Photo ID: 110767 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, a UP manifest rolls east with six units on the head end. This is, indeed, the only regularly scheduled manifest that UP still runs on the Moffat. It runs three times a week (each direction) between North Yard in Denver and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110766 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A Phase 3 SD70M is second out on UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO). In general, locomotives are not tagged by graffiti...unless they've spent some time in the LA or Houston area! A small amount of tagging is behind the cab on this particular SD70M. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110765 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9811 is leading UP's MGJNY, currently stopped in the siding at Plain to allow the westbound Zephyr to pass by. UP 9811 was originally a C44-9W. However, the unit has been converted from DC traction motors to AC traction motors and it is now designated as a C44ACM. Rebuilding older units is the way Class 1 railroads are moving, rather than buying new Tier-4 compliant units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110750 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Broadway Denver, CO 481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific A pair of UP SD70Ms...the same that the Rocky Mountaineer has borrowed for the last few seasons...are once again leading the Rocky Mountaineer west across the Belt Line. It is currently passing Copeland Lake just east of I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110749 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Broadway Denver, CO 395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The Sunday Rocky Mountaineer is headed west across the Belt Industrial Lead, working on getting out of Denver for its journey west to Moab. The train passes through some pretty industrial areas before getting to the western suburbs, leaving the city behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110745 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This southbound intermodal train is passing underneath I-270 and crossing over BNSF's Brush Sub at Sand Creek Jct. Indeed, the train is crossing the junction's namesake, Sand Creek, on its way south. The train is actually quite short, as you can clearly see the end of the train on the right side of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110744 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound UP intermodal train approaches the diamond that crosses BNSF's Brush Sub at Sand Creek. An ET44AC and an AC4400CW are power for this relatively short train. There are plenty of puddles in the area after several inches of rail fell through the area the night before. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110743 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River Denver, CO 383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific This Phase 2 SD70M is crossing over the South Platte River as the fourth unit on an eastbound (soon to be northbound) manifest. The top of the unit has definitely seen some better days as rust has set in across the gray. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110742 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River Denver, CO 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A quartet of elephant-style units, two EMD and two GE, lead the MNYGR across a relatively full South Platte River on the Belt Industrial Lead. This is a single track, CTC line that connects North Yard (and the Moffat) with 36th Street (and the Greeley Sub). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110741 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). The length of train varies from day-to-day. This Sunday morning, the train is an impressive 142 cars long. Over 8,000 feet in length, including the power. Here, the train is making its way across the Belt Industrial Lead, passing by the Stock Yards and about to cross over York Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110732 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the head end of this westbound coal empty knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Eisele (Clay), the tail end is at the east switch. The train is slightly longer than Eisele. This is pretty typical for coal train at Eisele as Eisele is one of the shorter sidings on the east slope of the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110731 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5802 is looking very sharp! The unit, originally a C44AC-CTE, was rebuilt by GE/Wabtec and is now designated as a C44ACM. The unit also received a fresh paint job, sporting UP's new "standard" scheme as of 2023. The flags have been moved to the nose, the wings have been removed from the nose, and the long hood now just read "Union Pacific". Much as it did 25 years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110730 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP coal empty is the fourth train in the last 90 minutes to roll on the main here at Eisele (Clay). The westbound Zephyr, westbound Rocky Mountaineer, and eastbound UP manifest (MGJNY) all came through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110729 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Six units lead a UP coal empty up the north edge of Big Ten Curve. It is pretty easy to play the "one of these things is not like the others" game. The fourth unit is a recently rebuilt C44ACM. The unit was an AC4400CW and it received a fresh coat of paint. Looks pretty great, despite being on a grungy coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110728 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There aren't too many coal trains left on the Moffat, but there is a westbound empty on the move in the siding here at Rocky. It is meeting the MGJNY, and the meet will come close to being a rolling meet. A rolling meet is a meet in which neither train actually comes to a stop. The coal empty will continue rolling without stopping, but the manifest will come to a stop for about two minutes while the empty clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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