Photo ID: 108413 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Plain Arvada, CO 784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Plain, a UP passenger special threads its way through a cut. The last car of the train, as is generally the case with UP passenger trains, is a car with stadium seating and a picture window, offering a fantastic view out the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108400 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Plain Arvada, CO 868 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running a few minutes behind schedule this morning as it climbs toward the east switch of Plain from Tunnel 1. Starting tomorrow, the westbound Zephyr will be running on a two hour delayed schedule west of Denver due to some Union Pacific MOW windows. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103891 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 (Plain) Arvada, CO 1786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One axiom on any railroad is "hurry up and wait". That was certainly proven to be true on this afternoon as this eastbound got stopped at the grade crossing at Plain for over an hour due to maintenance. Once maintenance had cleared, there was a new issue...the crew didn't have enough time left on the clock to get down to Rocky. So, they had to do the crew change at Plain. The crew took nearly two hours to get to Plain, and the eastbound Zephyr got stopped for 45 minutes around Tunnel 4 as a result. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103871 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With DPU technology more and more refined, it is becoming more and more common to find DPU's on manifests in addition to coal trains. A nice trio of elephant-style, flagged C44AC-CTE's made up the midtrain power on this 6,200 foot long MNYGJ as the train proceeds down the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103870 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1886 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At east Plain, an exceptionally lengthy MNYGJ takes the siding to meet an eastbound coal load. At 6,530 feet, Plain is not a short siding. Yet the MNYGJ only cleared the east switch by about five cars once it was in the clear! It would seem that the lead unit is going to have some difficulties flying, what with only half a wing at all... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102265 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 16, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2049 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Notice anything missing from this shot? Well, yeah, there isn't a train...but the green maintenance sheds that have been staple at Plainview as long as I can remember have apparently been removed! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102206 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1765 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Plain, an eastbound coal load (on the main track) is meeting the westbound MNYRO (on the siding). The coal train will come to a brief stop at the east end in order for the manifest to pull all the way into the clear on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102205 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1671 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Approaching the grade crossing at Plain, the westbound MNYRO-12 is facing an eastbound coal load coming through Rainbow Cut. The manifest had been holding off the grade crossing so as not to block traffic until seeing the headlight of the eastbound in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102204 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1814 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train A classic view from Plainview that I first remember seeing in pictures my dad took by around 1980. The trees have grown taller and a lot of the train have changed, but Grande Gold with Flat Irons never gets old! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102203 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (DS024) Arvada, CO 2631 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train It can be a fun challenge to find places to shoot the Ski Train heading west in the morning light. I like this spot at Plainview. The cut on the east side of the tracks blocks the direct sunlight from hitting the lens. The morning sun does a nice job lighting up the side of the Ski Train as it is nearing the halfway point on the journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102193 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 5, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1919 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's eastbound Provo to Denver manifest awaits in the siding at Plain for the morning summer Ski Train. The train, right around 6,000 feet long, won't fit in the siding without blocking the grade crossing. In this shot, the train was pulling to the east end (as the Ski Train was getting close). Looks like the conductor got my picture while I got his! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102177 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific BNSF will regularly run DPUs on their manifests that run on the Moffat. To the best of my recollection, before this train, I hadn't ever seen DPUs setup on a UP manifest. However, the sand being hauled by the MNYPH here is very heavy, so a single DPU swing helper cut in about 2/3 of the way through the train probably makes good sense! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102176 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2090 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One of the irregular freights that the Moffat sees these days in the MNYPH, which runs from North Yard to Phippsburg on the Craig Branch. It is usually distinguishable from the MNYRO and/or MNYGJ as it typically runs a near-unit covered hopper train. These hoppers are primarily loaded with industrial sand and lime for some consignees in Craig, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101944 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) SDVDV-22 One of the last Vista Domes that still sees regular service, the California helps to bring up the rear of the Ski Train as it returns to town. Looks like some people have the privilege of riding in the California (as well as the Utah and Kansas) on this particular day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101943 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 22, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 2345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train is roughly half way home as it passes by the maintenance sheds and grade crossing at Plain. Note that, from this particular vantage point, you can clearly see Boulder in the distance, just above the number boards of SKTX 242. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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