies could be found to the east while a thunderstorm rolls in over the front range of the Rockies. This is BNSFs QSTDVJ-04, which was almost 7,000 feet long when it left Grand Junction! At this point, the train was about 6,000 feet long after dropping off several cars in Kremmling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102035 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A barge in the Mississippi slammed into a BNSF bridge in Iowa on Thursday, shutting down the bridge. Unfortunately, this is the same bridge that the California Zephyr uses to cross the Mississippi! Consequently, the Zephyr had to take a very long reroute. Here, the westbound Zephyr is running nearly nine hours late as it heads west of Leyden in late afternoon light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102015 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 Arvada, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF More and more these days, helpers are run facing the "wrong way" from a railfan perspective...not that railroads do or should care about railfans! Anyway, a CSX AC4400CW shows the camera its tail end as it and a cousin BNSF C44-9W shove on the tail end of this manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102014 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 Arvada, CO 1792 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After passing a clear signal at the intermediate at MP 14.5, this westbound BNSF manifest is quickly approaching the Rocky Mountains. The signal at the left replaced Rio Grande signal in August 2005. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102013 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 Arvada, CO 1676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With the Denver skyline hanging in the haze, BNSF's westbound MDVPVJ-23 (Denver to Provo) trackage rights train is gaining altitude nearly 15 miles west of town. The train has a clear signal as a trio of C44-9Ws leads up the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101994 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1637 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Each year, Union Pacific runs an officers (mechanical) special so some of the higher-ups can view a lot of the UP system. This years special was led by UP 6936 and had 11 cars in the consist. Passengers in the last car enjoy stadium seating as they look out at the passing track and scenery out the back! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101993 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2704 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6936 leads an eastbound officer special down the mainline just west of the intermediate signals at Chemical. UP 6936 is the only active DDA40X on the rails. For those not familiar with such a unit, it has two physical prime movers under the hood, each producing 3,300 horsepower. The units were built by EMD as part of the horsepower race in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101992 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 14, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 16 Arvada, CO 2758 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP officer special, the SGJSS-14, leaves the mountains behind as it prepares to hit the plains of eastern Colorado. Coal Creek Canyon is visible directly above the train. UP 6936 - the sole operating DDA40X - leads up the 11 car special. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101904 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 1342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single AC4400CW brings up the end of this loaded coal train as the train crosses Simms Street in Arvada. The train consists of "XCLX" cars - for XCel Energy - and is headed for the Public Service power plant in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101903 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a very late-running westbound California Zephyr, this eastbound coal load is back on the moving heading toward Denver. The train (symboled CSMPS-29) is headed for the Public Service power plant located near the intersection of 58th Avenue and York Street, off the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101902 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1764 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Hopefully these passengers aren't a huge hurry to get where they are going! The westbound California Zephyr is running about 8 hours late as it approaches the east switch of Leyden shortly after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The train was stopped for hours while running on BNSF's Ottumwa Subdivision near Woodburn, IA. Water levels had risen over the rails, causing the delay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101843 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 2790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train My first shot of the Ski Train for the 2007-2008 Ski Season! It look a while for me to get track side, but I'm pleased with the result of this first picture. The train is running right on time as the train moves along at track speed between Kipling Street and 72nd Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101837 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 7, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 2233 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Almost twenty years after the end of the Rio Grande - and even twelve years after the Espee/UP merger - it is nice to see UP making an effort to keep (former) Grande power on (former) Grande rails. Two of the three geeps on this Rocky Local are former Grande units. In fact, note that UP 1359 still has its complete light package Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101836 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 7, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada 2208 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The Rocky Local makes its way east in some fantastic afternoon light! You can almost imagine this shot being taken twenty years sooner. Even with the UP patch on the nose, I still love seeing tiger stripes coming toward the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101835 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 28, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 10 Arvada, CO 1234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Afternoon clouds to the west cast a shadow over the area as a coal empty charges west at Simms Street in Arvada. Three of the five units on the point are active and loading. The last two are just enjoying the ride! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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