Photo ID: 112636 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer This is a scene that, eventually, is going to be changing quite significantly. In November 2018, voters in the City of Arvada approved a measure to widen 72nd Avenue and create a grade separate with the tracks here. The project was originally slated to be completed in 2024. However, significant delays have been incurred, and now the project is expected to be completed in 2028. Apparently, the delays are largely due to design conversations with Union Pacific. On this June day, the Rocky Mountaineer crosses the still-two-lane 72nd Avenue at the still-in-existence grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112635 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer According to some thermometers in the area, the temperature outside is a scorching 101°F (38°C) as the Rocky Mountaineer rolls east through Arvada between Simms Street and 72nd Avenue. One of the RM GP40-3s is current down for maintenance, so RMRX 8600 (leased SD40M-2) is leading the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112587 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Afternoon clouds roll through the area as the Rocky Mountaineer heads east on the main through Arvada between Leyden and Arvada. RMRX 8021, the other GP40-3, is in UP's North Yard, receiving some maintenance. In the meantime, The RM's leased SD40M-2 (ex-SD45), RMRX 8600, is leading the train east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112576 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer At C&S Junction, the Rocky Mountaineer proceeds west from Main 1 to Main 2 on a diverging approach signal. The train will stop at the next signal at Arvada to wait for an eastbound oil train. For those versed in identifying which main is which, you might noticed that the head end of the train is still on Main 1 in this shot. The OS at C&S Junction is half a mile long, and the crossover from Main 1 to Main 2 is behind the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112575 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer had to briefly hold on Bypass 1 at C&S Junction to wait on a (somewhat rare) eastbound UP coal load that just arrived on Bypass 2. With the coal train now in the clear, the Mountaineer will shortly be able to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112572 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer With a bit of brutal backlighting, the Rocky Mountaineer starts yet another trip west, passing by the Stock Yards (an interchange with the short line Denver and Rock Island) on the Belt Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112571 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The morning Rocky Mountaineer makes its way across the South Platte River on UP's Belt Industrial Lead. The Belt line connects UP's Greeley Sub (and 36th Street Yard) with the Moffat Sub (and North Yard). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112569 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Rocky Mountaineer It took a little extra time to get out of the station today, but the Rocky Mountaineer is on the move with RMRX 8020 (a GP40-3) and RMRX 8600 (an SD40M-2) for power. RMRX 8021 is currently in the shop. The Mountaineer does not have trackage rights on BNSF, so it has to the take the long way out of town, heading northeast toward UP's 36th Street Yard, and eventually west across the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112526 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer While both the Mountaineer and the Zephyr load at Union Station, the two trains take very different routes initially out of Denver. The Zephyr uses the BNSF Buck Lead out of Union Station, running to Prospect Jct and the Moffat alongside North Yard. The Rocky Mountaineer has now contract with BNSF, so the RM has to run northeast through UP's 36th Street Yard and across the Belt to the Moffat. Here, RMRX 8020 leads the train on Bypass 2 at Pecos, having completed the run across the Belt. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112525 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Pecos Denver, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer UP's North Yard, CO to Green River, WY manifest sits on the Belt Lead to the right as the morning Rocky Mountaineer heads west on Bypass 2 to the left. Units on both trains are kicking up quite a bit of visible exhaust this morning! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112511 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A final shot of the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer as the train proceeds beyond Blue Mountain Drive and toward the west end of Eisele. Unfortunately, this would be the final shot taken on this day, as my drone developed an error with the vision sensors, preventing it from taking off again. Fortunately, by the end of the day, the drone was already in the care of UPS, off to the repair shop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112510 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer I really love it when the Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s are running on the train. It immediately takes me back several decades to when the Moffat was run by Rio Grande and spartan cab EMDs. Not only do they look great coming by Blue Mountain Drive here, but the sound of the classic EMD prime movers is really great as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112509 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer From above on the hillside, we see the Rocky Mountaineer rolling east at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The train is crossing over CO-72. From this perspective, you can clearly see the east portal of Tunnel 1, the final tunnel the train passed through on its way back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112508 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s lead the train out of the east portal of Tunnel 1. After making its way out to Moab, UT, the power ran around the train, and is now coupled to the power car for the trip east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112507 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8021 and RMRX 8020 lead the Rocky Mountaineer out of Plain, rolling east toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. The train is running right on time, having departed from Glenwood Springs earlier this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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