Photo ID: 105397 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1678 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Leaves of a tree frame this shot of an early morning eastbound coal load approaching the grade crossing at Simms Street in Arvada. This is the Valmont coal train. It is headed for the Valmont power plant in Boulder, CO. It is one of the coal trains that regularly loads at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch. If Valmont goes to all natural gas (which they are pushing for in 2017 or 2018), it'll be another coal train taken off the Moffat! Another thing that probably won't be on the Moffat in 2017 is SP 352! One of the last-remaining unpatched Espee units. Not bad, considering it has been almost 19 years since Espee ceased to exist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105396 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 6, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 2140 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Thanks to a tip I received the night before, I was aware that an unpatched Espee AC4400CW was leading a coal train down the Moffat. Finding an unpatched Espee unit is rare enough in 2015, let alone finding one on the point! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104918 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 2119 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific As of this picture, there were only 11 unpatched Espee units left on UP's roster. All the remaining had been patched, repainted, or retired. I actually caught this same unit exactly one month earlier on the tail end of an eastbound oil train. Good to see if hanging out in Colorado! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104866 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada 2117 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific For a couple months now, UP has been running unit oil trains over the Moffat and across the KP. The trains are running between Wash, UT (where they are loaded) and Midwest City, OK (where they are unloaded). With the recent boom in oil in the US, more such trains may be coming to the Moffat. As an added bonus, an unpatched Espee unit brings up the rear DPU as the train heads in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104865 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada 1953 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific At the time of this photo, there are only 11 unpatched Espee AC4400CW. Considering it has been 18 years since the UP/SP merger, I suppose that even 11 out of the 279 units originally delivered in 1995 isn't bad! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104663 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 12, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 2039 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific At the time of this photo, there were only eleven unpatched Espee AC4400CWs left on UP's roster. Then again, considering it has been over 17 years since the UP/SP merger, it is pretty amazing that there are any left. Whenever I am lucky enough to see one, I always wonder if it will be the last one I will ever see. Fortunately, since they are used heavily in coal train service, there is a chance I will get to add another shot to my site in the future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104501 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2243 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Southern Pacific, Union Pacific This is one of only two unpatched Espee GP60s left on UP's roster at this time, the other being SP 9721. The paint is definitely looking a little shoddy, but I felt pretty lucky to come across one of the only "unassimilated" units left on UP's roster! Unfortunately, the unit was pretty well tucked back in North Yard, so I had to settle for this "over the fence", "from a distance shot" from 48th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104389 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1548 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific It has been a great week or so for me as far as unpatched Espee units go! There are only eleven such unpatched AC4400CWs left on UP's roster. Eight days ago I caught SP 343 on the MNYRO at Leyden. Today, I caught SP 192 as a swing helper on an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104377 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 11, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Once numbering 279, at the time of this photo there were only 11 unpatched Espee AC4400CWs left. I suppose that, considering it has been close to 17 years since the UP/SP merger, 11 units isn't that bad! In any case, SP 343 was the third of three units on the head end of the MNYRO on this chilly morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104353 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1901 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The big yellow patch, just like the one seen here, has now been applied to all but 11 of the 273 AC4400CWs that Espee had on their roster. The scarlet and gray is fading and not looking too well. Unfortunately, Espee is getting very close to being nothing more than a museum railroad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104167 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parshall, CO 2283 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After departing Byers Canyon westbound, trains have a chance to "stretch their wheels" for a bit and pick up some speed. For a ten mile stretch, freights can run up to 60 MPH! The westbound MNYRO is doing its best to reach that goal here in the town of Parshall, CO about a mile east of Flat. Note the super-elevated curve the boxcars are coming around in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104166 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2409 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Ewww...I'm not exactly sure what that is in the water and I'm not sure I want to know! The MNYRO follows the head water of the Colorado River west through Byers Canyon with a lot of the water's top still frozen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104162 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1893 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Not too hard to determine where this was taken! The winter ski season is getting close to an end as this westbound MNYRO pops out of the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel and passes by a still-busy Winter Park ski resort. This former Espee AC4400CW is one of a handful that got double UP shields on the nose when it was patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104159 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2355 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Wheel flanges were whining as the MRONY winds its way through Byers Canyon. You may notice the train has a special visitor. The third unit is a GP40-2 that was picked up at Grand Junction. It has been switching on locals and is headed to Denver for an routine inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103914 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1979 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific On a cloudy Wednesday afternoon, a coal train holds in the siding at Leyden to wait for the westbound "West Local". The local only has a pair of GP40-2's for power and a string of heavy covered hoppers, so the geeps are working very hard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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