Photo ID: 111292 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A bit of snow is stuck to the plow of this C44ACM, leading the MGJNY east through Arvada. These three GEs departed with the train the night before from Grand Junction for the trip east to North Yard. For the last few years, this has been the only UP manifest that runs on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111291 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Akron (BNSF) Union Pacific An eastbound UP MGJNY has just crossed Kipling Street in Arvada, and is continuing east on the final seven miles or so in to North Yard. Snow has been falling all day and continues now, but the relatively warm temperatures (34°F / 1°C) are keeping the snow from accumulating too much on the ground. You may have noticed the above caption is the same as the previous picture. I could not decide which perspective I liked more, so I decided to include both pictures, even though they were basically shot at the same time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111290 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP MGJNY has just crossed Kipling Street in Arvada, and is continuing east on the final seven miles or so in to North Yard. Snow has been falling all day and continues now, but the relatively warm temperatures (34°F / 1°C) are keeping the snow from accumulating too much on the ground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111264 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This open gondola, tied down in a string of over 100 gondolas in the siding at Leyden, seems to contain a but of metal cubes. Not entirely sure what they are, or why they are sitting in a gondola that is being stored at Leyden for an indeterminate amount of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111263 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the start of 2024, UP tied down a long string of empty well cars in the siding of Leyden for long term storage. The cars stayed in the siding for roughly four months. Now, it seems that Leyden is once again host to cars in need of being stored! A string of over 100 gondolas has been tied down in the siding at Leyden for about a month. How long will they remain here? That is anybody's guess! Even when Leyden is not plugged up with stored cars, UP avoid using it for meets. Over the years, the residents of the (new) neighborhoods around Leyden have complained about the noise and exhaust of trains that stop on the siding as Leyden has transformed from rural to suburban. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111262 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These gondolas that are currently being stored in the siding at Leyden are, for the most part, empty. There are a handful of scraps from various old loads in the bottom of most of the cars, but they are generally empty. The string of cars is roughly 7,000 feet long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111261 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific 20 years ago, when coal was king on the Moffat, UP invested in permanent derails at the east end of Leyden, Rocky, Cliff, and Rollins. Coal trains were frequently tied down on any one of those sidings when waiting for a recrew. While coal is now extremely rare on the Moffat, the derail here at east Leyden is coming in handy as there is a long string of gondolas tied down in the siding. You can clearly see the switch on the north rail that will lead to the cars derailing away form the mainline, should they roll east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111260 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A gondola loaded with old ties sits tied down with a long string (nearly 7,000 feet) of gondolas on the siding at Leyden. The gondolas appear to be here for long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111257 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF There is quite a bit happening in this picture! First, the train passing under the signal bridge to the right is UP's MGJNY. Coming off the Moffat, the train is entering in Track 5 here at North Yard for classification. Next to it, the train on the left under the signal bridge is BNSF's HPVODEN, coming from Provo, UT. This train had been following the MGJNY just a few blocks back since Cliff and, out of necessity, is now passing it here in Denver. Meanwhile, a BNSF yard job is working on building a double stack train to the left, with the classic EMDs kicking up exhaust like they should be Alcos! The track crossing perpendicular to many of the other through the scene is the Belt Industrial Lead which leads to UP's Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 291 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units lead a relatively short (compared to this trains typical length) 67 car manifest east on Main 2. This is the only manifest UP still runs on the Moffat. The cars come from industries in Grand Junction as well as on the Craig Branch. A few coal loads and a lot of covered hoppers are pretty typical for the train, and today is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111253 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 320 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6558 leads UP's MGJNY east on Main 2 at CP DS007 (Arvada), just a few miles west of North Yard. The train is on Main 2 as it approaches the grade crossing at Lamar Street on the eastern edge of Arvada. To the left is the Arvada siding and to the right is Main 1. The train departed the yard in Grand Junction the previous day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Are you familiar with a moveable point frog as it related to a switch (turnout)? Most switches have a frog that is a single piece of steel with groves for wheel flanges. However, in situations where the turnout needs to support higher speed and/or it needs to support heavier trains, railroads will sometimes install a moveable point frog. Similar to the standard switch point, a moveable point frog requires a second turnout motor and it moves the frog back and forth, create a far smoother (and safer) turnout for heavier trains at higher speeds. This particular moveable point frog is located at CP DS007 (Arvada). When UP added a second main track between C&S Junction and Arvada, the added this turnout for coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111233 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One final shot of the Big Boy with its train as they back down and into the yard at Cheyenne. After two months on the road, UP 4014 is back at home base to rest before the next trip, whenever that may be. Over the course of two months, the train visited ten states including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111232 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Yard Cheyenne, WY 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 and train are now clear of all main tracks as they back down "the old way" toward the Cheyenne Yard. In the yard, the freight cars will be dropped off before the passenger cars placed on their storage track and the Big Boy is taken to the roundhouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111231 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W511 Cheyenne, WY 623 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific One last close up profile shot of UP 4014 as it backs off Main 4 and into the Cheyenne Yard via "the old way". The steam crew will put the old gal in the round house and shut her down, likely for the rest of 2024. After two months on the road, there is likely some upkeep that will be necessary before the next tour, hopefully in 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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