Photo ID: 110542 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden. 30 years ago, nearly all of the houses visible in this shot had not yet been built. Leyden was "out in the boonies" back then, but is in the middle of suburban Arvada today! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110543 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Couldn't ask for better lighting here at the east switch of Leyden as UP's thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to Denver, CO (MGJNY) manifest approaches a clear (green) signal. This is the only regularly-scheduled UP manifest train that still runs on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110544 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east Leyden and 80th Avenue, UP's MGJNY crosses over Church Ditch. The man-made canal bring water from Clear Creek through Golden and Arvada and eventually up to Standley Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110545 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The last unit on UP's MGJNY is UP 2010. This unit was the 100-year celebratory unit for the Boy Scouts. However, the various stickers and whatnot that were included on the unit have since been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110546 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An (somewhat rare, these days) eastbound UP coal load is stopped on the siding at Rocky. The train is waiting on the westbound Zephyr, which is just a few minutes late and is currently between Leyden and Rocky. Interestingly, the number board on the engineer's side of UP 6942 appears to have halfway popped out of its fixture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110547 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National CN 8878 makes a rare appearance in Colorado, bringing up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. At first glance, you might (reasonably) assume that this is an SD70ACe. However, it is actually an SD70M-2. Noteworthy as this unit has DC traction motors...something that is almost never heard of on coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110548 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is a shot you do not expect to see in Colorado! Amtrak westbound Zephyr meeting an eastbound coal train that has a Canadian National SD70M-2 bringing up the tail end. The blue and red contrast between the two railroads looks quite nice at the west switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110549 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Phase 5 P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr on the main out the west end of Rocky. Meanwhile, a eastbound UP coal train (with a visiting CN unit on the rear) is starting to role east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110550 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific I do not have many shots of SD70M-2s, so it is great to pick up one more with this shot. The SD70M-2 was not widely popular, with only 331 being produced between 2005 and 2011. The majority of the units went to Canadian National and Norfolk Southen. None of those 331 units went to western railroads (UP, BNSF, etc). By comparison, over 2,000 SD70ACes have been produced and are still in the EMD catalog in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110551 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gross Reservoir Boulder County, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) None While there is no train in the shot, I thought I'd include this shot of Gross Reservoir to show the progress being made on the raising of the reservoir. The height of the dam is increasing by 131 feet, which will increase the capacity roughly three times over! The project still has a couple years remaining. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110552 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Crescent. The train is approaching one of the many cuts in the Tunnel District. Note the slide fences lining the tracks on both sides. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110553 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 155 leads the morning westbound Zephyr through a cut just west of Crescent. The train will follow the tracks through the curve in the foreground which lead in to the east portal of Tunnel 19. The train is almost 32 miles west of Denver Union Station here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110554 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Some clouds have moved in and are casting shadows in the area just west of Crescent as the Zephyr heads toward the east portal of Tunnel 19. Note the dam for Gross Reservoir in the distance, a primary supply of water for Denver and some of the surrounding areas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110555 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 (MP 32.5, 458 ft) Boulder County, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is in the Upper Tunnel District, currently between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20, climbing west toward the peak of the climb at the Moffat Tunnel, another (roughly) 17 miles to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.