Photo ID: 103434 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1652 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP has been running a DPU on its daily freight (MNYRO), but this is the first time I've seen this. UP placed a trio of swing helpers halfway through the train. Here, they are pushing as they come out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103433 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1724 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's daily MNYRO had been sitting in the siding at Leyden for over 12 hours waiting for mud slides and a derailment to get cleaned up further west. You can just barely see the first of three swing helpers back in the middle of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103431 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific April in Colorado often means snow! April 23rd, 2010 was no exception. An eastbound MRONY has left the mountains behind (note Coal Creek Canyon in the distance) and is headed for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103430 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1848 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A site that is becoming more and more rare with every passing day. A pair of tunnel motors on the Moffat! Now granted, both tunnel motors are dead here as they are being transported to Denver. They have been retired and will be auctioned off in July. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103369 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 2572 (5 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Leyden, the snow is really coming down in a typical Colorado Spring Blizzard. By the time the Zephyr would reach Crescent, there would hardly be a cloud left in the sky and the snow would rapidly be melting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103306 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2113 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of Leyden, a westbound light power move is on the roll. These moves are fairly common on the Moffat, typically running a couple times each week. Nine of the twelve units here will be dropped off in Glenwood Springs to be used as mid-train swing helpers on eastbound coal loads coming from the North Fork Branch. The remaining three units will continue on to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103298 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1860 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting Amtrak at Clay, this empty rail train has clear signals the rest of the way into Denver. Once there, a new crew will get on the train and take it to Pueblo, where more rail can be loaded on to it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103199 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2240 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Feeling chilly yet? Behind the clouds, the sun has actually set behind the Colorado Rockies as this eastbound coal load heads east toward Leyden with a clear signal in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103179 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 24, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF manifests on the Moffat pretty consistently depart Denver in the afternoon these days, usually getting out of town between 2pm and 4pm. This day is no exception. The Denver-Provo manifest is just west of Leyden shortly after 4pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103129 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Whew! Got sticky brakes!? A bit of smoke is being produced by a stuck brake on the Rocky Local as it moves down the mainline just west of Leyden. The local will take the siding at Leyden to wait on two westbounds that have yet to come out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103020 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1614 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific When UP first brought back a daily manifest to the Moffat in May 2005, it was quite common to find SD70Ms powering the train. More recently, it seems that AC4400CWs - which are typically found in coal service - are also the main power on the North Yard / Roper trains. Case-in-point is this MRONY, with a trio of AC4400CWs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102928 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2805 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Just after 6 o'clock in the morning and UP 1989 leads the MRONY-13 down the Moffat. The sun was actually up at this point, but obscured by some gosh darn morning clouds in the eastern sky. Ugh. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102882 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 1, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Almost a mile west of Leyden, along CO-72, six units are leading up the MNYRO on its journey west. The Rio Grande Heritage Unit just got a wash two days earlier, so it definitely stands out! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102794 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Not only was this my final shot of the Ski Train for the 2008-2009 Winter Season, but as it turns out, this was my last shot of the Ansco Ski Train ever! The trip the next day would prove to be the last ever for the Ski Train under Phil Anschutz. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102781 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 28, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1595 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look up at the DPU on an eastbound coal load as seen from knee-deep in a snow drift! Nice to see the American flag on this unit is relatively clean. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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