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Photo ID: 113341
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7)
Arvada, CO
30
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
A pair of Canadian National units lead a westbound coal empty on Main 1 between C&S Junction and Arvada. It is golden hour and the train is passing underneath Sheridan Blvd.
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Photo ID: 113340
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8)
Denver, CO
43
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
Not too often you can find not just one, but two Canadian National units in Colorado with Longs Peak as the backdrop! It is very interesting that a pair of DC-powered units (DC traction motors) are on a coal empty. These days, it is very rare to find anything other than AC units on coal trains, empty or loaded.
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Photo ID: 113339
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8)
Denver, CO
33
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
CN 8840 has stopped and the engineer has killed the headlight. The conductor is on the ground and is working to set hand brakes on a few of the 99 hoppers on the train. A new crew will be called in 3 1/2 hours at 3pm. Until then, the train will sit at C&S Junction and wait.
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Photo ID: 113338
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8)
Denver, CO
39
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
A pair of CN units on a westbound UP coal empty are slowing to a stop on Bypass 1 near the RTD station at Federal, just east of the signals at C&S Junction. Piles of ties await a tie gang to get them installed.
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Photo ID: 113337
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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UP Jct to Stock Yard Jct
Denver, CO
35
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Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
CN 8840 and CN 2673, an SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, lead a 99-car coal empty across the South Platte River on UP's Belt Industrial Lead. The train is headed to Bypass 1 at C&S Junction, where it will tie down and wait for the next crew.
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Photo ID: 113336
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
39
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Yard Shots Canadian National, Union Pacific
This coal empty is crosses over I-70 as it heads north toward the connection to the Belt Industrial Lead where it will turn west. This is a scene that is radically different from what you wouldn't seen a decade earlier. At that time, I-70 passes over UP's tracks here on a stretch of bridge called the elevated deck. A massive project created a trench and I-70 is now below (normal) ground level. The tracks, of course, are at the same elevate they have always been at.
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Photo ID: 113335
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
31
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Yard Shots Canadian National, Union Pacific
A pair of Canadian National units lead a West Elk bound coal empty at the north end of 36th Street. You can see a couple long lines of UP power in the distance, currently sitting in long term storage.
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Photo ID: 113330
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
37
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
A Canadian National SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, both DC-traction motor units, lead a westbound UP coal empty on the Limon Sub at Sandown. The train is waiting for signals to continue west.
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Photo ID: 113329
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
38
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
At Sandown, a westbound UP coal empty sits on Main 1 at a red signal. A pair of Canadian National units is the power on the train this morning!
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Photo ID: 112539
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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The Sag
Douglas County, CO
301
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
While this is technically south of Greenland, CO, the months of May and June are typically the only time of year when this area actually lives up to the name of being a green land. A CN-led grain train is currently stopped in The Sag, waiting for its turn to head south at Palmer Lake. A northbound is visible in the distance on Main 2.
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Photo ID: 112538
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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The Sag
Douglas County, CO
241
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
After the coal load ahead got a signal to continue south into the single track territory of the Joint Line south of Palmer Lake, this CN-led train train is now sitting in The Sag, waiting for its turn to continue south. After several hours of thunderstorms, there was a 10 minute break in the clouds, allowing for some fantastic sunlight to break through.
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Photo ID: 112534
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Greenland
Douglas County, CO
219
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
CN 3321 is currently facing a red intermediate signal at MP 45.8. There is a coal train ahead that is currently stopped in The Sag, waiting for two northbounds. As such, the crew has the headlight on dim, and is patiently waiting.
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Photo ID: 112532
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Larkspur
Larkspur, CO
227
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
As a fairly significant summer thunderstorm rolls east, a CN-led, BNSF grain train crosses East Plum Creek, Spruce Mountain Road, and Fox Farm Road on the old Santa Fe bridge, which still sports a faded Santa Fe label and herald. Shots from the north side of the bridge are hard to get due to lighting, but the overcast skies made it possible on this June 1st.
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Photo ID: 112531
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Sedalia to Orsa
Douglas County, CO
220
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
CN 3321, an AC44C6M (rebuild) crosses over East Plum Creek on the bridge at MP 26.60 on Main 1 on the Joint Line. The train is following a coal load, and is actually making better time than the coal load, so the grain train will make a few stops at (red) intermediate signals as it continues south.
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Photo ID: 112527
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Evans Ave
Denver, CO
270
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Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Canadian National, BNSF
This unit grain train originated in North Dakota on May 27th and is making its way south and west toward Barstow, CA. A nice little bonus is a Canadian National leader. Here, at the Evans Ave RTD station, the train is tied down and awaiting a crew that is currently enroute.
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