Photo ID: 113235 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 25 and (Phase 7) AMTK 204 lead the westbound Zephyr out the west end of Eisele (Clay). The fall foliage here at the west end still has some good fall colors, despite the yellows not being quite as bright this year as one might have liked. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113234 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay), note the multiple piles of ties laying along the right-of-way. UP is in the midst of a major maintenance project on the Moffat, which includes replacing a lot of ties. These are all new ties, waiting for their turn to to be installed beneath the rails in the coming weeks and months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113233 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning westbound Zephyr, running right on time, has just met an eastbound BNSF manifest that is tying down in the siding at Rocky. Black and white seemed appropriate as the Zephyr makes its way through Little Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113232 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the shortest BNSF Provo-Denver manifests I've seen, comprised entirely of tank cars, is in the process of tying down in the siding at Rocky. The conductor has just set the derail and is walking back to the lead unit. If you are wondering how you can tell this is not an oil train, the lack of a buffer car (typically a covered hopper) right after the lead power is a dead tell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113231 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4310 has been hanging out in the Denver area lately. Or, more specifically, it has made a few round trips between Denver and Provo over the Moffat. It was the last DPU on this Provo-Denver this morning...unfortunately, facing into the train. A horse grazes on some grass for breakfast in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113230 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three SD70ACes lead an eastbound BNSF manifest, the daily Provo-Denver, out the east end of Leyden, trees still holding a lot of their falls colors here at roughly 5,500 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113229 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily Provo-Denver rolls east on the main track at Leyden. Trees are all in various states of fall color transformation, with a lot of maple trees sporting a bright red. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113228 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Yard Minturn, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande I sure wish I had had the opportunity to get shots here at Minturn Yard before Tennessee Pass was railbanked by Union Pacific. That railbanking occurred just over 28 years ago, and these rails have been silent ever since. In all likelihood, they will never see another train run on them again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113227 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Yard Minturn, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande We look east in the yard at Minturn, noting a few rocks that have fallen and landed on or near the tracks. You can also see the crossovers that were once used to bring helpers out of the yard and cut them in as mid-train swing helpers on eastbound trains looking to tackle the 3% grade between Minturn and the top of Tennessee Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113226 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Yard Minturn, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Not unique to the yard at Minturn, but actually becoming somewhat common all over Tennessee Pass, trees have grown up right in the middle of tracks. This small bunch of trees are indeed in the middle of the yard. Of course, it is of little difference to Union Pacific! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113225 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Yard Minturn, CO 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The old engine shop as Minturn Yard looks like it might be used for something else these days. Not sure if Union Pacific sold it or if they are simply leasing it out to someone else. But fencing has been built across a few of the yard tracks in the long-defunct yard at Minturn. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113224 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Yard Minturn, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Three decades ago, these tracks in the yard at Minturn would have been filled with power waiting to cut in to an eastbound coal load and help the train up the 3% grade of Tennessee Pass. The rails have now been silent for 28 years as new homes continue to be built in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113223 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Minturn, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A look toward the east end of Minturn on Tennessee Pass shows the damage done by a huge rock that landed here on the rails over a decade ago. Of course, there is no reason for Union Pacific to repair the rails here as the line hasn't seen a train now in a little over 28 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113222 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Minturn Minturn, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Over ten years ago, near the east end of Minturn on Tennessee Pass, two huge rocks ("Lions Head") came loose from the mountain side ahead and landed right in the middle of the right-of-way. Someone (presumably Union Pacific) has since shoved the rocks off to the side of the right-of-way, but the main and siding remain smashed and destroyed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113221 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Minturn Minturn, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande At the east end of Minturn, we look through the hole of a dwarf signal that no longer contains a lamp on railbanked Tennessee Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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