Photo ID: 110252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC is the single DPU on an eastbound oil train as it emerges from Tunnel 1. In the distance, above to cross CO-72, are a pair of mid-train swing helpers. About of foot of snow fell in just over 9 hours the previous day, creating a fantastic winter scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110251 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 429 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 2698 wraps its way through the S-curves as the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If you look closely, you can see the classic bridge that crosses over CO-72 on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110250 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AC leads a loaded oil train toward Tunnel 1 just east of Plain. The train has encountered quite a bit of snow in the Colorado high country, as evidenced by the snow that has accumulated on the plow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110249 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train descends down the main at Plain the morning after a major blizzard. Looking in the distance, you can see the east portal of Tunnel 4. No trains have used the siding since the storm, so the rails are still covered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110245 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A parting shot of UP's thrice weekly MGJNY. With loaded coal at the point and general manifest mixed it at the back, the train is approach a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110244 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This was a nice surprise on the MGJNY. UP 1100, a GP60, is ready for it's 92-day inspection. Since UP closed the shops in Denver that could perform such inspection, this guy will have to be forwarded on to North Platte, NE. UP never ordered any GP60s themselves. All of the GP60s on the roster are inherited. This one was originally a Cotton Belt unit, SSW 9702. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110243 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO (in Denver) manifest snakes its way through Barbara's Gulch, leaving the mountains behind. The train is crossing over what's left of the switch to the Chem Spur. If you look closely, you can clearly see that the frog to the spur has been removed as the spur itself has not been needed in nearly a decade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110242 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AC leads two ES44ACs and a GP60 on the eastbound MGJNY. This manifest very often has a unique makeup in terms of the cars you'll find on the train. Case-in-point, there are 54 hoppers loaded with coal on at the front of the manifest this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110237 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal train rolls by the newer neighborhoods in western Arvada. The interesting thing about this particular coal train is that, as you can see, it is in fact empty! The cars are likely being repositioned, perhaps after being pulled out of storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110236 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 394 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The clouds have moved in as a UP coal empty rolls east toward the (now defunct) switch to the Chem Spur. It would seem that these cars are being repositioned. They very possibly were just pulled out of storage somewhere on the former Rio Grande. Two AC4400CWs and an ES44AC lead the empty, elephant-style. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110230 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In the month of January, several UP oil train have stalled on the grade between Tabernash and the Moffat Tunnel. Those trains had five units on them. It appears that, even though it only has five units (2x2x1), this oil train made it up and over the hill. Two mid-train DPUs roll east by the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110229 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the 66th Avenue grade crossing (which the train is still crossing in the distance), an loaded UP oil train rolls eastbound. The lead SD70ACe has a badly damaged flag decal on the long hood. The second unit, an AC4400CW, hasn't seen a repaint in decades, from the looks of it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110212 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 357 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific To date, Union Pacific is one of only two Class 1 railroads to order any SD70ACe-T4s. CSX also ordered 10 units in 2019, but returned them to Progress Rail in 2023. The SD70ACe-T4 is the EPA Tier-4 compliant engine built by EMD. So far, it has not proven nearly as popular as the ET44AC, the GE counterpart. UP 3059 is as example of an SD70ACe-T4, the first four-stroke diesel-electric locomotive that EMD has offered. Even though the unit is less popular than the ET44AC, neither model has enjoyed wide ranging success. The maintenance cost (and complexity) of the Tier-4 units is a turnoff for railroads, and many are simply rebuilding old units at this point to save on money. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110211 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It would have been very interesting to see the geography of the land right here before the construction of the tracks. The tracks are built on a fill that helps create Oberon Lake Number 1. Folks driving on the opposite side of the fill, and Oberon Road, cannot see the lake and many have no idea it is even there. An eastbound oil train crosses the fill as it heads east through Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110210 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs lead an oil train across the Kipling Street grade crossing. The train passed a clear (green) signal at the intermediate, indicating the train will use either Bypass 1 or 2 in Denver for a recrew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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