Photo ID: 112695 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although the sun has ducked behind the mountains, it is technically still 20 minutes to sunset as a pair of SD70Ms lead a UP OCS (Officer Car Special) into Tunnel 1. The train is deadheading 11 cars (plus a power car) from Council Bluff, IA west toward California. The train will spend the night tonight in Glenwood Springs. The train was expected to head west about six hours earlier, but some maintenance around town resulted in a much later departure west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112694 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A relatively small downpour south of Big Ten toward Golden reveals a small hint of a rainbow as a UP passenger special rolls west through the siding at Eisele (Clay). The train was going to stop here to meet the eastbound Zephyr, but DS-378 decided to take the train up to Plain for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112693 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4404 and UP 4533 throttle up and kick up some exhaust after clearing a slow order, picking up speed while climbing out of Rocky, up and around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112692 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP officer's special wraps round Little Ten Curve at Rocky as a rainbow forms toward the south over the town of Golden. A few small afternoon showers let a bit of rain fall today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Under some partly cloudy skies, 40 minutes before sunset, a pair of SD70Ms lead a Union Pacific officer's special west out of Leyden. UP sold off quite a bit of their passenger equipment, but still has enough to make a great looking train! The train is headed for Glenwood Springs tonight, and will continue west tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of SD70Ms, with some great looking paint, lead a UP passenger train west out of Leyden. You can see the Denver Skyline in the distance. Note the pair of antenna on the cab of UP 4404. Not sure if those are related to PTC, or something else. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound OCS (Officer Car Special) is headed slowly west, operating under some slow orders through Leyden. The train is about to knock down a clear (green) signal at the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112688 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton (8,203ft) Brighton, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP is deadheading passenger equipment from Council Bluffs, IA west. The train has a power car and eleven passenger cars. It is currently stopped in the siding at Brighton, waiting for maintenance to clear up at Sand Creek. Despite being a deadhead move, a pair of pristine SD70Ms lead the way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112683 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 402 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A ballast regulator works on the BNSF Brush Sub while a bulldozer pours out some ballast on the Market Street turnout, which was replaced along with the diamond. The work was done on a Sunday as a BNSF switch job works on the industries that the turnout accesses the rest of the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112682 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific BNSF put in place a substantial track curfew at Sand Creek so the diamond could be replaced. It was indeed replaced earlier in the day, and crews are now working to place fresh ballast to complete the work. The curfew actually necessitated the morning Zephyr being delayed by four hours, so it departed Chicago the day before four hours late, running at #1005 (instead of #5), with the entire schedule being delayed by four hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112681 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific As a bulldozer dumps ballast along UP's Greeley Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek, two ballast regulators wait to smooth out the ballast. The regulator on the left is on BNSF's Brush Sub. The regulator on the right is on UP's Greeley Sub. You can also see a track tamper on the far side on the Brush Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112680 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A Caterpillar bulldozer dumps a bucket load of ballast on UP's Greeley Subdivision, right near a fresh installed diamond where UP's Greeley Sub and BNSF's Brush Sub cross one another. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112679 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific BNSF and Union Pacific are working together to replace the diamond at Sand Creek, located underneath I-270. You can see a bulldozer bringing in some more ballast, while ballast regulators sit on the BNSF Brush Sub (center track) and UP Greeley Sub (right track). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112678 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The paint on UP 6397 has certainly seen some better days as the unit crosses over East Portal Road roughly halfway between the west switch of Tolland and the east switch of East Portal. About 20 years ago, there were rumors that Union Pacific was considering a project to connect Tolland and East Portal. However, if any such project was ever seriously considered, it was dropped with the economic bubble, and start in the downturn of coal, in 2008. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112677 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 48.0) Gilpin County, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not too far west of the west switch of Tolland, UP 6397 and train pass through the high/wide detector at MP 48. The wire surrounding the tracks on the detector is just slightly smaller than the smallest bore of any tunnel between here at Denver. If any loads have shifted, causing something to stick out of the train, better to break a wire than hit a tunnel wall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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