Photo ID: 109896 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Quite a bit of snow still remains from a winter storm about 36 hours earlier as the westbound Zephyr crosses Carr Street and passes the detector at MP 8.4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109897 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a fairly windy morning, meaning it is shaping up to be a relatively mild day, temperature wise. In the meantime, the westbound Zephyr is just a few minutes late as it rolls through Arvada, just west of the detector at MP 8.4. The Denver skyline is in the distance, off to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109898 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three mid-train swing helpers are about to be cut out of the middle of an eastbound loaded oil train. You can see the crossover is reversed from Bypass 1 to Bypass 2. The engines will move east of the OS at Pecos, and then run back west to C&S to take one of the two units off the back of the oil train as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109899 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs has been cut out of the middle of a loaded oil train. The power will ultimately return to be fueled in North Yard and the crew will put the train back together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109900 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Denver, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's North Yard to Green River manifest is passing by the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, ready to start its journey north on the Greeley Sub. The train occasionally has work that needs to be done between Denver and Speer along the Greeley. But not today! It will be a straight shot for the crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It is hard to believe, but it has been five years (almost to the day) since UP ran a regular freight over the Moffat between Denver and Salt Lake City. The final MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) ran on December 8, 2018. Any freight traffic running from Denver to Salt Lake on UP now travels on this train. The MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). From there, cars are placed on a new train, the MGRRO (Manifest, Green River, WY to Roper, UT). The train is just getting underway out of Denver, passing through Commerce City and crossing Sand Creek by the Suncor refinery. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.