Photo ID: 107817 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Denver skyline is bathed in morning light as the first run of the Winter Park Express approaches a clear signal at East Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107818 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express is running right on time as it knocks down the signal at East Leyden for the first run of the season. The train will run on weekends plus the first two Friday's of January, February, and March. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107819 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a fiery sunrise as the first daylight reflects off the side of the Winter Park Express at Leyden. It is the first run of the season on a temperate and beautiful January morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107820 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 1193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the first time in its three year history, the Winter Park Express includes a Sightseer Lounge car, providing for snacks for skiers heading to and from Winter Park. In its first two season, the train only had Coach Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107821 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1088 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A look at first run of the 2019 Winter Park Express amid the pine trees at the east switch of Plain. No wraps on the cars this year and no specially painted unit to commemorate the season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107822 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful January morning, the California Zephyr approaches Pecos Crossover on Main 3. In mid-2018, Amtrak executives had said that no long distance Amtrak trains would run over any stretch of track that did not have Positive Train Control (PTC) implemented. Fortunately, they backed down on that as several train, including the Zephyr, would have been impacted. The former Grande between Grand Junction and Helper does not have PTC (and UP currently has no plans to add it). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107823 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1456 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Overnight, UP 1989 led a coal empty down the Greeley Sub. The train is headed for the Savage load out in Utah. Alas, the train needed an air brake inspection and therefore had to pull in to North Yard rather than stay on a bypass track. As a result, the train departed with UP 1989 trailing, rather than leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107824 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1079 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A empty oil train, which will likely be loaded at Wash near Price, UT, heads west out of Leyden. The train has a pair of SD70ACes for power. Nice site in this day when GE dominates, particularly on BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107825 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1065 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 8496 and BNSF 9052, both SD70ACes, lead a westbound oil train near Welton Reservoir in Arvada. The train has a buffer car at the front and at the end. Buffer cars, frequently hoppers, are appropriately named they are used to provide a buffer between the power (and the crew) and the typically hazardous cargo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107826 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1039 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I always enjoy the symmetry that a telephoto shot of a unit train provides. Case-in-point is this unit tank train, which is headed for a transload facility near Price, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107827 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1989 sits on the tail end of a westbound coal load, holding the main at Leyden. The crew is working with UP mechanical to troubleshoot a problem with the unit on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107828 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It's been several years since I've caught UP 1989 on a train (other than Cheyenne Frontier Days). But it was the rear DPU on this particular Friday, sitting on the main at Leyden in great morning light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107829 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1249 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1989 led this coal empty in to Denver from the Greeley Sub. However, because the train entered North Yard for an air test, it departed with UP 1989 trailing. Unfortunately, because the (new) leader on the opposite end stopped loading. While three units was enough for the train to make it up to the Moffat Tunnel (it was configured 2x2), the train could not run 1x2, which is what it would effectively be if the crew isolated the lead unit that was not loading. The crew believed they could reset the fault causing the train to not load, so it would depart Leyden shortly after this shot was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107830 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1080 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty headed for the Savage load out near Price, UT. The train held at Leyden for a little while as UP 8186 would not load. The crew reset the fault causing it to not load, but was unable to keep the fault clear, and the unit stopped loading again soon after this shot. The train would ultimately take the siding at Rocky to further troubleshoot the problem. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107831 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Along CO-72 west of Leyden, UP 1989 brings up the tail end of a westbound coal empty that will run over a good portion of the (former) Grande. The train is destined to load at the Savage load out on CV Spur near Price, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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