Photo ID: 103438 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1966 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Derailments from the day before have resulted in congestion, delaying the westbound Zephyr a couple hours. Here at Cliff, the Zephyr will overtake (pass) a empty coal train that is sitting on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103439 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS043 (West Rollins) Rollinsville, CO 2191 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A crew members from the MNYRO stands by on the front porch of UP 6302 as a "Snow Bus" passes by on the siding. The Snow Bus is used to transport crews back and forth to trains that cannot be reached by road (due to adverse weather). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103440 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) East Portal, CO 1861 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's Snow Bus is approaching the Moffat Tunnel with a red signal ahead. The train has been following Amtrak very closely and the tunnel must finish venting before the Snow Bus can follow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103441 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) East Portal, CO 2091 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Strong winds are blowing the clouds all over the place...enough so that a patch of blue sky breaks free down on the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and a Snow Bus, waiting for a signal to proceed west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103442 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) East Portal, CO 2174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific recently replaced the old Rio Grande signals at East Portal, putting in new LED signals! Note that westbounds can now received a yellow over yellow (Approach Diverging) to inform the crew that they will be taking the siding at Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103443 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 1800 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This train seemed very familiar when I took this picture! The reason being that I shot the exact same train less than 24 hours earlier between Leyden and Rocky. Two derailments resulted it in taking 36 hours and four crews to get the train from North Yard to this spot at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103444 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 1938 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not the best light for this shot, but with the blue sky and the lingering snow, I decided to include it. Also of interest is the trio of mid-train swing helpers. Rumor has it that the cars ahead of these units are headed for Roper. The cars behind are headed for Grand Junction. After arriving in Grand Junction, the train can be cut ahead of the first swing helper and the front half can continue west to Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103445 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS043 (West Rollins) Rollinsville, CO 1896 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the train to the right (on the siding) has died and is waiting for a relief crew out of Denver. The train to the left (on the main) has a fresh crew and is passing the train in the siding. The train will end up meeting again at some point though, as both are headed for the West Elk mine on the North Fork Branch in western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103446 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1835 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on this MNYRO has left the cab (and left the door open) and is now tying down cars on the train. No relief crew is available to take this train west, so here at Cliff it will sit and wait! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103447 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 2176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In the Rio Grande days, the switch at the west end of Cliff was a "Y" switch. In other words, you diverged slightly whether you were staying on the main or taking the siding. Union Pacific has done away with that, however. Now, the main curves to the left before reaching the switch. Here, a westbound coal empty runs over the switch, passing the MNYRO which is tied down on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103448 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 1782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Hello C44AC-CTE! I personally am very glad that UP started putting the wings on the nose of their units again. The nose is just too darn plain and boring otherwise... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103449 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 45 Rollinsville, CO 1800 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sunlight rains down on this westbound coal empty which is making its way through the canyon between Rollins and Tolland. Hard to believe snow covered the area less than 24 hours ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103450 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 2219 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This coal empty is charging west through Tolland in perfect afternoon light. It met an eastbound BNSF manifest which received a relief crew four hours earlier. Unfortunately, a parade of westbounds has kept the crew waiting patiently for their turn to head east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103451 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS049 (East East Portal) East Portal, CO 2106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A coal empty enters the block at East Portal, passing signals that are less than a month old. The new eastbound signals have two heads, allowing for eastbound trains to received a yellow over yellow (Approach Diverging) aspect for when they are taking the siding at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103452 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 24, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 1831 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A new crew is getting ready to take the coal empty on the right west out of Rollins. However, they aren't quite ready yet and DS-82 is running this coal empty around the other one. For trains heading east, the speed limit here is 35 MPH for passenger trains and 30 MPH for freight trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.