Photo ID: 103153 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In addition to its 105 empty hoppers, this train is shuttling some power that will be used as mid-train swing helpers based out of Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102725 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2034 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Looks like a company is treating its employees to a great day riding "First Class"! Individual tickets cannot be purchased for the last three cars on the train (the California, Utah and Kansas). The cars themselves must be rented as a set. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102724 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train With the start of Daylight Savings Time, the extra hour of light in the evening makes a huge difference! There is still plenty of light at 5:45pm to capture the eastbound Ski Train as it crosses 68th Avenue in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102633 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At this point in January, Colorado was having an unusually warm temperatures. There were a few record-breaking days that reached into the 70's! On one such day, BNSF's well-powered Stockton, CA to Denver, CO manifest approaches 72nd Avenue in Arvada not long before sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102457 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF unit tank train had a nice surprise on the tail end. A C44-9W was showing off its fantastic looking Warbonnet scheme. This really was the best looking Warbonnet I've seen in several years. The plow almost looked freshly painted! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102456 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1989 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Norfolk Southern BNSF's Pueblo to Provo train - consisting entirely of tank cars - had a nice black and white surprise in the consist! A fairly new Norfolk Southern ES40DC was sandwiched between two BNSF C44-9Ws for the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102254 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 90 Parshall, CO 2247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running only about thirty minutes late, the westbound California Zephyr is working on clear signals just west of Byers Canyon. After moving cautiously through the canyon at 25 MPH, the train can now stretch its legs a bit and move up to the 70 MPH track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102252 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 97 Kremmling, CO 1632 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Most of the C44-9Ws on BNSF's roster that wear the Warbonnet scheme are in the 600-series (BNSF 600-799). However, twenty units did make it into the 4000-series (BNSF 4000-5532) mix. Here is a roster shot of BNSF 4702, one of the somewhat rare units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102251 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 97 Kremmling, CO 2246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver to Stockton (QDNSTJ) trackage rights train is facing a diverging approach (red over yellow) signal at the east end of Troublesome. After a good run up the hill from Denver, the train has to meet some maintenance equipment at Troublesome before continuing to Kremmling for a crew change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102168 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2097 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The "powers that be" do a very good job of keeping either former Rio Grande or former Espee power on the Rocky Local. On this day, the local had a trio of fly letter (former) Espee GP40M-2s. These units have been on the local for a few weeks now. The train is about five miles away from North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102167 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1861 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Not too often these days that you find a mainline train where the power has spartan cabs across the board! That was exactly the case here though as the eastbound Rocky Local makes its way through the cut between Carr Street and 68th Ave in Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101712 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.7 Arvada, CO 1942 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Seeing how these old signals are quickly on their way out, I wanted to make sure I got a shot of them before they inevitably disappear. In the pre-UP era, that lower target on the signal on the right would display a lunar aspect, indicating a grade (restricting) signal. Today, the yellow G-Plate has been added (indicating a grade signal), and the lower target displays yellow, for a yellow-over-yellow aspect, if a train is going in the hole at Leyden (Approach Diverging). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101711 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.7 Arvada, CO 1929 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I'm always trying to look for new and different locations to shoot at. This one came to mind this afternoon! The eastbound coal load is crossing over Kipling Street just miles away from North Yard. Note the classic Rio Grande signals - some of the last between Denver and East Portal - on either side of the track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101581 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1599 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific At the time of the photo, there were less than two dozen unpatched Espee AC4400CW's left, most being the 100-199 number range. This number range is not equipped with DPU capabilities, and thus has had a lower patching priority. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101580 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 1372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load, led by a Tier-1 compliant AC4400CW (known as a C44AC-CTE by GE), passes east through an area of Arvada that appears deceptively rural. This section of track is in between the grade crossing of 68th Avenue and Carr Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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