Photo ID: 103869 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 2034 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is an interesting find on the back of the MNYGJ! A Herzog machine is being transported from Denver to Grand Junction. This was in fact a topic of confusion briefly between the dispatcher and the train. They had thought this was a single car, when it fact it is two cars on the manifest. The dispatcher thought an extra car had been picked up from North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103868 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Arvada, CO 1533 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MNYGJ is exceptionally long on this particular Sunday. According to the crew on the head end, the train is 6,200 feet long! Six units (3 on the point and 3 mid-train, just visible to the right) are charged with getting the huge manifest west to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103842 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 29, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1915 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about an hour late, the eastbound California Zephyr is moving at track speed between Rocky and Leyden. The train has nine Superliners, which isn't too uncommon during summer months when passenger traffic is a bit busier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103770 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 8, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's Engineering Special heads east out of Leyden under very turbulent July skies. You can see the engineers involved in the trip sitting in stadium seating, looking out the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 3, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plastic (MP 16.1) Arvada, CO 1692 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX While I try not to include an excess of roster shots, Dark Future CSX SD70MAC's aren't exactly common place in Colorado! This happens to be my favorite phase of the SD70M(AC) too - the Phase 2 - which has the slightly flared radiators. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103594 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr heads west through a cloud of snow about 14 miles west of Denver. Quite a different scene from 48 hours earlier, at this same location, when the sun was shining and the ground was dry. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103593 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1753 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The first snow of the winter season (that resulted in any accumulation) hit on Veteran's Day! And on this day, the California Zephyr is running about 20 minutes late as it charges west through the white stuff just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103585 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1522 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although it is only 3,000 feet long, this train still weighs close to 7,000 tons. Rocks (ballast) is just about the heaviest thing trains transport. Gone are the days when you'd find scoria in these ballast cars. UP gets its ballast from quarries in Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103584 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1650 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is something rather interesting. As UP 4158 passed by me, I noticed that it is labeled as an SD70M-2 on the cab. I have no clue why as it was delivered, at least, as an SD70M. The trucks do look fairly new and perhaps that explains it, but I'm not sure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103582 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1540 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific What is this!? Two SD70M's on a coal train in 2010? That was the first thought I had when I saw this train coming. Then, I realized that it is in fact a loaded ballast train headed for Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103580 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1895 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite the fantastic sunshine right now, those dark looking clouds indicate the future of the weather in the metro area! The first snow fall of the 2010-2011 winter season in Denver would come later in the afternoon. The westbound Zephyr will get to the snow a lot sooner though as it journeys west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103579 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is right around 8:30am and the Zephyr is running right on time this morning as it heads west out of Leyden in the early sunlight. The Zephyr has its standard trio of coaches, sightseer lounge, diner and pair of sleepers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103563 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 Denver, CO 1876 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Utah Railway This GP38 (still in the body of a GP35) was the fourth unit on BNSF's Provo to Denver train. After being dropped off in Denver, the unit would depart the following day on BNSF's Denver to Galesburg, IL manifest. This is a Utah Railway unit that I had always wanted to shoot but never got the chance in Utah. How ironic that I was finally able to capture in right in my own back yard in Denver! Rumor has it that the unit is off to Panama City, FL where it will be upgraded (rebuilt) as a GP38-3. Utah Railway sister unit UTAH 2000 is apparently there and being rebuilt as of this picture. So it would seem that UTAH 2002 will be returning to Utah Railway, but I guess only time will tell for sure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103532 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 1736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The head end of this Somerset-bound coal empty is coming up on the west end of Little Ten Curve while empty hoppers enter the curve on the east side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103531 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 2399 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty with eight units on the point (only three of which were online) heads down the mainline at Rocky toward Little Ten Curve. The Rocky Spur ("Rocky Industrial Lead") can be see through the distortion of the exhaust above the lead unit. Two gons and a green work caboose sit on the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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