Photo ID: 112917 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 547 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After making track speed from Denver to Rocky, this UP passenger train is now slowing at Rocky in preparation for a 10 MPH slow order ahead from Little Ten Curve up to the east switch of Eisele (give or take). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112916 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A C44ACM and an SD70M lead a westbound passenger deadhead by the east switch of Rocky. UP 6045 is sporting UP's newest paint scheme. UP 4533 has the good old flag scheme and is fantastic condition. Say what you will Union Pacific, they really know how to make a passenger train look great. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112915 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A power car and nine of UP's passenger cars heads west through Barbara's Gulch. The train is missing several of UP's passenger cars. Not sure why this train is headed west. It is supposedly a deadhead move, and it is headed to Grand Junction this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112914 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 529 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP passenger train, which came south on the Greeley Sub yesterday, is now headed west in Barbara's Gulch, just beyond the intermediate signal that is just east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112873 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has just dipped behind the mountains to the west as a westbound UP manifest, the thrice weekly MNYGJ, rolls west in the siding. The manifest was entirely composed of covered hoppers, and had an interesting configuration with three units on the point, and a single SD70ACe as a mid-train swing helper! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112860 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting its counterpart, the MNYGJ, at Rocky, this eastbound UP manifest (the MGJNY) is headed for North Yard in Denver right at sunset. Clouds largely cover the western sky as a bit of sunset colors appear behind the train and the Rocky Mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112859 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1540 has likely just completed a regular inspection and is being transported back to Grand Junction on the MNYGJ. The GP40-2, now rebuilt as a GP40N, was delivered as WP 3550, just over 45 years ago in April 1980. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112858 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGJ departs North Yard for Grand Junction on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Typically, the crew is called in the late afternoon and it is quite common for the train to depart well after sunset. The best chance to get shots of the train in light are on the longest days of the year in summer. Such is the case on this day, as UP 6220 heads west out of Leyden. Of note, UP 6220 is no stranger to the Moffat, originally delivered as SP 113 in April 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112842 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I wanted to get a close up shot of the nose of UP 1616, making sure to get a close up of the portrait of Abraham Lincoln himself, the 16th President of the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112841 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A good side shot of the Abraham Lincoln unit as it sits in Denver in the North Yard storage yard, near the grain elevator. I am not sure what inspired UP to create this unit, honoring the 16th President. Nor am I complaining. It looks great. Just not sure what the motivation was for creating it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112840 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I've been lucky enough to capture some shots of UP 1616 a couple of times now, but this is the first time I've been able to get a shot of it when its nose is not coupled to something else! It is leading a passenger train that is supposedly going to sit here in the North Yard storage yard for a few days before departing. Departing where...unknown at the time of this picture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112839 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After running from Denver to Cheyenne with UP 4014 on the point, completing the 2025 steam excursion, the passenger equipment and UP 1616 (plus UP 4404 added) returned south down the Greeley Sub to Denver with UP 1616 leading! The exact purpose for the trip is not known, but the train is once again being kept in the storage yard. Note the "rent-a-cop" car from a company UP has hired to ensure nothing happens to the train (graffiti, etc). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112838 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley Weld County, CO 518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The last shot of the Big Boy steam excursion for 2025 would come here, at the bridge over the South Platte River between La Salle and Greeley in northern Colorado. The lighting was beautiful and the smoke from UP 4014 was pumping out nicely as the train continued on its journey north back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112836 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 crosses over Sand Creek at Sand Creek Junction, the train just coming off of the Inbound track to proceed north to Cheyenne. This is a very popular spot for shooting the steam train when it runs as, in the summer time, the three quarter lighting is about as perfect as it can get in the mornings. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112835 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Jct to Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific In fantastic early morning light, UP 4014 and train pass through the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City, the Denver skyline standing tall in the distance. Indeed, the train is drawing the attention of some Suncor employees. And the with the type of show UP puts on, who could blame them!? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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