Photo ID: 112553 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A fairly short eastbound ballast train sits on the siding at Rocky, having just met a westbound oil train. The two cars that have been in the house track at Rocky for several weeks, one of which derailed on Big Ten, are finally gone, having been taken back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112552 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This SD70ACe has certainly seen better days. The flag is almost entirely gone on the long hood on the conductor's side. The unit is currently on a ballast train. It's possible the unit has seen a lot of time on work trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112551 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not too often you find an SD70M on the point of a mainline train these days. UP 4630 happened to be the leader on an eastbound ballast train. The train took the siding at Rocky to meet a westbound oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112550 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Classic shot of a colorful consist. Under partly cloudy skies, this westbound oil train is approaching the east tunnel of Tunnel 1. It has been an exceptionally wet and cool spring, so the scenery is still very green. An incredibly welcome sight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112549 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF This oil train is running on UP rails, with a Norfolk Southern leader, and a BNSF crew! Quite the interesting mix. The yellow hand rails on the lead unit really pop in the scene as the train curves toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112548 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex, BNSF Always like trying to get a roster shot of a foreign visitor in the area. Particularly when it is a visitor from the south or north of the border! Second out on this westbound oil train is a Ferromex SD70ACe. Ferromex, of course, is one of the two largest railroads in Mexico. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112547 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF Last week, UP officially wrapped up a majority of the construction on Big Ten and reopened the mainline between switches at Rocky. There is still some minor work happening, but all the speed restrictions have been lifted. This NS/BNSF oil train climbs the north edge at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112546 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF It seems that a business east of the Mississippi has a contract with the Wash oil loadout. The train originates on Norfolk Southern and is turned over to BNSF. However, most of the time, the train has been running with at least a few NS units all the way to the oil transloaded facility. On this particular day, an interesting NS/FXE/NS trio lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112545 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is on the main at the south end of North Yard, alongside a lot of double stack containers in BNSF's Rennicks Yard. One of several thunderstorms has moved east and is continuing to drop a lot of rain on the eastern plains. The train is approaching an approach signal at Fox Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112544 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A massive summer thunderstorm has passed through the area and is moving out onto the eastern plains. The sun is breaking through the clouds to the left, offering some great storm lighting as the eastbound Zephyr passes alongside North Yard and Rennicks, just about 15 minutes away from its station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112543 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr departed Fraser almost an hour late, but made up about 45 minutes on the trip down the Moffat. Here, it is on the main, coming by North Yard (UP) and Rennicks (BNSF). Tracks 1-5 are all empty of cars this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112526 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer While both the Mountaineer and the Zephyr load at Union Station, the two trains take very different routes initially out of Denver. The Zephyr uses the BNSF Buck Lead out of Union Station, running to Prospect Jct and the Moffat alongside North Yard. The Rocky Mountaineer has now contract with BNSF, so the RM has to run northeast through UP's 36th Street Yard and across the Belt to the Moffat. Here, RMRX 8020 leads the train on Bypass 2 at Pecos, having completed the run across the Belt. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112524 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the increased costs of transporting private passenger cars on Amtrak trains, it has become far less common for private cars to appear on the end of the Zephyr. However, on this evening, private cars "Colonial Crafts" and "NYC-3", the first in a Pennsylvania railroad scheme, and the second in a New York Central scheme, ride along on the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112523 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The privately owned Pullman-built Pennsylvania car "Colonial Crafts" and Budd-built New York Central car "NYC-3" are both hitching a ride on the end of the eastbound California Zephyr as the train passes near the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr passes by at Blue Mountain Drive, the engineer opens the window and gives a friendly wave to the camera as it passes on by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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