Photo ID: 112133 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP seems to run an oil train on the Moffat at an average of about 1.5 oil trains per day at the moment. One such example is this westbound on the main at East Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112132 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70ACe brings up the tail end of this westbound oil train at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). There is currently no buffer car on the tail end of the train as there is no crew in the DPU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112131 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Winter is making a push here during the first week of Spring. Fortunately, generally warmer weather is preventing much snow from accumulating along the main here between switches at Eisele (Clay) as a westbound oil train makes its way west. One of the two nose headlights is seemingly burned out on UP 7244. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112130 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of AC400CWs lead a westbound oil empty around Big Ten Curve. The train is headed for the transload facility at Wash, near Wellington, UT. From there it will be loaded and either return east over the former Rio Grande, or possibly head west to Salt Lake City and then run over the Overland Route. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112129 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Clouds are hanging low on this Sunday morning, with cloud bottoms just barely above Eisele (Clay) as this westbound oil empty climbs the grade on the north edge of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112128 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7244 and train charge west out of Rocky, making the climb up toward Big Ten Curve. An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver, which is currently tied down, just barely cleared the west switch of Rocky. Engineers have a distance counter in the cab. When the head end was clear of the west switch, the engineer started the distance counter, counting down from the length of the entire train. When it reached zero, the engineer knew the DPUs were clear of the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112127 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil train meets a (tied down) BNSF Provo-Denver manifest at Rocky. The head end is approaching the turnout to the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (the Rocky Spur). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112098 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Yard Helper, UT 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Helper continues to live up to its name, even in 2025. A dozen or so units idle away in the lower yard at Helper, waiting for their next assignment. Heavy westbounds, including oil trains and coal trains, still have manned helpers added to them for the 2.15% climb up Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112097 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Yard Helper, UT 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A fantastic-looking SD70M, UP 4190, is powered down and rests in the yard. Not sure if it is being stored, or if it simply waiting for some assignment, but it's been awhile since I've seen an SD70M sporting paint quite this pristine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112095 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Carbon County, UT 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific At least ten tanker trucks, each filled with oil, are transferring their content over to the oil tanks. From their, the oil will be loaded into tank cars to create unit oil trains to head east. A track working hyrailer switches around some tank cars in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112093 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Carbon County, UT 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A little track crawling hyrailer moves tank cars around at the Price River Terminal Crude Oil Transload Facility near Wellington. This is where oil trains that run on the former Rio Grande are loaded, the oil transferred from truck to tank car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112088 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific UP's Potash Local swings away from the Colorado River and toward Bootlegger Canyon so it can reach Moab Tunnel cutting eight miles off the journey cars must travel to reach the same point on the north side. The canyon was cut out for the rails in 1963 when the Cane Creek Sub was originally constructed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112087 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The engineer on UP's Potash Local gives a friendly wave to several onlookers (out of the frame) in the Corona Arch Trailhead parking lot. The four units on the train are taking 26 loaded covered hoppers back to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112086 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Grand County, UT 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The look of a spartan cab with UP "Baby Wings" on the nose looks pretty great as the Potash Local slowly makes its way toward Bootlegger Canyon, its switching at Potash complete from the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112085 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Grand County, UT 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific With its switching at Potash complete, the Potash Local is now headed back to Grand Junction with 26 loaded covered hopper cars in two. The train is paralleling the Colorado River, but will soon turn north into Bootlegger Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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