Photo ID: 108020 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 943 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande An ET44AC and an ES44AC bring AX-41, an old DRGW Jordan Spreader, west out of North Yard. It is supposed to be used on the west slope to actually clear some snow! By some accounts, it is the first time the spreader has left North Yard since 2007. However, one of the wings on the spreader hit the high/wide detector at MP 8.5. So, here the train sits waiting for a carman from North Yard to come out and secure it so it does not hit a tunnel wall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108021 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 970 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The mountains, which have received a generous amount of snow this winter, are calling for this classic Rio Grande Jordan Spreader to come and help clear snow. Alas, the spreader tripped the high/wide detector 3/4 miles to the east, and now it waits for a carman to secure it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108022 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 1000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande This Jordan Spreader has a long history with Colorado and Grande tracks. It is DRGW AX-41, and Rio Grande kept it stationed at Minturn back in the day. It would help keep snow clear of the tracks over Tennessee Pass. After Tennessee Pass closed, it spent a lot of time in the North Yard storage yard. It was used in 2003 when the Moffat got 80+ inches of snow. It was used again in Kansas on the KP at the end of 2006 and start of 2007. It then went back to the storage yard and sat. Finally, 13 years later, it looks like it might get some use again! UP is taking it west to Fraser as there has been a lot of snow up there this winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108023 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 1109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande Sure do wish this classic Rio Grande Jordan Spreader was being pushed in this scene, rather than pulled. However, folks west of the divide may get to see it in action in the next day or two. UP is taking it west to do some plowing from some serious snow fall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108024 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande Perhaps you've seen a Jordan Spreader, used in the removal of snow, in the past. But perhaps you've never seen one from this perspective before! This is look straight down on DRGW AX-41, a Jordan Spreader that is no stranger to Colorado winters. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108025 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 905 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A look above the cab of a UP ES44AC toward the cab of Jordan Spreader DRGW AX-41. The spreader is headed west to be put to work clearing some snow on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108026 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 1251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 2686 and UP 8084 did not get very far west of North Yard with DRGW AX-41 (a Jordan Spread) in tow. The spreader tripped the high/wide detector at MP 8.5. As a result, the crew stopped the train here on the main, just east of 66th Avenue. They are waiting for a carman to come out of North Yard and secure the wings on the spreader and ensure it can clear all the tunnels on the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108027 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of 66th Ave Arvada, CO 1325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A look at the back side of DRGW AX-41, a very old Jordan Spreader that was used for decades clearing snow on Tennessee Pass. It isn't used much these days, but UP is taking it west to do some clearing of snow after a lot of the white stuff has hit the high country. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108028 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 737 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This high/wide detector, also known as a shifted load detector, is just west of Carr Street in Arvada. It has a wire that runs around trains. The wire marks the minimum clearance for the tunnels west of Denver. If anything hits the wire, it is an indication that the train will not clear one or more tunnels. Such was the case on this day when DRGW AX-41, a Jordan Spreader, hit the wire and tripped the detector. And man, did it ever trip it! It ripped the wire apart on this side of the rail. You can see the wire now danging over the top of the tracks. Maintenance of Way is coming to repair the detector before the next train rolls through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108029 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 732 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see what remains of part of the wire for this high/wide detector in Arvada. The detector is used to check for cars on trains that cannot clear tunnels west of Denver. Indeed, on this day, the detector was tripped and the wire was broken. The detector immediately informed the crew (via an automated radio message) and the train stopped to wait for a carman to correct the problem before continuing west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.