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Photo ID: 101771
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, December 6, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
1483
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
Running right on time, the westbound California Zephyr has with it its typical consist: two P42DCs, a baggage car, three sleepers (and/or transition sleepers), a dining car, a lounge car, and three coaches (and/or baggage coaches).
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Photo ID: 101769
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, December 6, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 17
Arvada, CO
1357
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The MNYPV-06 is just coming out of the west end of Barbara's Gulch a few hundred feet shy of the east switch of Rocky. The record-high temperatures of two days ago are now gone as rain and sleet start to fall in the area.
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Photo ID: 101766
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
2015
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande
Everything a great train photo needs...except, of course, for the train! After the sun dipped behind the mountains, the clouds came alive with a wonderful array of oranges turning to pinks. Note the Denver skyline in the distance. A westbound did wind up coming through here about 10 minutes after I took this shot. By then, the color from the clouds had gone.
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Photo ID: 101706
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, November 19, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 10.5
Arvada, CO
1548
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
With the sun well below the mountains, I decided to see how well my flash would work on the reflective tape of the units. The eastbound coal load is headed for Bypass Two at the north end of North Yard.
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Photo ID: 101696
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
1970
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The setting sun ignites the clouds in a pink flame as the last hopper of the Rocky Local passes the [relatively] new signal at MP 14.5. The train is moving west just above walking speed as it is in out of service limits due to maintenance.
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Photo ID: 101695
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
2043
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Even though there is a lot of maintenance going on along the Moffat, the Rocky Local still needs to serve its customers! Here, the train has receive authority to enter the out of service limits (west of Leyden) and proceed west at restricted speed (~10 MPH). Had to move up to a high ISO as there was very little light left in the western sky!
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Photo ID: 101693
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
1471
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
With the shortest day of the year rapidly approaching (about 30 days away when this shot was taken), the sun was not far above the horizon at 7:30am! The MPVNY heads almost directly into the rising sun on the approach to Leyden.
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Photo ID: 101692
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
1628
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
While coal trains on the Moffat all have AC's (be it SD9043MACs, AC4400CWs, etc), UP manifests still offer the best variety when it comes to power. Sometimes, even the manifests get stuck with AC's, but more often then not there is something interesting to see! Such was the case on this morning when the MPVNY was led by an SD60, a C44-9W, and an SD40-2.
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Photo ID: 101691
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.5
Arvada, CO
1640
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
The daily MPVNY passes the old coal tower at Chemical on its journey east toward town. This was one of the few eastbound trains to come into town this morning due to a derailment on the Belt Main the night before. That derailment prevents coal train from reaching the KP, so they were all being tied down on the hill!
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Photo ID: 101617
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, October 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14.25
Arvada, CO
1375
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
It is going to be a busy morning on the Moffat! Already there is an eastbound approaching the Moffat Tunnel, a westbound at Rollins, a westbound at Crescent, an eastbound at Clay, this westbound near Leyden, plus Amtrak and a coal empty that have yet to depart Denver! The MNYPV has a flashing yellow at Chemical and will go into Rocky for the first of several meets on the day.
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Photo ID: 101616
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, October 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14
Arvada, CO
1377
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
An interesting thing about a shot like this...you can't really tell for sure whether or not the paint schemes match! As it turns out, they don't. On two of the five units is armour yellow (the first and third). Second unit is a standard cab NS SD70 and that last two units are both (patched) Espees. The train is climbing out of the Denver-Metro area (seen in the distance in the haze), just west of Leyden.
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Photo ID: 101615
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, October 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 14
Arvada, CO
1477
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Not long after sunrise, the westbound MNYPV is on the roll west of Leyden. The train is being led by an SD70M, an SD70, and three AC4400CWs. The lead unit was having some issues and the train stopped momentarily at Leyden. You can see the lead unit is still smoking a bit more than the rest.
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Photo ID: 101607
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
MP 16.5
Arvada, CO
1906
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express
Union Pacific's dispatchers do a nice job keeping the westbound GrandLuxe Rail Express running on clear signals. In the distance (above the front half of the train), you can see a westbound BNSF manifest working its way through Clay. The manifest would ultimately hold in the siding at Plain for the passenger special to pass.
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Photo ID: 101606
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Chem Spur (MP 16)
Arvada, CO
1793
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Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express
Adding a little color to the shot, the GrandLuxe Rail Express passes near Chem Spur. The newest car on the train, the "Great Dome Lounge" is a beautiful addition to the train.
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Photo ID: 101605
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Chem Spur (MP 16)
Arvada, CO
1722
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Subdivision
Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express
Formerly known as the American Orient Express (and now the GrandLuxe Rail Express) heads west for the second (of seven) days spent along the rails between Denver and San Francisco. Unlike in 2005 (the last time the train ran west on the Moffat), this year the train is led by three (leased) P42's instead of just two.
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