Photo ID: 110675 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although this might appear to be an eastbound coal train, it is in fact a manifest, UP's MGJNY. Not too far out of view in the distance is a string of general manifest cars (box cars, tank cars, etc). The train is parallel is Oberon Road and is crossing 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110674 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two AC4400CWs (both ex-Espee, SP 246 and SP 324), an ES44AC, and an SD70ACe lead UP's thrice weekly manifest between Grand Junction and Denver. This is the MGJNY-04. Rail traffic between Salt Lake City and Denver has, since 2018, traveled through Wyoming on the Overland Route rather than the former Grande. UP has not (regularly scheduled) manifests between Grand Junction, CO and Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110673 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A former Espee AC4400CW (SP 246) is leading the only UP manifest that still runs on the Moffat, the thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO. The train is parallel to Oberon Road, just out of view to the left. It make not appear to be a manifest, based on the coal visible in the shot, but the MGJNY frequently hauls coal ahead of the general manifest cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110672 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY crosses the 72nd Avenue grade crossing in the middle of Arvada. This grade crossing will disappear in the next five years (give or take) as the City of Arvada is widening 72nd Avenue here from two lanes to four lanes. As part of that process, the road will be lowered underneath the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of AC4400CWs, both of which are former Espee units (SP 367 and SP 203) are leading a westbound empty oil train. The lead unit is leaking air and the train is stuck in emergency. Later in the day, a new crew will bring out a new unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110669 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train stalled out on the climb to Big Ten west of Rocky. The train backed down here and went into emergency. The crew found that the lead unit is severely leaking air. The crew has been instructed to tie the train down and a new crew will bring a new unit out from North Yard later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110668 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier this morning, this westbound oil empty stalled out on the climb out of Rocky up Big Ten. The train stalled out and the conductor walked back to the end DPU. The conductor protected a reverse move back into the siding here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110658 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's manifest from North Yard to Green River, WY sits at the north end of Track 8 in North Yard. After the westbound Zephyr passes by, the train will head for the Belt Industrial Lead, and on to the Greeley Sub. The train will have to "double over", meaning it will pick up the second half of its train from a different track. The train will be 8,100 feet long when it finally departs. To the left, we see a long line of trailers waiting to either be loaded on to trains, or picked up by trucks, at BNSF's Rennicks intermodal facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110657 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of UP AC4400CWs are the bookends to a BNSF C44-9W. The Dash-9 is sporting the Heritage paint scheme. The units are on the UP's MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). Some crew members talk on the ground. the train is waiting for the westbound Zephyr to pass by before heading for the Belt Line. The lead unit, UP 6189, was originally SP 146! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110656 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific North Yard is pretty quiet on Independence Day 2024. A pair of SD40-2s wait for their next assignment. Three units wait for their turn to be serviced, while a string of other units are currently on the track being serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110655 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Three units that were recently removed from a train await their turn to be serviced at North Yard. They will be refueled and, if necessary, their sand, water, and oil will be refilled as well. Note the unit closed to the camera is an ET44AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of UP SD40-2s sit idle near the yard tower at North Yard. The 50+ year old units are now used as switchers at the yard, the same as many second generation EMDs in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110643 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tie Siding Albany County, WY 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The last shot of the day comes at Tie Siding, just west of the Hermosa Tunnel. Numerous thunderstorms have been rolling through the area and, indeed, it is raining right now as this eastbound passes under the signal bridge at Hermosa Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110642 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rawlins Yard Rawlins, WY 456 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific 70 years ago, there were water towers all along the mainline to refill the tenders. In those days, the engines went to the water. In 2024, since there is currently only one steam engine running on UP, the water is brought to the engine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110641 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rawlins Yard Rawlins, WY 459 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The Big Boy crew is going through the process to shut down the engine after a 172 mile journey from Cheyenne to Rawlins. A water truck has also shown up to refill the tender for the journey west tomorrow. 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