Photo ID: 113278 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP (tie) work train is climbing west out of Rocky, on its way up Big Ten Loop. Above the work train, in the siding at Eisele (Clay), an eastbound UP manifest is patiently waiting its turn to head east. It has held in the siding for two westbounds (the Zephyr and BNSF's Denver-Provo), and is now waiting on the work train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113277 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eight car work train heads west on the main at Rocky. The train, which has the symbol WNYNYT-27, is headed for the siding at Plain. The "W" at the start of the train symbol indicates this is a work train. The "T" at the end of the symbol (before the date: "-27") indicates the work train is a tie train. As you can see, the gondolas are filled with ties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113276 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the dozens of piles of ties along the right-of-way suggest, UP is currently in the midst of a substantial maintenance program on the Moffat. New ballast has been laid, and ties and tie plates are being replaced. Not one, but two work trains are both seen in this shot. One work train is coming out of the house track at Rocky, and another came out of the storage yard at North Yard and is headed for Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113269 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP maintenance workers are dealing with a "hot rail" on the main. The westbound Zephyr is approaching, providing plenty of bell and whistle to warn the MOW workers. In addition to the work train in the house track, there is a bit of a gathering in the dirt parking lot as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113267 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific's thrice-weekly Grand Junction to Denver manifest is taking the siding at Eisele (Clay) to wait on a total of three westbounds. The morning Zephyr, a BNSF Denver-Provo, and a UP work train are all on their way west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113266 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A Union Pacific work train is just getting started on the work ahead. UP 6927 has pulled a few cars out of the house track at Rocky, and is going to leave a gondola on the siding to pick up some more cars from the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113262 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A snoot-nosed SD40N #1603 rolls east with fellow SD40N #1997 as the sun sinks in the western sky. UP 1603 has spent its entire life on UP's roster, delivered as SD40-2 #3349 in March 1977. The second unit start as a Chicago Northwestern unit, delivered as CNW 6862 in April 1974. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113261 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In August and September, I was able to chase the Limon Local east out of Denver. Each of those times, the train was long enough that the crew brought a wide cab GE unit out of North Yard for the trip east. However, with only 37 cars, a pair of SD40-2s (now designated as SD40Ns after being rebuilt) were all that was needed for the train on this Sunday as it passes by hay bales just west of Agate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113260 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Point (4,947ft) Elbert County, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This eastbound oil train is climbing the grade at Cedar Point, roughly 12 miles west of Limon. Cedar point is now a stub siding, it's east switch having been removed many years ago. The result is a near-5,000 foot stub track here on the Colorado plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113259 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buick to Cedar Point Elbert County, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 7264 and train cross over County Road 134 in rural Elbert County, about 75 miles east of Denver. The train is going to meet a rare daylight manifest at Limon. Alas, I was unable to get a shot of the meet as I had to head home. UP recently started running a once-weekly manifest between Sharon Springs, KS and Denver, CO, after nearly a decade of no regular manifests running on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113258 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buick to Cedar Point Elbert County, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific This oil train came off the Moffat this morning, and actually went into emergency at Rocky, temporarily blocking the west switch and delaying the westbound Rocky Mountaineer. About seven hours later, the DPUs have been removed and the train is now making its way across the eastern plains of Colorado between Agate and Limon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113257 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Bundles of hay lay waiting to be picked up in a field as a unit oil train rolls east near Agate Creek, just west of the small plains town of Agate. The few oil trains that UP runs on the Moffat these days frequently run north up the Greeley to the Overland after arriving in Denver. Was a pleasant surprise to find this one headed east on the KP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113256 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Deer Trail to Agate Elbert County, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP's Limon Subdivision sees very little traffic these days. Indeed, the line can go more than 24 hours without seeing any trains at all. Indeed, in the post-coal boom, pre-oil boom time period, the line was so slow, that UP stored cars on several sidings as well as the main, blocking the line as a through route! That lasted for around six months between April 2020 and October 2020. Here, an eastbound oil train is between Deer Trail and Agate, paralleling I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113255 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Creek Adams County, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Three elephant-style GEs lead an eastbound loaded oil train across West Bijou Creek on the KP, just west of Byers. Half of this bridge was completely rebuilt 10-15 years ago. From this shot, you can probably tell which half of the bridge received that rebuild! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Bridge Adams County, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A lot of the smaller creeks on the Colorado plains are typically dry, particular at this time of year. Kiowa Creek is no exception, but still has a nice bridge, with plenty of fall-color trees in the area as a UP oil train crosses and heads east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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