Photo ID: 101942 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1620 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Got rail? For those unfamiliar with CWR (Continuous Welded Rail), here it is! Most mainline rail these days comes in quarter-mile stretches. The rail is pre-assembled (i.e. pre-welded) before being transported to its final destination on the ties, under a train! This is how the rail is moved around. Each rail you see on this train is one long, continuous piece of rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101941 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It's always nice to see SD40-2s running on the Moffat. They may not be Tunnel Motors, but beggers can't be choosy! This westbound rail train - the WCYBDR-21 - takes the siding at Plain to meet the Ski Train. The rail train originated in Cheyenne and headed for Bond. Looks like UP might be planning to replace some ribbon rail in the Rockies! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101840 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I wasn't sure how I'd like this "artsy" shot taken near the grade crossing at Plain. Turns out I like it quit a bit, actually. My aperture was set at the highest f-stop possible to try to get the slowest shutter speed possible. I like the knuckles sitting on the ground near the green maintenance shed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101839 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty slowly pulls into the siding at Plain. Three units are all that are currently needed for this 6,000+ foot train headed for the mine at Energy on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101610 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (DS025) Arvada, CO 1684 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of Plain, the MNYPV leaves the block and prepares to dive into Tunnel Two, the real start of the Tunnel District. The train was moving slowly at this point - not so much due to the grade, but because it was running on yellows following a BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101609 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Above halfway through the siding of Plain (on the main), the daily MNYPV (North Yard to Provo manifest) is working hard with a heavy load and a yellow signal. I always like trying to get the NYPV as it is often led by SD70M's. No such luck on this morning, as the train was led by to AC4400CWs and two SD9043MACs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101491 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1997 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr, running about 45 minutes late, heads west on the mainline at Plain on a clear signal. The train is just about to pass through Rainbow Cut about halfway through the siding. UP has been keeping the Herzog train on the house track at Plain for the past few months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101261 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The first clear day after a blizzard in Colorado is always a wonderful day indeed. The Ski Train passes west through a winter wonderful at Plain. Everything has a light dusting of snow on it as the sun has not yet had a chance to melt away the white. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101235 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 2, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1979 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Normally, a shot of the Ski Train moving away would include the Kansas (with the open vestibule) in the shot. I thought it might be nice to get a closer shot of the California (with its Vista Dome) as the Ski Train heads east on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101234 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 2, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train After a long day on the western slopes, the Ski Train is a little over half way through its journey back to Denver. The train has just come through Rainbow Cut in the distance along the siding of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101189 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (DS024) Arvada, CO 3004 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande Unfortunately, the clouds didn't quite cooperate with me here. There was sun further up the mountain and further down too! Regardless, UP 1989 leads on the point of the Ski Train as the train enters the siding at Plain for a meet with an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101188 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (DS024) Arvada, CO 2931 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande The Ski Train twists it way into the siding at Plain to meet with an eastbound coal load that is currently up near Tunnel 10. Due to mechanical problems with SKTX 289, UP 1989 has been borrowed from UP to help for the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101171 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Blowing snow was doing a nice job of covering up the rails at Plain as this westbound slowly made it way west on the main on an approach signal. The temperature, without wind chill, is two degrees! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak D82 setup a very nice meeting between an eastbound coal load and Amtrak 5 at Plainview. The coal load stopped for about three minutes before leaving the siding on a clear signal. Amtrak is approaching a clear signal at the west end before diving into the tunnel district on a hot July morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100900 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1582 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MRONY sits short of the crossing at Plainview with a rather unique power consist. A C44-9W (UP 9664) leads the train followed by a standard cab SD60 (delivered to UP in April 1986, UP 2182) and a former Espee SD40T-2 (UP 8810, ex-SP 8271). The train is on the siding waiting for both Amtrak 5 and the Ski Train to come west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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