Photo ID: 106632 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound Roper, UT to North Yard, CO manifest rolls through Barbara's Gulch. This would be the last such manifest between the two yards over the Moffat for the next week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106633 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Partly cloudy skies cover the front range on the first day of October. This is the third-to-last eastbound that will run over the Moffat prior to a week of maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106634 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MRONY passes by piles of ties along the right of way. Those ties will be installed over the course of the next week as the Moffat is entirely closed for maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106635 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound manifest approaches the grade crossing at Simms Street under partly cloudy skies. Personally, partly cloudy skies like this are my least favorite conditions to shoot in. Clouds move in and out of the scene and can wreak havoc on settings. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106636 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1277 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound manifest rolls through the grade crossing at Simms Street. There are some flaggers stationed at all the grade crossing through Arvada. Their job will be to protect grade crossing as maintenance equipment that doesn't trip the crossings come by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106637 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1010 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The final eastbound to roll over the Moffat prior to a week-long shutdown for maintenance. This coal train loaded at the Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. You may note a relatively new radio tower to the right of the intermediate signal. This tower is used as part of PTC (Positive Train Control). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106638 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of DPUs brings up the tail end of a coal load. The train will slow to stop at the east end of Leyden in order to pick up a crew on an eastbound light power move that is tying down in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106639 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 1000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After pickup up a crew from some light power tied down in the siding at Leyden, this eastbound is starting to roll toward the grade crossing at 80th Avenue. For a long time, UP would not run SD70ACes on coal loads. In the past few years, however, that policy has changed. It is good to see on leading this particular eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106640 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here it is! The last eastbound to run over the Moffat prior to a week of maintenance. The track is already out of service from Rocky all the way to Phippsburg. Work crews are slowly setting on the rails in order to start the maintenance. A lot of ties are going to be replaced through this stretch of track between now and October 8th. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106641 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 969 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A string of 12 units sits on the siding at the east end of Leyden. The crew tied the train (well, engines) down and was picked up by an eastbound coal train. I am unsure where the power was coming from or where it was headed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.