Photo ID: 112464 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Council Bluffs (UP) Council Bluffs, IA 559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One final shot of the back quarter of UP 1616. I think railfans were a bit surprised when this unit was unveiled as there was no real event that occurred that suggested an Abraham Lincoln unit was on the horizon. Regardless, I am not complaining. Any chance for something a little different, and I am all about it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112463 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Council Bluffs (UP) Council Bluffs, IA 579 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Several units sit in Union Pacific Council Bluffs, IA yard, including recently painted UP 1616. I am not familiar with the yard here, but I would speculate that the engines UP 1616 are sitting with might be on ready tracks, awaiting for assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112462 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Council Bluffs (UP) Council Bluffs, IA 519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at the engineers side of UP 1616, Union Pacific's newest member of the custom paint scheme fleet. The unit was unveiled in Little Rock, made a trip to Omaha, then went west to Idaho, and has now returned to Council Bluffs, IA. Not sure where it is headed next... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112461 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Council Bluffs (UP) Council Bluffs, IA 728 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Union Pacific newest specially painted unit sits idle in the yard in Council Bluffs, IA. This SD70M is wearing the number "1616" in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Additionally, while the paint scheme is similar to that of UP 4141, painted in honor of George W Bush, the colors on this Abraham Lincoln unit are unique. The inspiration for the colors come from colors used around Abraham Lincoln's time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112460 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just a matter of minutes before rain started falling, an eastbound manifest crosses Blue Mountain Drive. The train is only about a half mile long, and does not have a rear DPU on this particular day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 472 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units are on the head end of UP's Grand Junction to North Yard manifest as it approach Tunnel 1. The train spent several hours tied down on the main track at Plain. A new crew is finally taking the train the remaining 21-ish miles east to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112458 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I am not sure why UP is running an empty eastbound coal train, but I would assume these cars had been in long term storage somewhere, are either being put back into service, being moved to a new location for storage, or sold/scrapped. The train is passes by some fresh rip rock that will be used to shore up the track here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112457 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An afternoon rainstorm is starting to move east from the Rockies as a rebuilt (and repainted) C44ACM leads a coal empty east out of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112456 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a westbound oil train (which is still visible in the distance), and then waiting for the east end of Eisele (Clay) to run time, UP 5774 got a light to head east. The crew informed DS-378 that they are short on time, so they will get signal the rest of the way in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112455 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe-T4 and a pair of (recently rebuilt) C44ACMs head west through the siding at Eisele (Clay). They are meeting an eastbound coal empty, holding the main. An afternoon storm is slowly starting to move in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112454 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It seems that I have seen quite a few SD70ACe-T4s in the Denver area lately. It is kind of cool to see these Tier-4 units out and running, considering how few of them their actually are. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112453 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This SD70ACe-T4 was in the yard at Helper, UT about two weeks earlier. It must have been added to an eastbound oil train at Wash...perhaps even this exact train, and ran east for unloading. In any case, it is now headed west on the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112452 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP empty train enters the siding of Eisele (Clay). It is meeting an eastbound coal empty (yes, an empty), holding the main. The conductor for the eastbound is on the ground to give the oil train a roll by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112451 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil empty climbs up and around Big Ten, the tail end passing by the site of a minor derailment five days ago. An SD70ACe-T4 leads the empty as it approach a red over yellow (Diverging Approach) signal at the east switch of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112449 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This rock train is set up in a push-pull operation. UP 6300 is on the east end of the rock train, and is currently tied down. Note the red flag just east of the unit. This particular AC4400CW is approaching its 30th birthday. It was delivered as SP 319 in July 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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