Photo ID: 102659 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Nearly two miles of the track visible in the distance, this westbound coal empty is coming out of Clay and is on the approach to the Blue Mountain grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 27, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1614 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is a long lens (300mm) shot of a coal train heading east (from upper part of the picture to lower part of the picture) through the loops around Coal Creek Canyon. Three mid-train swing helpers are in the foreground and a single DPU is sitting on the back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102529 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 27, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1548 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal train wraps its way through the loops at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The head end of the train is roughly 3,100 feet ahead of the mid-train swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102433 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 9, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The curves in the area of Blue Mountain offer some interesting shots in which you can see two sections of the same train in a single frame. UP 6028 leads a coal load east at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102432 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 9, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A couple times each week, UP sends a manifest west to Phippsburg out of North Yard. Sand is probably the single largest commodity moved up to Craig via rail. A trio of AC4400CWs leads the train west at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1639 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The foreground offers some fall colors as the MNYRO heads west through some more fog near Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1492 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific What an effect a few clouds can have! This westbound has just crossed the grade crossing at Blue Mountain and is making its way west toward the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102263 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1923 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train A whether record was set on Colorado on this particular day. It was the coolest high temperature for August 16th recorded in the Denver area! As the Ski Train comes west out of Clay, it is pouring rain and only about 50 degrees out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102081 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 17, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1669 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Blue Mountain, an eastbound manifest (the daily MRONY) works its way through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The gondolas in the background are just over 3,000 feet away from the head end (by rail), but only about half that distance as the bird flies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101608 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22.5 Arvada, CO 1826 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Grand Luxe Express The GrandLuxe Rail Express offers several different trips around North America throughout the course of the year. One of the trips offered is the "Rockies, Sierra, Napa Valley" tour. The train spends seven days between Denver and San Francisco with passengers enjoying tours of Arches and Canyonlands National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Lake Tahoe, just to name a few. During the second day of the trip west, the train is passing by Blue Mountain on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101603 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22.7 Arvada, CO 2024 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr passes by Blue Mountain on its journey west. In the field (on the right side of the shot), a horse looks up momentarily from breakfast, showing only mild interest in the passenger train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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