Photo ID: 106870 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running just a few minutes behind schedule, the westbound Zephyr crosses Carr Street in Arvada and also passes through the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. This detector has a wire the runs up, across, and down around the track. The wire is the size of the smallest tunnel. If a car is too large to fit through a tunnel, it'll hit the wire and activate the detector. This ensure no cars will strike the inside of a tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106871 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 1061 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a mostly clear morning, despite some high, thin clouds, as the westbound Zephyr charges west. The train just crosses Carr Street and is now paralleling Oberon Road in Arvada. After a cold night, there is some morning frost clinging to the plants. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106872 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF: Through the years! A nice collection of power and paint schemes in these four units. It includes an ES44DC in the New Image scheme, a pre-production ES44AC in the Heritage 2 scheme, a C44-9W "Goat Boat" in the Heritage scheme, and a C44-9W in the Heritage 2 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106873 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 573 is one of a very few B40-8s that are still on BNSF's active roster. This unit was delivered in April of 1989 to Santa Fe. Many of its brothers have turned in to parts donors for units like 573 that are still active. The unit was sitting by itself near the engine house on this December morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106874 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's engine house in Denver tends to be feast or famine...and, as you can tell, it was feasting on this morning! Cascade green, an SD70MAC in the "Green and Cream" scheme, Heritage, Heritage 2, New Image, Tier 4, and Kansas City Southern are all represented in this one shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106875 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 1402 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest, led by a trio of Heritage 2 C44-9Ws, approaches the yard in Denver. The train has a diverging restricting signal ahead (red over flashing red) to allow it to enter the yard and leave the Brush Sub behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106876 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1098 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Right at milepost 37, an eastbound coal train rounds the curve on the main at Cliff. a (relatively) new ET44AH leads the train. I actually shot this exact same coal train a few days earlier when it was empty and on its way west to the mine in West Elk! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106877 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Pinecliff, CO 1081 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Despite being very close in number, these two units are actually very different models. The leader is an ET44AH. The unit is compliant with the Tier-4 emissions requirements put out by the EPA. The second unit is an ES44AC, which is compliant with the Tier-3 emissions requirements in effective up until January 1, 2016. Together they lead an eastbound coal load on the main at Cliff past some "stick track" laying on the ground near the east end of the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106879 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load approaches a clear signal at MP 23 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. UP 2685 is an ET44AH and this angle offers a good look down the unit. You can clearly see the increased slope of the radiator housing at the back of the unit. This has to do with the Tier-4 emissions compliance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106880 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1061 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is an angle I had never shot before prior to today. This eastbound coal train is descending from Tunnel One, crossing over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, and headed for the detector at MP 22.6 and Blue Mountain Road crossing. I wanted to get this because this scene will likely be changing in the near future. The land behind the train in the distance has been annexed by the City of Arvada and approved for development! 90 single family homes are set to be built on the hillside in the distance! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106881 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1038 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the third of three mid-train DPU's rolls by in the foreground, a single SD70ACe descends down from Tunnel One, bringing up the tail end of this eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106882 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1033 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A large-diameter pipe that runs underneath the fill at the base of Coal Creek Canyon allows for Coal Creek to pass underneath the tracks and out toward the plains. At this time of year, the creek is basically down to a trickle as an eastbound coal train passes above, heading east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106883 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1062 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of GE's lead an eastbound coal train under largely cloudy skies just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106884 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In order to keep the speed under control, the engineer has had to increase the train's air brake application. The result is a bit of smoke being generated from the brake shoes rubbing against the wheels. The train is leaving Leyden and approaching the grade crossing at Simms Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106885 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The City of Arvada is almost exclusively residential. Other than some (relatively) light commercial zoning, most of the city is housing and neighborhoods. The Moffat cuts right through it, passing by roads, mailboxes, and trash cans! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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