Photo ID: 113636 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6001 and UP 6909 are both recently rebuilt C44ACMs and have a fresh coat of paint. UP's latest paint scheme, specifically. The 12-car train is now tied down in the siding, and will remain here until Tuesday morning (about 40 hours) before it will proceed east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113635 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS063 (West Fraser) Grand County, CO 196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP passenger special, which is currently deadheading, is approaching a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at the west end of Fraser on a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon. The train will tie down in the siding at Fraser until Monday morning, when some passengers will show up and depart east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113634 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser to Tabernash (MP 63 to MP 65) Grand County, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific has gotten rid of a lot of their passenger equipment. However, they still have two dozen or so cars on the roster, a dozen of which are on this passenger special that is headed for the siding at Fraser just ahead. UP usually does a pretty classy job running passenger equipment, and today is no exception with a pair of freshly-painted C44ACMs on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113633 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With its station stop at Fraser complete, the eastbound Zephyr is starting to roll east on the main. AMTK 100 and AMTK 25 lead the train as it approaches a green signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113632 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur (7,830 ft) Grand County, CO 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On Easter Sunday, UP ran an eastbound OCS (Officer's Special) from Grand Junction, CO to Fraser, CO. The train did not have any passengers onboard, and was being relocated to Fraser for some special passengers that will board tomorrow (Monday). Here, the 12-car special rolls east at Sulphur with two very shiny C44ACMs leading. The second unit was originally delivered as an AC6000CW in November 2000. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113631 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby to Sulphur (MP 76.2 to MP 84.6) Grand County, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I made the trek west over the Continental Divide to get a shot of the eastbound Zephyr with AMTK 100 leading. This is a specially painted P42DC, celebrating Amtrak's 50th anniversary in 2021. This is actually the first time I've seen it in person. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113630 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur (7,830 ft) Grand County, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is on the main track at Sulphur, along the headwaters of the Colorado River. The train met BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo manifest here at Sulphur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113602 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A C44ACM, sporting some fresh paint in UP's latest scheme, and a Tier-4 SD70ACe-T4, bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal train. The train is running 2x3x2. Traditionally, coal load have run 2x3x1, so there is one extra unit on the tail end. Not sure if one will be removed in Denver along with the mid-train swing helpers. The two DPUs here are passing by Oberon Lake Number 1 in the midst of the suburb of Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113601 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three GEs are serving as the mid-train swing helpers on this eastbound coal load. Coal trains have increased slightly on the Moffat in the past few months. It seems that UP has picked up a few new contracts for West Elk coal from the North Fork branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113600 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 1981 and CSX 5477 are a pretty unusual site here in Colorado! CSX 1981 is the Pan Am Railways heritage unit. Pan Am Railways was a New England railroad purchased by CSX in 2022. After arriving in Denver, the mid-train swing helpers will be cut out, and the train will continue east on the Limon Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113599 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 1981 led an 11,500-foot westbound coal empty on Monday. Two days later, CSX 1981 is once again leading on the Moffat! This time, it and a sister CSX unit lead half of that 11,500-foot coal train east across Kipling Street in Arvada. Longs Peak, one of the 14ers (mountain peaks that exceed 14,000-feet in elevation) is clearly visible in the distance to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113598 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units, a pair of SD70ACes with an ES44AC splice in between, are all elephant style on the MGJNY as it rolls east out the east end of Leyden and across the 80th Avenue grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113597 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY can often been found headed east on the Moffat on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. This Wednesday morning was a great example, as the thrice-weekly manifest heads east on the main track at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113596 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of UP units represent the halfway point on this monster coal empty. The train is 209 cars long, and is 11,500 feet long. Even though this is the halfway point of the train, over a mile of the train has already passed by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113595 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 19 (MP 32.1, 1,059 ft) Boulder County, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CSX, Union Pacific The project to increase the height of Gross Reservoir is nearly completion, as you can see in the distance. In the foreground, we've got an extremely long westbound coal empty, led by a pair of CSX units and a newly painted UP C44ACM. CSX 1981 is one of 21 heritage units CSX has painted up, honoring the railroads that have gone in to making CSX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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