Photo ID: 110297 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF A pair of BNSF SD70ACes and a KCS ES44AC lead an eastbound loaded unit oil train through the middle of residential Arvada. The skyscrapers of downtown Denver are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110296 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A loaded BNSF oil train crosses over the 72nd Avenue grade crossing just east of Leyden. This grade crossing will not be around too much longer as a grade separation between the tracks and 72nd Avenue will be coming in the next few years. The City of Arvada and Union Pacific are currently working out the details of the new bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110295 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very short Beer Run (only 23 cars) is entering BNSF trackage on the Golden Subdivision after traveling on UP tracks for the previous few miles between Prospect Junction and C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110294 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four units on BNSF's Beer Run are representing three different paint schemes. The SD70ACe is, of course, sporting the New Image scheme. SD70MAC 9709 has the short-lived "green and cream" scheme. The two SD40-2s that will run on the Golden Local are also on the train, one with a New Image and one with the original Heritage scheme. The train is crossing over Clear Creek at C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110293 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7051 passes by a westbound oil train waiting to depart at C&S Junction. the manifest is on the North Yard Siding and the oil train is on Bypass (Main) 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110292 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As you can clearly see, UP 7051 clearly encountered its snow somewhere on the way east between Grand Junction and Denver. Here, at C&S Junction, the manifest is leaving Main 2 (which becomes Main 3 here at C&S) and is entering the west end of the North Yard Siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110291 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A smattering of five GEs lead a westbound unit oil train, sitting on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. Two of the units have quite faded paint schemes, while the number boards on UP 6777 are virtually impossible to read. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110290 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6777 is on the point of a westbound empty oil train, stopped on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. there is a crew onboard the train, but for reasons not clear, it is not heading west. What's more, it would actually be several hours before it finally did head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110289 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In 1987, a video was filmed featuring Rio Grande. As a kid, it was one of my favorite things to watch. I specifically recall one scene filmed right here, atop Rainbow Cut. Now, close to 40 years later, I got a shot of this eastbound UP manifest as it approaches Rainbow Cut on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110288 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 427 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7051 leads five other units (two EMDs and three GEs) in and out of Tunnel 4 about a mile west of Plain. Part of the sheer rock of the Flatirons rises dominantly in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110287 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Boulder County, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY passes through Tunnel 7 toward the east end of the Tunnel District. The manifest has six units on the head end and a single DPU on the end, with sixty cars in between. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110286 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 678 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Leaving Cliff behind, UP's MGJNY is about to cross South Boulder Creek and pass through South Boulder creek, entering in to the Upper Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110285 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the time I took this picture, I was surprised the manifest did not take the siding to meet the westbound Zephyr. Only later on did I learn that the Zephyr had in fact been annulled, so the manifest has clear signals the rest of the way down the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110284 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS041 (East Rollins) Gilpin County, CO 396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY follows South Boulder Creek, leaving the east end of Rollins, entering in to the canyon between Rollins and Cliff. The manifest is half loaded coal hoppers and half covered hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110283 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Gilpin County, CO 406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A few inches of fresh snow fell overnight in the Colorado high country. It is still overcast and snowing ever so slightly this morning as UP's MGJNY, with 60 cars, heads west on the main at Rollins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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