Photo ID: 109531 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific Visitors far from home lead a coal empty north on the UP Greeley Sub at Platteville, about 35 miles north of Denver. Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merged earlier this year, creating CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), so it is not too surprising that the leased power has a unit from each road represented. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109530 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W034 (South Platteville) Platteville, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific A northbound coal empty is moving at track speed at the south end of Platteville, meeting a southbound sitting in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109528 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Brighton Weld County, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern A pair of CPKC units (one CP, one KCS) are quite a ways from home as they lead a coal empty north on the Greeley Sub. The train is slowing for the grade crossing at MP 29.99 (County Road 22). A previous train reported that the main lights and gates were working, but the lights on one of the gates were broken off and hanging down. Consequently, an "XH" order was placed on the crossing. This requires all trains to slow to ensure no cars are going through the crossing when they shouldn't. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109525 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton (8,203ft) Brighton, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific A CP ES44AC and a KCS SD70ACe lead a northbound coal empty through the siding at Brighton, passing alongside a few yard tracks that currently lay empty. These hoppers were pulled from Jansen, CO on the Raton Sub near Trinidad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109487 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Canadian Pacific, CPKC A pair of Canadian Pacific GEs shove part of an intermodal train back in to the ramp at the Kendleton Yard. Once complete, the train will pull to the north end of the yard limits and wait for a recrew. A southbound covered hopper train waits for a recrew in the distance as a northbound tank train also pulls in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109486 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bernard Creek Bridge Hungerford, TX 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Canadian Pacific, CPKC Once Canadian Pacific retired all of its SD90MACs, the units went on to find life as rebuilds. Canadian Pacific had 60 of the units rebuilt by Progress Rail with a new designation as an SD70ACu. One such example is CP 7026, second unit on a northbound CPKC unit tank train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107834 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific A Canadian Pacific AC4400CW makes a rare Colorado appearance as it (and a BNSF ES44AC) push on the tail end the Denver-Provo. Incidentally, the Denver-Provo and its counterpart are the only manifests still running on the former Grande between Denver and Salt Lake City (well, Provo). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107833 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific A rather rare visitor from the north takes a trip west on the Moffat as one of two DPUs on the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest. I don't get the opportunity to get a shot of a Canadian Pacific unit too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106844 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF This Denver-Provo is about to knock down an approach (yellow) signal at the east end of Rocky. Maintenance is in the process of clearing up on Big Ten, so the train will have a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106841 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The Moffat has seen a lot of foreign power lately. CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, and British Columbia have all appeared on the Moffat. And just within the last two weeks! Two of those railroads were on this train. Here, the CP unit is third out on the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106413 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific If you look closely in this 400mm telephoto shot, not only can you see the tail end of the MRONY (with the CP DPU), but you can also see the four UP units on the point. They are located just to the left of the head of the intermediate (red) signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106412 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific The manifests that run over the Moffat, whether it be UP or BNSF, are frequently dominated by tank cars. In fact, I would say that tank cars are likely the most common type of car found on the Moffat these days. Obviously coal hoppers would have been the obvious choice a few years ago, but the coal drought continues into 2017. In fact, at the time of this picture, there hadn't been a coal train (loaded or empty) on the Moffat in five days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106411 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific And it is our neighbors to the north for the assist! A Canadian Pacific ES44AC brings up the tail end of this 7000-foot long MRONY as the train glides east through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106407 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific Here is a sight that you don't see every day! A Canadian Pacific unit rolls through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain on the Moffat. The unit is bringing up the rear of the eastbound Roper to North Yard manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106406 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific The rear DPU on the MRONY offer up a bit of foreign color! A Canadian Pacific ES44AC somehow found its way deep into Union Pacific territory. It is always great to catch something "out of the ordinary" on the rails you are used to chasing on. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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