Photo ID: 113340 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Not too often you can find not just one, but two Canadian National units in Colorado with Longs Peak as the backdrop! It is very interesting that a pair of DC-powered units (DC traction motors) are on a coal empty. These days, it is very rare to find anything other than AC units on coal trains, empty or loaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 has stopped and the engineer has killed the headlight. The conductor is on the ground and is working to set hand brakes on a few of the 99 hoppers on the train. A new crew will be called in 3 1/2 hours at 3pm. Until then, the train will sit at C&S Junction and wait. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113338 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of CN units on a westbound UP coal empty are slowing to a stop on Bypass 1 near the RTD station at Federal, just east of the signals at C&S Junction. Piles of ties await a tie gang to get them installed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The second of two diners on the morning Zephyr roll by as the train heads west on Main 3 toward C&S Jct. Note the numerous piles of ties lining Main 3, waiting to be installed by a tie gang that is currently working west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113327 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP's MGRNY sits on Bypass 2, waiting patiently for its turn to make a reverse move into North Yard. Meanwhile, the morning Zephyr passes by on Main 3, the engineer give a wave out the front windshield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113326 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct to Pecos X-Over (MP 3.2 to MP 4.0) Denver, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak If you look close, you might notice that there is something a little different about this westbound Zephyr compared to most that head west out of Denver. See it? Unfortunately, for the passengers on the train, there is no Sightseer Lounge car on the train. Instead, the train departed with two dining cars, the second acting as the lounge car for the trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113325 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units led UP's MGRNY from Green River, WY to North Yard. The train came west on the Moffat at Pecos Crossover on Bypass 2 so it could back into the yard after the MNYGR departs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGRNY, which ran from Green River, WY to North Yard, CO arrived off the Greeley Sub and came across the Belt. But, instead of heading straight into North Yard, the train came across Bypass 2 and will wait for its counterpart, the MNYGR, to depart before backing into the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113323 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of tampers work to ensure that the ballast is properly set, the ties are positions, and the rails are aligned and stabilized so that trains can run over the rails after new ties have been inserted under the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113322 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This machine is a continuous-action surfacing tamper. It lifts, lines, and tamps the track, as well as dynamically stabilizes the rails so that trains can safely run at track speed over the track. This is the final piece of equipment in the tie gang. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113321 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here, we see a Union Pacific track tamper. It moves from tie-to-tie...every tie, regardless if it is new or not...grabs the tie and shakes it to ensure the ballast falls properly under and around the ties. The long pole/extension in front of the tamper ensure that the rails are aligned and in gauge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113320 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This machine is a small tamper that is making sure that the new ties are positioned properly under the rails before they are spiked down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113319 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This tie plate inserter is setting out new tie plates on top of the new ties that have been installed just minutes earlier. Once the tie plates are in place, a spiker will come next and spike down the plates/ties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113318 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This Tie Extractor/Inserter (TE/IE) is currently working as an inserter. A crane has placed new ties along the right-of-way and the inserter is sliding the ties underneath the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113317 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A string of maintenance equipment works to replace the ties along the right-of-way west of Leyden. UP has laid new ballast and is now replacing thousands of ties on the Moffat over the course of the next few months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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