Photo ID: 110727 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With all the different trains and railroads that run on the Moffat (UP, BNSF, Amtrak, the Rocky Moutaineer), it almost seems like a rare event to catch a meet between two UP trains. That is just what is happening here at Rocky as a westbound coal empty rolls through the siding as the Grand Junction to North Yard rolls east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110726 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 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is such a cool things to see the same train twice in one scene, like you see here. The head end of the train descends down Big Ten toward an Approach (yellow) signal at West Rocky. At the top of the scene, the tail end of the train is in the OS, about to leave Eisele (Clay) eastbound. The crew has a fantastic view of their DPU! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110725 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 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Don't you just hate it when the unit with the shabbiest paint scheme is the one that happens to wind up on the point of the train. Such was the case with this MGJNY as it exits Eisele (Clay) and comes around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110724 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Five units, four GEs and an SD70ACe leads the eastbound Grand Junction to North Yard manifest on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train has an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at the east end. It will be holding the main at Rocky, meeting a westbound coal empty that is currently in Barbara's Gulch, east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110723 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Five units lead an eastbound manifest through the S-curve between Tunnel 1 and the east end of Plain. This is currently the only regularly scheduled manifest UP runs on the Moffat. The train runs six days a week (three days west, three days east) between North Yard and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110722 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east end of Plain, UP's thrice weekly manifest from Grand Junction to North Yard is coming out of the siding and onto the main track. It'll continue down to Rocky and meet a westbound coal empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110721 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY held in the siding at Plain for two westbound. The Zephyr, and the Rocky Mountaineer. With the Mountaineer now in the clear near the west end of Plain, the manifest as received a clear (green) signal out of the siding from DS-380. In the distance, you can clearly see the east portal of Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110720 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The RM has a pair of leased SD70Ms for this Wednesday trip west. I will say that UP certainly is providing some great looking units. They are very clean and the paint is fresh. Here, the Rocky Mountaineer is emerging from Tunnel 1 westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110719 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific Traction motors issues on the Rocky Mountain GP40-3s have them out of service at the moment. The leaser unit the RM got this past spring is not yet ready as PTC is being installed. So, for the time being, a pair of SD70Ms (Phase 2) are on loan from UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110713 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There is barely a cloud in the sky on this summer afternoon as UP 1943 and trio of GEs lead this westbound (empty) unit oil train up the roughly 2% grade from the base of Coal Creek Canyon to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110712 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Under the harsh lighting of mid-day in the summer, a westbound unit oil train, led by UP 1943, charges west on the main track at Rocky. UP 1943 has been making multiple runs on oil trains for the past several weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110711 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of Rocky, we find a westbound UP oil train coming out of Barbara's Gulch, around the bend, and toward a clear (green) signal. UP 1943 is a nice splash of color...or, perhaps, a splash of gray!...on the train as it heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110710 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After a layover in Denver on Bypass 1 at North Yard, UP 1943 and its empty westbound oil train is departing on Main 1 at C&S Junction. The four tracks east of C&S Junction, from left to right, are Bypass 1, Bypass 2, Main 3, and the North Yard Siding. At C&S Junction, when heading west, these filter down to just two tracks. From left to right, we have Main 1 and Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110709 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 is sitting on Bypass 1, looking at a red signal at C&S Junction (CP DS005). Momentarily, the train will tone up DS-380 to let him know that they are ready to depart west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110708 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units sit on the point of a westbound unit oil empty on Bypass 1, just east of C&S Junction. The conductor is onboard and the train is about read to head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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