Photo ID: 111961 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal load is tied down in the siding at Granby. It is waiting both a crew, and an additional unit from Denver. One of the units on the train failed, preventing the train from making the climb up the hill to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111960 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP SD70ACe brings up a (somewhat rare) eastbound coal load. The train is currently tied down in the siding at Granby. Apparently, one of the units on the train failed as the train was moving through Fraser Canyon. The crew backed the train down between switches at Granby. It currently waits for an additional unit from Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111959 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS062 (East Fraser) Fraser, CO 359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Shooting between Winter Park and Tabernash can be a rough proposition as the tracks run (more or less) geographically north-south. That said, I was quite happy with this shot of UP's North Yard to Grand Junction manifest, about to knock down a clear (green) signal at East Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111945 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gross Reservoir Boulder County, CO 284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While there are no trains in this shot, I thought I'd post a shot of the progress on the raising of the dam. The project started in 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2027. The dam will be raised 131 feet, tripling the capacity of the reservoir, used for drinking water in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111942 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I rather enjoyed this view, looking down on coal hoppers next to low side gondolas at Leyden. Note the rust that is clearly building up in the gondolas after sitting in the elements with no loads to help protect them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111941 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6023 and UP 8312 pass the string of low side gondolas that have now been stored in the siding here at Leyden for a little over five months. It would have been great for the dispatcher to have Leyden available today as it would have been the perfect spot for a meet with an eastbound BNSF oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111940 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of units lead a westbound coal empty at a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden. Prior to this train, the last UP coal train I shot on the Moffat was in December 2024. That's not to suggest that was the last one that ran. Only that they are rare enough that I go quite a bit of time in between seeing them these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111939 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6023 is rolling west at a restricted speed of about 15 MPH. There is a spurious track occupancy between the intermediate signal at MP 9.7 (at Kipling Street) and the east end of Leyden. Consequently, the signal at MP 9.7 was red. Since it is an intermediate and not an absolute signal, the crew does not need authority for the dispatcher to pass, but they do have to continue at restricting speed, prepared to stop short of any obstructions on the track. The train is crossing Church Ditch, approach a clear (green) signal at East Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111938 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the last unit on a BNSF oil train rolls away on Main 1 to the left, a UP coal train is ready to throttle up and head west on Main 2 (over to the main track) at Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111936 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Unfortunately, with the siding at Leyden still full of low side gondolas in long term storage, and a BNSF manifest blocking the siding at Rocky, there was no place for this westbound coal empty to go until this eastbound BNSF oil train arrived here at Arvada. Now, with the oil train rolling by, the engineer has turned the headlight on and is ready to go when they get a signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111933 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While coal on the Moffat, the king commodity of the route 20 years ago, has basically vanished, it is not gone completely. Every so often, a coal train will show up. Today happened to be such a day, with an AC4400CW and an SD70ACe for power. No DPUs mid-train or on the end. UP will likely send some light power west...or some power on the MNYGJ...for DPUs on the journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111932 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific The engineer on the eastbound BNSF oil load has turned the headlights back on the bright after the lead unit of this westbound UP oil empty has passed by. The UP train is headed to a transload facility in Utah. The same place the BNSF train came from. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111931 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four UP units, the leader being a recently repainted C44ACM, leads this UP oil train west along the south edge of Big Ten Loop. The train will go in the siding at Eisele (Clay) to meet an eastbound BNSF oil load that is on the main, waiting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111929 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil empty meets a BNSF manifest (tied down in the siding at Rocky) and heads toward an Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal at west Rocky. In a few minutes, the train will enter into the siding at Eisele (Clay), the track second away from the camera in the foreground. While it is only about 2,500 feet (as the crow flies) between the signals here at Eisele and the ones at Rocky, it is about 1.5 miles by rail to cover the distance (around Big Ten). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111905 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder (3,948ft) Boulder, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Union Pacific The second unit on this northbound BNSF manifest is an ET44C4. It is compliant with the EPA Tier-4 emissions standards. This accounts for the large radiator blister at the back of the long hood. BNSF has purchased 350 of these units, making them the railroad that has likely purchased the most Tier-4 locomotives. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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