Photo ID: 113702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has not run on the Rocky Spur in weeks (if not months) at this point. The old stop light that protects the grade crossing on Colorado Highway 72 is going to need to be widened as the highway is being widened to twice its previous width here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113701 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 19 (MP 32.1, 1,059 ft) Boulder County, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 82, sporting the Phase 7 paint scheme, leads the westbound Zephyr as it enters the Upper Tunnel District. The train has left Crescent behind, and is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 19. In the distance, the main part of the construction on the increasing height of the dam at Gross Reservoir is nearly complete. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One last shot of a westbound oil train pulling out of the siding at Leyden on a day that I referred to as "Potpourri Sunday", as it offered a little bit of everything over the course of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113699 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the eastbound Canyon Spirit here at Leyden, it is this unit oil trains turn to move. The engineer is throttling up and pulling west out of the siding. The train would only make it as far as Rocky before having to take the siding again, this time for the eastbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113698 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer As the day has progressed, some pretty serious clouds have started to move into the area. Fortunately, breaks to the south allowed for some nice lighting on the Canyon Spirit as it approaches a green signal at the west switch of Leyden. The clouds "bark" was louder than their "bite", as no precipitation was generated this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Other than its departure time, the Canyon Spirit does not follow a super tight schedule when moving to its next destination. At times, the train will run a bit slower to offer riders the opportunity to take in the beauty of the passing landscape. As such, it is always hard to say if the train is early, on time, or late! Such is the case this afternoon. It is 4pm and the train is approaching the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil train departed North Yard shortly after 3pm, but only made it as far as Leyden when DS-378 aligned it into the siding to wait for the eastbound Canyon Spirit. No complaints from me! Leyden is a siding that seems to be very seldomly used these days. Dispatchers generally seem to prefer to use Rocky when given a choice between the two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113695 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A nice low angle view of the eastbound Canyon Spirit on Big Ten curve brings in some of the afternoon clouds that are starting to build. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113694 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer On the north edge of Big Ten Curve, the eastbound Canyon Spirit has slow down to 10 MPH due to a slow order that Union Pacific currently has in effect. Not entirely clear why the slow order is out there as there was no wind at all today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113693 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The first revenue run of the Canyon Spirit is close to wrapping up the round trip from Denver to Salt Lake City and back. The GP40-3s do have a tendency to have quite a few mechanical issues...hopefully that is not the case for RMRX 8021 as a crew member checks something out in one of the access doors on the long hood as the train rolls east on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113692 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Even though I got a shot of it this morning, UP 1996 does not come through town very often, so I figured it was worth getting one more shot of it; I haven't seen it since 2020 prior to this sighting! It will depart this evening as the fourth unit on the MNYCY. When it comes to heritage units, none of them actually come to Denver particularly often anymore... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Power for UP's MNYCY (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Cheyenne Yard, WY) is all lined up with four units elephant-style. The fourth being UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit. There is a string of SD70Ms also coupled behind UP 1996, but they will definitely all be deadheading to Cheyenne when the train departs later tonight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Swinging back by North Yard for the second time today, I found UP 1344 sitting, likely waiting for some light repairs. UP has laid off the vast majority of the folks capable of doing major repairs on engines in Denver. Anything too major will result in the unit being moved to North Platte, NE and Bailey Yard. Something else worth mentioning is that this unit is very used to being in North Yard! It was originally delivered to Rio Grande as DRGW 3121 in September 1974! You can still clearly see where the MARS light once existed on the nose of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox to Sand Creek Denver, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty is approaching the signal at BNSF's Fox Junction on the Brush Sub. This train will ultimately head west on the Moffat for loading in Utah, but the power will first swap out in Denver. BNSF's Brush Sub dispatcher has informed the train that they will tie down on the track named "Coal 2", leaving room for six units on the head end. They have also been instructed to take the three units currently on the train to "the pit", meaning the fueling tracks, for servicing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113688 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox to Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF A westbound empty oil train is rolling by the Suncor oil refinery along the Brush Sub. In the foreground, an RTD N-Line commuter train crosses over a bridge that is several miles long on its way north toward the Denver suburb of Thornton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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