Photo ID: 105619 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I have been very fortunate in that I've managed to capture nearly every specially painted Union Pacific unit (since 2000) on "film". Prior to October 7, 2015, there were two I was still missing. The Breast Cancer Awareness unit (UP 7400) and the Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary unit (UP 2010). UP 2010 was knocked off that list when it led the MRONY down the Moffat. A break in the clouds allowed for fantastic lighting on the unit here at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105620 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look at the Boy Scouts of America unit leading the MRONY. The Boy Scouts started in 1910 and, in 2010, Union Pacific renumbered one of its ES44ACs to 2010 and tweaked the scheme to celebrate 100 years in scouting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105621 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific has rebuilt a good portion of their fleet of SD40-2s, giving them new life on the rails! After the rebuild, the units are now designated as SD40Ns. One such example was on the eastbound MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO). It is so amazing to not only see SD40-2s still on Class One rails in 2015, but to see them flourishing! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105622 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1378 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just another C44-9W? Well, yes...but this one has a bit more of a story. Until February 2001, this unit was Scarlet and Gray! Delivered as SP 8188 in November 1994, this unit spent over six years as an Espee unit before getting patched (and later repainted) in Armour Yellow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105623 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 2010 leads an eastbound manifest through the east switch of Rocky on a beautiful October afternoon. If you are at all familiar with UP's roster, then you'll know that 2010 seems like an odd number of an ES44AC. You'd be correct. This is the specifically painted Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary unit. The Boy Scouts celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010, hence the numbering of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105624 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful afternoon as UP's Boy Scouts of America unit leads the eastbound MRONY out of Rocky. Traffic on the Moffat has been nothing short of dismal lately. One manifest each way per day, a coal train or two, an occasional oil train, Amtrak, and a pair of BNSF manifests. The Moffat has been seeing as few as 8 trains in a 24 hour period lately! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105625 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1602 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Only about seven miles left in the journey for this eastbound MRONY. The train left Roper Yard the day before. 18 hours seems to be a fairly typical travel time for UP's manifests between Denver and Salt Lake City. UP 2010 leads the train as it approaching the 66th Avenue grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105626 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue Arvada, CO 1629 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As part of the Boy Scouts 100th Anniversary unit, UP applied multiple decals relating to Boy Scouts. The Boy Scout emblem is on the right side of the picture. Logos for Cub Scouts, Webelos, the ranks of Boy Scouts (Scout, Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, 1st Class, Star, Life, and Eagle), as well as a decal honoring 100 years in scouting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105627 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1803 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF After switching at a handful of industries on the (roughly) 4 1/2 mile long Lafayette Branch, the Buck Local is coming around the bend back toward the siding of Broomfield. The pair of B40-8Ws are huffing out a bit of exhaust! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105628 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1773 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of (ex-Santa Fe) B40-8Ws escort the Buck Local toward the end of the Lafayette Branch. In the foreground, you can see the Front Range Sub mainline, and the freshly-ballasted Broomfield siding. This is an extension of the siding to the north, not yet in service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105629 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broomfield (8,976ft) Broomfield, CO 1785 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF In addition to the Buck Local, this picture also does a nice job of capturing the configuration of trackwork at Broomfield. The train is running through a switch that exists from the Lafayette Branch on to the siding. The new siding extension, which has just been ballasted, can be seen on the left side of the picture. It continue on for another 3,800 feet or so to the north. The track in the foreground is the main. In the distance, you can see the brakeman from the Buck Local preparing to align the north switch of Broomfield for the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105630 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With its train reassembled, the Buck Local departs from Broomfield northbound heading back toward Longmont. Traffic is light on the Front Range Sub on this day. The local has a "Box 4" to work between MP 13 and MP 45. Basically, the train can move in either direction anywhere over that 32 mile stretch of track! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105631 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Broomfield Broomfield, CO 1827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Buck Local sports some nice power as its proceeds north back toward Longmont. The local has completed switching on the Lafayette Branch. The empty centerbeam flats at the back of the train were switched out from Universal Forest Products and Lafayette Lumber Company. Both B40-8Ws were originally delivered to Santa Fe in Warbonnet colors. One was repainted to Heritage 2, the other had a very interesting "BNSF" patch job on the long hood! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.