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Photo ID: 113332
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP W004 (Beltline Connection)
Commerce City, CO
52
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Greeley (UP) Union Pacific
UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) is coming off the Belt Industrial Lead and headed north on the Greeley Sub.
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Photo ID: 113331
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Sand Creek
Commerce City, CO
42
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Brush (BNSF) BNSF
Two DPUs bring up the tail end of a westbound (soon to be southbound) coal load. The train, still on the Brush Sub, just crossed UP's Greeley Sub at the diamond at Sand Creek.
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Photo ID: 113330
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
50
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
A Canadian National SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, both DC-traction motor units, lead a westbound UP coal empty on the Limon Sub at Sandown. The train is waiting for signals to continue west.
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Photo ID: 113329
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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MP 634.5 (Sandown)
Denver, CO
53
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Limon (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific
At Sandown, a westbound UP coal empty sits on Main 1 at a red signal. A pair of Canadian National units is the power on the train this morning!
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Photo ID: 113328
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8)
Denver, CO
37
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The second of two diners on the morning Zephyr roll by as the train heads west on Main 3 toward C&S Jct. Note the numerous piles of ties lining Main 3, waiting to be installed by a tie gang that is currently working west of Leyden.
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Photo ID: 113327
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over)
Denver, CO
41
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
UP's MGRNY sits on Bypass 2, waiting patiently for its turn to make a reverse move into North Yard. Meanwhile, the morning Zephyr passes by on Main 3, the engineer give a wave out the front windshield.
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Photo ID: 113326
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Utah Jct to Pecos X-Over (MP 3.2 to MP 4.0)
Denver, CO
55
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
If you look close, you might notice that there is something a little different about this westbound Zephyr compared to most that head west out of Denver. See it? Unfortunately, for the passengers on the train, there is no Sightseer Lounge car on the train. Instead, the train departed with two dining cars, the second acting as the lounge car for the trip.
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Photo ID: 113325
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over)
Denver, CO
53
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Three units led UP's MGRNY from Green River, WY to North Yard. The train came west on the Moffat at Pecos Crossover on Bypass 2 so it could back into the yard after the MNYGR departs.
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Photo ID: 113324
Date Shot
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Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over)
Denver, CO
53
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP's MGRNY, which ran from Green River, WY to North Yard, CO arrived off the Greeley Sub and came across the Belt. But, instead of heading straight into North Yard, the train came across Bypass 2 and will wait for its counterpart, the MNYGR, to depart before backing into the yard.
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Photo ID: 113323
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
45
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
A pair of tampers work to ensure that the ballast is properly set, the ties are positions, and the rails are aligned and stabilized so that trains can run over the rails after new ties have been inserted under the tracks.
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Photo ID: 113322
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
47
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This machine is a continuous-action surfacing tamper. It lifts, lines, and tamps the track, as well as dynamically stabilizes the rails so that trains can safely run at track speed over the track. This is the final piece of equipment in the tie gang.
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Photo ID: 113321
Date Shot
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
42
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
Here, we see a Union Pacific track tamper. It moves from tie-to-tie...every tie, regardless if it is new or not...grabs the tie and shakes it to ensure the ballast falls properly under and around the ties. The long pole/extension in front of the tamper ensure that the rails are aligned and in gauge.
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Photo ID: 113320
Date Shot
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
37
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This machine is a small tamper that is making sure that the new ties are positioned properly under the rails before they are spiked down.
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Photo ID: 113319
Date Shot
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
53
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This tie plate inserter is setting out new tie plates on top of the new ties that have been installed just minutes earlier. Once the tie plates are in place, a spiker will come next and spike down the plates/ties.
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Photo ID: 113318
Date Shot
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4)
Arvada, CO
38
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
This Tie Extractor/Inserter (TE/IE) is currently working as an inserter. A crane has placed new ties along the right-of-way and the inserter is sliding the ties underneath the rails.
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