Photo ID: 109181 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a few days of extreme haze due to smoke blowing down to Colorado from forest fires in Canada, things are slightly less hazy this morning as the Zephyr, running about 25 minutes late, heads west out of Leyden with the Denver skyline in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109182 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The month of May is one of the best for getting outside and getting pictures along the Front Range. It is the one month when things tend to be lush and green. This morning is no exception as a refurbished P40DC leads a seven car Zephyr westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109183 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific South of Ft Lupton, at MP 23, UP's MNPDV-24 heads south on the Greeley Sub with a Canadian National (originally an Illinois Central) C44-9W leading. The train consists of double stacks at the front and autoracks at the back. There is a lone tank car cut in to the middle of the autoracks, apparently by mistake! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109184 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific The conductor on the MNPDV offers up a friendly wave to the photographer, reaching out of a unit rather rare to Colorado. A CN C44-9W (original Illinois Central) is on the point, paired with a UP SD70M for this southbound just south of Ft Lupton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109185 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A visitor from the north! This Canadian National C44-9W is spending some time on UP rails, leading the MNPDV (North Platte to Denver manifest) south on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109186 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) LGEX Just south of Rolla, alongside of UP's Greeley Sub mainline, an L.G. Everist SW1500 switches out cars at the local transload facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109187 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) LGEX I was unable to find the history of this little SW1500. It is now owned by L.G. Everist, a company that deals with construction aggregates like sand and cement, as well as things like asphalt. Here, the switcher is moving some cars around alongside UP's Greeley Sub mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109188 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Just past the intermediate south of Rolla, CN 2724 and train start to pull south on UP's Greeley Sub mainline. The train has just dropped off a string of autoracks at Rolla, UP's auto transload facility in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109189 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV (North Platte to Denver 36th Street Yard manifest) crosses an irrigation ditch that is filled near the brim as it heads south on the main. This irrigation ditch branches off from the South Platte River and ultimate feeds in to Barr Lake along I-76. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109190 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load has crosses UP's Greeley Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek, and is now passing the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City. This is definitely one of the most industrial parts of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109191 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF A northbound UP local slows to a stop at a red signal at Sand Creek. It's path is currently blocked by a westbound BNSF coal load, crossing over the diamond at Sand Creek on the BNSF Brush Sub, underneath the I-270 overpass. Once the coal load clear, the local will still have to wait a bit as a southbound UP manifest switches some cars out at an industry off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109192 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A pair of BNSF GEs bring up the tail end of a westbound coal load. The DPUs are crossing over the former Rock Island line that led to North Yard. The line is now owned by the Denver Rock Island, a short line that operates a few miles of track in the Denver area. Also note the newest looking bridge in the distance. This bridge is indeed quite new, carrying RTD's N-Line commuter rail traffic from Denver Union Station out to the suburb of Thornton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.