Photo ID: 113027 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 8, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver as the train passes 40-50 gondolas, tied down in the siding here at Leyden. Note the red flag that has been placed in the middle of the siding, facing the gondolas. There is a portable derail on the siding just beyond the red flag (toward the camera). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113026 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 8, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5699 leads BNSF's daily manifest east on the main at Leyden. Note the ballast is lighter on the main compared to the siding. UP dropped fresh ballast along the main about a week earlier as part of a maintenance project on the Moffat. Gondolas are still being stored in the siding here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113025 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 8, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver has a full ten units on the point of the train eastbound on the main at Leyden. Most of these units are not online, and are being transported to Denver (or beyond). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113015 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three GEs lead this westbound ballast train, which came down the Greeley Sub. It now sits on Bypass 1, just east of C&S Junction. The train is waiting for a crew to be called to take it west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113014 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sitting on Bypass 1 at C&S Junction, a westbound ballast train is awaiting a crew to be called to take the train west on the Moffat. The train will need some DPUs added before taking on the grade of the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113013 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog Some maintenance of way cars are stored in the house track at Rocky, waiting for their next assignment. As part of ballast and tie replacement project UP is undertaking, there are some new ties along the house track. The gondolas are filled with tie plates. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113012 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog A pair of GEs brings up the tail end of a westbound ballast train, currently in the siding at Rocky. These ballast cars, incidentally, are pretty amazing. They each have onboard computers and satellite link-ups. Each car knows where it is on the rails and how fast the train is moving (when it is moving). This allows the ballast cars to automatically dump ballast at the exact correct rate. As a result of being GPS enabled, the cars stop dumping ballast when crossing grade crossing and over switches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113011 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog This westbound ballast train was setup in a 3x2 configuration. However, when it started pulling out of the siding at Rocky, the drawbar on the front of the lead ballast car broke, and the train went into emergency. Fortunately, the train was not further west when it broken, as there is a chance the train would've blocked the mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113010 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog A westbound ballast train has suffered a broken drawbar. When the drawbar broke, the engines (obviously) pulled away from the cars, putting the train into emergency. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113009 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog Union Pacific is starting a significant maintenance project on the Moffat. It appears they are going to re-ballast much of the line (if not the entire thing). They are also going to re-tie the Moffat Tunnel itself. Here, a ballast train was preparing to head west and drop ballast. Unfortunately, the train broke the drawbar on the lead ballast car, so it is not going anywhere anytime soon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113008 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Herzog This westbound ballast train stopped in the siding at Rocky to meet the westbound Rocky Mountaineer. After the Mountaineer passed, the ballast train started pulling west and broke the drawbar on the west end of the lead ballast car! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF consistently runs oil train in a 3x3 configuration, and this eastbound is no exception. The train has a buffer car on either end of the train, and 95 tank cars loaded with waxy crude oil. The train is just about to enter the final tunnel on the Moffat, Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 524 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound loaded oil train has been making track speed since Cliff, but is coming up on a 15 MPH slow order. The slow order is about a mile long, and there is a second two mile long slow order around Big Ten Curve. The crew only has 70 minutes remaining on the clock, so the train will take the siding at Rocky and tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Boulder County, CO 476 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5830 just met the westbound Rocky Mountaineer, and is now departing Cliff on the main track eastbound. East Cliff is a bit of an interesting OS, as it is about 1,000 feet long. The curve of the track prevents the east switch from being visible from the grade crossing, so the signals at the east end are quite a ways west of the switch itself. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112982 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The Rocky Mountaineer is running west through the siding at Cliff, meeting a BNSF oil train that is on the main. DS-378 is keeping the oil train on the main to help it keep its speed up after the meet. The crew has less than two hours left on the clock. At this point, it is not clear if the train will be able to make it in to Denver or not. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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