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Photo ID: 113338
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8)
Denver, CO
72
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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.
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Photo ID: 113337
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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UP Jct to Stock Yard Jct
Denver, CO
81
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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.
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Photo ID: 113336
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
73
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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.
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Photo ID: 113335
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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36th Street Yard
Denver, CO
68
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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.
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Photo ID: 113334
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Times Viewed
CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction)
Commerce City, CO
74
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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.
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Photo ID: 113333
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction)
Commerce City, CO
67
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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.
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Photo ID: 113332
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP W004 (Beltline Connection)
Commerce City, CO
72
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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.
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Photo ID: 113330
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
78
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
A Canadian National SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, both DC-traction motor units, lead a westbound UP coal empty on the Limon Sub at Sandown. The train is waiting for signals to continue west.
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Photo ID: 113329
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
83
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
At Sandown, a westbound UP coal empty sits on Main 1 at a red signal. A pair of Canadian National units is the power on the train this morning!
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Photo ID: 113325
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over)
Denver, CO
73
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Three units led UP's MGRNY from Green River, WY to North Yard. The train came west on the Moffat at Pecos Crossover on Bypass 2 so it could back into the yard after the MNYGR departs.
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Photo ID: 113324
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over)
Denver, CO
71
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP's MGRNY, which ran from Green River, WY to North Yard, CO arrived off the Greeley Sub and came across the Belt. But, instead of heading straight into North Yard, the train came across Bypass 2 and will wait for its counterpart, the MNYGR, to depart before backing into the yard.
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Photo ID: 113323
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
58
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A pair of tampers work to ensure that the ballast is properly set, the ties are positions, and the rails are aligned and stabilized so that trains can run over the rails after new ties have been inserted under the tracks.
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Photo ID: 113322
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
59
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This machine is a continuous-action surfacing tamper. It lifts, lines, and tamps the track, as well as dynamically stabilizes the rails so that trains can safely run at track speed over the track. This is the final piece of equipment in the tie gang.
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Photo ID: 113321
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
51
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Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Here, we see a Union Pacific track tamper. It moves from tie-to-tie...every tie, regardless if it is new or not...grabs the tie and shakes it to ensure the ballast falls properly under and around the ties. The long pole/extension in front of the tamper ensure that the rails are aligned and in gauge.
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Photo ID: 113320
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
49
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This machine is a small tamper that is making sure that the new ties are positioned properly under the rails before they are spiked down.
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