Photo ID: 108234 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific For the first time in months, Energy Mine on the Craig Branch seems to finally be starting to load trains again! Such is the case with this train, which is now approaching a clear signal at the west switch of Leyden. Great to see a mile long train with "black diamonds" running on the Moffat again, considering how scarce these have become. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108235 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It's been quite awhile since I've taken some shots of mid-train swing helpers on an eastbound coal load on the Moffat! January 2019, to be exact. Coal trains have become few and far between, on the Moffat, so it was nice to see two ES44ACs and an AC4400CW cut in to the middle of this coal train that loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108236 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 749 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound coal load as the train crosses over Indiana Avenue and heads down the main at Leyden. Today's Zephyr is running five hours late, so there was no westbound resistance for the load to have to worry about coming down from the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108237 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 905 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP SD70M leads on of the shortest trains ever out of Tunnel 1. The unit in tow is an SC-44 "Charger", owned by the Washington Department of Transportation. That's Washington State, and this unit will be used in Amtrak Cascade service between Seattle, WA and Eugene, OR. It is currently headed to the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108238 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 787 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A substantial afternoon storm is building to the northwest as UP 4835 leads an Amtrak Cascades SD-44 at the east end of Leyden. The SC-44 was picked up in Florin, CA and it is heading to the Transportation Technology Center just east of Pueblo, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108239 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 652 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) WDTX It is entirely possible that you will be seeing a lot of these units in the future! This is a Siemens-built SC-44 "Charger", and it is being proposed as the successor to GE's (now Wabtec's) P42DC. This is already happening on some state-supported routes, such as the Amtrak Cascades route. But Amtrak has a tentative order for 75 of these for use on long distance trains. Amtrak crews are reportedly not fans of these units. They are lighter and have far less protection on the head end, should they run in to something. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108240 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) WDTX, Union Pacific It is pretty common to find major summer storms along the Front Range in summer, and today was no exception! A major storm, dumping rain and hail, moves through the southern suburbs of Denver as a single UP SD70M leads an SC-44 Charger headed for Avondale (east of Pueblo) for testing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.