Photo ID: 113346 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell to Range (MP 142.6 to MP 154.3) Eagle County, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Three units load a 99-car loaded coal train east on the Dotsero Cutoff between the sidings of Range and Dell. The train has seven units (3x2x2), so it is not having much trouble making track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113345 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A Canadian National SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, both DC units, are leading a westbound coal empty. I assume the train originated somewhere on the Canadian National, and transferred to Union Pacific without swapping out power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113344 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Welcome to mid-November! The sun has fully set behind the mountains here at 4:30pm as a westbound coal empty, with a pair of Canadian National units for power. The two cars to the right are at a local industry that has a lot of tanks that presumably hold petroleum products. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113343 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 has slowed to a stop on Main 1, facing a red signal ahead at Arvada (CP DS007). The train will hold here for a little over an hour, waiting for the eastbound Zephyr to come by on main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113342 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific This westbound coal empty is only going to make it as far west as Arvada for awhile. A tie gang is still working around Leyden, and the eastbound Zephyr is in the picture. The train here is on Main 1. The next track to the right is Main 2. Next over is UP's Arvada Siding. The siding is not CTC-controlled (other than the switch at the west end). It was built to allow coal hoppers to be transferred from UP to BNSF to be taken to the Coors Brewery. The fourth track over is the transfer track from UP to BNSF's Golden Sub, the final track to the right. After Coors switched to natural gas from coal, the transfer track was not really needed anymore, and the Arvada Siding is really only used for temp storage now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113341 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 30 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of Canadian National units lead a westbound coal empty on Main 1 between C&S Junction and Arvada. It is golden hour and the train is passing underneath Sheridan Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113340 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Not too often you can find not just one, but two Canadian National units in Colorado with Longs Peak as the backdrop! It is very interesting that a pair of DC-powered units (DC traction motors) are on a coal empty. These days, it is very rare to find anything other than AC units on coal trains, empty or loaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 has stopped and the engineer has killed the headlight. The conductor is on the ground and is working to set hand brakes on a few of the 99 hoppers on the train. A new crew will be called in 3 1/2 hours at 3pm. Until then, the train will sit at C&S Junction and wait. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113338 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of CN units on a westbound UP coal empty are slowing to a stop on Bypass 1 near the RTD station at Federal, just east of the signals at C&S Junction. Piles of ties await a tie gang to get them installed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113337 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Jct to Stock Yard Jct Denver, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 and CN 2673, an SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, lead a 99-car coal empty across the South Platte River on UP's Belt Industrial Lead. The train is headed to Bypass 1 at C&S Junction, where it will tie down and wait for the next crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113336 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canadian National, Union Pacific This coal empty is crosses over I-70 as it heads north toward the connection to the Belt Industrial Lead where it will turn west. This is a scene that is radically different from what you wouldn't seen a decade earlier. At that time, I-70 passes over UP's tracks here on a stretch of bridge called the elevated deck. A massive project created a trench and I-70 is now below (normal) ground level. The tracks, of course, are at the same elevate they have always been at. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113335 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of Canadian National units lead a West Elk bound coal empty at the north end of 36th Street. You can see a couple long lines of UP power in the distance, currently sitting in long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113334 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific One of the more common shots in the Denver area to shoot from, UP 7215 and train are crossing over Sand Creek as the train starts its journey north on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113333 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At Sand Creek Junction, the inbound and outbound tracks converge down to a single track that makes up the Greeley Sub mainline northbound. UP's MNYGR is entering the single track as it passes through the Suncor refinery. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113332 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W004 (Beltline Connection) Commerce City, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) is coming off the Belt Industrial Lead and headed north on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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