Photo ID: 107868 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Boulder County 1416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a UP Officer's Special train west at the west switch of Cliff along South Boulder Creek. The train was given top priority and ran from Denver to Grand Junction. It was apparently a marketing and sales meeting that included some UP customers. It was also rumored that UP CEO Lance Fritz himself was on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107867 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP passenger special charges west out of Leyden. It was rumored that Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz himself was a passenger on this particular special! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107866 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a hot August day and the foliage is just about at its max for the Denver area. A loaded BNSF sand train crawls west between Leyden and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107865 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Even though the leasing craze that struck a few years ago has largely passed, it does not mean all leasers are gone! Case in point are the two Citi Rail ES44ACs on this BNSF unit sand train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107864 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF is sending a sand train west to the facility in Wellington, UT. The trains are heavy and extremely slow going. This particular train would stall out west of Plain! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107863 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP coal train that loaded at the Axial Mine and is headed for the Joint Line rolls east on the main at Leyden. The train had to stop briefly on the main, but is now starting to roll east again past some sunflowers and foliage. The train has clear signals in to Yard Track 2 at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107862 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The first coal train to load at Axial and leave the Craig Branch in 10 years slowly rolls down the main at Leyden. There are some nice sunflowers and thistles in bloom in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107861 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1267 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Sunflowers are in bloom at Leyden as an eastbound coal load slowly rolls down the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107860 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific There are two coal mines on the Craig Branch: Energy and Axial. Since 2009, only Energy has been loading coal trains that run off the branch. Axial has been loading trains that are "captive", remaining on the branch providing coal for power plants in the Steamboat Springs area. However, that recently changed and here is a shot of the first coal train to load at Axial and come off the Craig Branch in a decade! The symbol is the CAITM-09. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107859 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load slows to a stop on the main at Leyden. The onboard PTC computers had an issue and mistakenly believed the train was on the siding when in fact it is on the main. After stopping, the crew corrected the issue and continued east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107858 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Due to some extreme weather conditions in the mid-west, the westbound Zephyr got dinged pretty bad and departed Denver about 8 1/2 hours late this Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, it would only get (slightly) worse for passengers as the train was 10 1/2 hours late by the time it reached Emeryville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107857 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After a tremendous amount of precipitation this winter and spring, vegetation is coming up nice and green in Barbara's Gulch. A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound unit oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107856 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On a beautiful May afternoon, a leased ES44AC and a BNSF ES44AC bring up the tail end of a westbound unit oil empty train through the west end of Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107855 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 30, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound empty BNSF oil train makes its way through Barbara's Gulch. It is a little unusual to see a unit with only a single unit on the point, particularly on the Moffat. There are, however, two units on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107854 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The passengers look out of the Sightseer Lounge car at a frozen, white, winter wonderland. Unfortunately, no views of the plains will be available on this frigid afternoon as the train makes it way west, up and in to the Rockies. 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