Photo ID: 106361 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Amtrak's specially painted units lead the morning westbound Zephyr past a clear signal at the east switch of Plain. Love the advertisement for "Toys for Tots" on the nose of AMTK 42! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106362 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Two of Amtrak's specially painted P42DCs are on the Zephyr this morning. AMTK 42 is painted to honor America's Veterans. AMTK 156 is painted in a Phase I scheme. Interestingly, AMTK 42 was used on the test run of the Winter Park Express in 2015 and AMTK 156 was used on the first run of the Winter Park Express a week earlier in 2017! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106363 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1084 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF manifest holds in the siding at Leyden due to a switch malfunction at Fox Jct. When DS-86 attempted to throw the switch, it failed halfway through is throwing motion, leaving the points centered and no route aligned! The switch could not even be taken into hand throw. So, unable to reach the yard, the Provo-Denver waits! (I am not sure why the train couldn't cross over to BNSF's main at Utah Jct and run through Rennicks to Prospect Jct.) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106364 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An unusual eastbound UP manifest heads down the main at Leyden. Five units on the point and then a train of covered hoppers. Other than the MNYRO/MRONY, this is the only other manifest that runs semi-regularly on the Moffat. This is the MPHNYX. It came from Phippsburg on the Craig Branch and most of these covered hoppers came from customers in the Craig, CO area. I say this train (and its counterpart, the MNYPHX) is semi-regular because it only runs once a month or so! It only runs as necessitated by demand. That is why the "X" is on the end of the symbol. That indicates "Extra", or unscheduled. Catching it at Leyden on this day was pure luck! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106365 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These days, it is fairly typical for UP to run trains over the Moffat (including manifests) with 3-4 units on the point and 1-2 DPUs on the tail end. A little unusual to find five units all on the point. No complaints here though! The five GEs look good leading a unit covered-hopper train east toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106366 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The power on the head end of this eastbound has a pretty good variety of "through the years GE engines"! The first and fifth units are good old AC4400CWs. The second and third units are much newer ES44ACs. The fourth unit is a C44/60AC. This was once an AC6000CW with a 6000 HP prime mover. But after the relative failure of the 6000 HP experiment of the late 1990s and early 2000s, UP has converted it back to a 4400 HP prime mover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.