Photo ID: 113194 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6362 is starting to pull on a 70-car manifest, comprised of 67 loaded covered hoppers (frac sand) and three cars of pipe. Note the significant grade difference between the Craig Branch above and the Dotsero Cutoff below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113193 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Eagle County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These three units came down the Craig Branch light from Phippsburg to pick up 70 cars waiting at Bond. After assembling the train for the past two hours or so, the train is ready to depart, heading up the Craig Branch for Phippsburg. The Dotsero Cutoff are the two tracks in the foreground along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113192 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes bring up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver as it heads into the morning light, away from the camera, just east of Vasquez Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While many of the fall leaves have already fallen to the ground, there is still quite a bit of color in this shot of BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver at Vasquez Road in Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113190 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4310 made an appearance as the third unit on the Provo-Denver. It is very unlikely we will ever see a MRL-painted SD70ACe leading a train outside of (former) MRL territory as they are not PTC equipment. PTC will most likely be added when BNSF repaints each unit to BNSF colors, and each disappears into the sea of the orange. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS067 (West Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound Provo-Denver emerges from Fraser Canyon at the west end of Tabernash. The westbound Denver-Provo is waiting in the siding. As soon as the eastbound clears the west end, DS-378 will throw the west switch and the westbound will depart the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The grade alignment of the siding of Tabernash is probably the most interesting of any siding I have ever seen. This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo is in the siding, waiting on its counterpart to arrive from Fraser Canyon. The mainline is in the foreground. The siding completely diverges from the main. The reason for this was due to the fact that there was once a steam engine facility located between the main and the siding. Additionally, there is room for a wye between the main and the siding, which was used to turn steam engines that were used as helpers on the climb from Tabernash to East Portal. They'd wye at East Portal and run back to Tabernash, be wyed again and serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby to Sulphur (MP 76.2 to MP 84.6) Grand County, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is right at MP 78, passing by some remaining fall colors just a few miles west of Granby in early morning light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113186 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see three mid-train swing helpers off in the distance, and a single one at the tail end of this MNYGJ. This thrice weekly manifest is typically called in the evening, around 6pm. And, as a result, it typically departs North Yard westbound well after dark. However, it was called at 2pm today (for whatever reason), and made it west just before the light was gone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113185 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has just dipped behind the Rocky Mountains to the west as a single DPU on the tail end of this manifest, headed for Grand Junction, rolls west through Barbara's Gulch. Due to the length of the train (117 cars), there is also a trio of mid-train swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113184 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is just moments before the sun dips behind the Rocky Mountains to the west, although direct sunlight is not apparent here as there are clouds in the western sky. This MNYGJ has 117 cars and is roughly 7,000 feet in length as it roles west through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113183 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The second of two UP manifests heads west through Barbara's Gulch. This is the first time in I don't know how many years that UP ran two manifests on the same day. Even more impressive is that both ran in daylight. This MNYGJ is headed for Grand Junction. It has 117 cars! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113182 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An 84-car extra rolls west on the main at Eisele (Clay). Of the 84 cars on the train, 81 of them are loaded! If you look closely, you might notice a pair of mid-train swing helpers right at the east switch of the siding right now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113181 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two GEs and an SD70ACe lead a very rare extra manifest at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). The crew for the train went on duty at 12:30pm. Since UP eliminated hostlers in Denver, the crew had to get the power and build the train themselves. That took the better part of five hours to accomplish. The train is setup in a 3x2x1 configuration, and there are 84 cars on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113180 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At first glance, this might appear to be a unit covered hopper train. While it is almost exclusively covered hoppers, you can see two tank cars off in the distance. This is an extra train, with the symbol MDVBOX-27. All the cars on this train are headed for industries on the Craig Branch. Normally, the cars would be added to the MNYGJ and the cars would be set out at Bond. However, the sheer volume of cars have necessitated this extra train. A rare sight indeed on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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