Photo ID: 111941 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 324 (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 330 (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 278 (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 285 (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 279 (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 283 (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 415 (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 302 (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 292 (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 424 (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. Photo ID: 111900 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This GP40N has a fairly interesting history. It was delivered as a GP40 (not a GP40-2) to Baltimore and Ohio in November 1966 as B&O 3692. It was briefly on the Chessie roster after the B&O and C&O merger, and then wound up on the CSX roster as CSX 6508. CSX then sold the unit to Espee and it changed colors and roster number, becoming SP 7114. Now, it has found new life as it has been rebuilt to GP40-2 specifications, designated as a GP40N. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111899 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of GEs and a GP40N (formerly a GP40-2) sit on the ready track at North Yard. The power is awaiting its next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111898 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Long gone are the days of switch engines, such as the SW1000 and SW1200. For several decades, units like this (former) GP38-2 are now used in switching and local service. UP 801 was originally built as MP 2301. UP has been rebuilding many older units, but this unit has not yet undergone the the rebuild program. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111897 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 688, originally MP 2188, was delivered to Missouri Pacific in February 1980 as a GP38-2. Note the lack of dynamic brakes, a feature not uncommon on Missouri Pacific units. UP recently rebuilt the unit, giving it new life, and it is now designated as a GP38N. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111896 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 290 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A couple decades ago, UP had so many units on the roster that they were in danger of running out of 4-digit numbers. Thus, they came up with a new reporting mark: UPY. It stands for "Union Pacific Yard Units". One example is this GP15-1, numbered UPY 618. It was originally a Missouri Pacific unit, delivered in September 1979. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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