Photo ID: 109349 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River La Salle, CO 508 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific Throughout much of the year, the South Platte River seems to be down at almost a trickle. However, after a winter with a lot of snow fall and a ton of rain this spring, the South Platte have flowed a bit over its banks! A southbound UP manifest has a Kansas City Southern "Retro-Belle" SD70ACe on the point as the train crosses the river. Although this is a manifest in UP's system, there are several dozen double stacks at the front of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109348 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W057 Eaton, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific A Kansas City Southern "Retro-Belle" SD70ACe leads UP's MNPDV-17 south on the Greeley Sub mainline at Eaton, CO. The train has a clear (green) signal at CP W057 and will continue south to Rolla to drop off auto racks at the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109347 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV-17 is putting its train together at Eaton to prepare for the continued trip south. In the foreground is a irrigation pivot, used to water one of the many fields found on the farmland of eastern Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109346 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W057 Eaton, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific After dropping off 70 covered hoppers at an industry in Eaton, CO, the three units from the MNPDV-17 are back on the main and waiting for a restricting signal at CP W057 in order to back on to their train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109345 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific KCS 4121, leading the MNPDV, is dropping off 70 covered hoppers off the main here at Eaton. The rest of the train, consisting of double stacks and auto racks is sitting on the main to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific There is a relatively new industry in Eaton, CO that needs covered hoppers...a lot of covered hoppers. Not sure if these are sand hoppers for fracking. But UP's MNPDV is dropping off 70 such covered hoppers this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109341 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC With the recent merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, the amazing "Retro-Belle" paint scheme will be disappearing in the coming years. KCS units don't show up that often in Colorado as is, so it's great to get shots whenever possible. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 18, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eaton (MP 58.8) Eaton, CO 563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CPKC, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV has tied down half the train on the main (in the background) so that 70 covered hoppers can be dropped off here at Eaton, CO. There is a bit of color on the train today with KCS 4121 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107834 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific A Canadian Pacific AC4400CW makes a rare Colorado appearance as it (and a BNSF ES44AC) push on the tail end the Denver-Provo. Incidentally, the Denver-Provo and its counterpart are the only manifests still running on the former Grande between Denver and Salt Lake City (well, Provo). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107833 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific A rather rare visitor from the north takes a trip west on the Moffat as one of two DPUs on the tail end of BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest. I don't get the opportunity to get a shot of a Canadian Pacific unit too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106844 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF This Denver-Provo is about to knock down an approach (yellow) signal at the east end of Rocky. Maintenance is in the process of clearing up on Big Ten, so the train will have a clear signal at the west end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106841 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF The Moffat has seen a lot of foreign power lately. CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, and British Columbia have all appeared on the Moffat. And just within the last two weeks! Two of those railroads were on this train. Here, the CP unit is third out on the Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106413 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1587 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific If you look closely in this 400mm telephoto shot, not only can you see the tail end of the MRONY (with the CP DPU), but you can also see the four UP units on the point. They are located just to the left of the head of the intermediate (red) signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106412 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1545 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific The manifests that run over the Moffat, whether it be UP or BNSF, are frequently dominated by tank cars. In fact, I would say that tank cars are likely the most common type of car found on the Moffat these days. Obviously coal hoppers would have been the obvious choice a few years ago, but the coal drought continues into 2017. In fact, at the time of this picture, there hadn't been a coal train (loaded or empty) on the Moffat in five days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106411 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific And it is our neighbors to the north for the assist! A Canadian Pacific ES44AC brings up the tail end of this 7000-foot long MRONY as the train glides east through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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