Photo ID: 111751 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9689 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111750 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9738 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111749 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9738 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111748 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific For the past decade, The US EPA has required that diesel locomotives built meet the (very strict) Tier-4 emissions standards. As a result, Class 1 railroads have largely started rebuilding older locomotives as rebuilds are not subject to the same standards. It is cheaper than buying Tier-4 compliant locomotives, which, even after their initial sticker price, are more expensive (and more complicated) to maintain. However, UP has purchased 107 Tier-4 compliant SD70ACe-T4s. UP 3054, on the point of the MGJNY, is one such unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111747 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY met the Winter Park Express at Rocky and is now heading the rest of the way into Denver. The train is less than 3,000 feet long this morning. Other than the coal at the front, most of the rest of the train are cars from the Potash Local that runs out to Moab from Grand Junction. If you look off in the distance and slightly up, you can see the head end of an eastbound BNSF in the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111737 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Even though this MGJNY is not especially long, the train still has six units on the head end and a single DPU on the tail end. The train passes by the metal beast that has been rumored is scheduled for demolition. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111736 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads five GEs on the point of the Grand Junction to North Yard manifest. The head end is passing by Chem Spur, which hasn't been used in over a decade. Indeed, UP removed the frog for the turnout almost a decade ago. It's a little surprising they haven't removed the entire turnout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111735 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Six UP units lead the thrice-weekly MGJNY. The train is about 4,200 feet in length, with quite a few coal loads mixed into the train. Astute observers will note five covered hoppers in the distance, on the plateau above Barbara's Gulch. These cars are sitting on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead near both CO-93 and CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7689 passes by the snow-covered platform here at Fraser, rolling west on the main track. In the distance, people are enjoying a day of snowing at the Winter Park Ski Resort. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser, CO 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7689 is stopped at a red signal, waiting for its turn to proceed west through Fraser. You can see the double red signal in the background at the east switch of Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111688 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil train is stopped at a red signal east of Fraser. The Zephyr has completed its station stop, and is working to get a signal at the west end of Fraser. Once the Zephyr clears the block, the oil train will continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111608 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After several hours of overcast skies this morning, the sun has largely broken through the clouds to light up the three units on the point of this eastbound loaded oil train, wrapping through the cut around MP 9 in the middle of Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111607 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Between Arvada and Leyden, in the middle of Arvada, the tracks go through a cut that is surrounded by some trees and gives it a real rural look, despite being in the city. UP 5919 leads a loaded oil train through the cut, headed toward Bypass 2 in Denver for some power changing and a crew change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111605 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of Rocky, an eastbound UP oil train takes the siding, meeting a westbound oil empty. These oil trains have truly given new life to the Moffat over the last 1-2 years. Granted they are not nearly as common as coal trains once were, but they have increased the average number of trains in a 24 hour period from 5-6 to 7-8. UP 5919 is taking the siding not only to meet the empty on the main, but also to meet the westbound Zephyr, currently around Utah Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111604 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The conductor for this westbound oil train is on the ground, ready to give a roll by to an eastbound oil load that will take the siding. As you can see, the switch is bent for the siding, and the signal is showing a red-over-yellow (Diverging Approach) aspect for the approaching train. 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