Photo ID: 112613 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Alas, five minutes after the Zephyr came through this scene, the sun broke out through the clouds. Alas, that's the way things break sometimes. Regardless, in the shot here we get a good look at the work Union Pacific has done on Big Ten Loop. A lot of rock has been added to reinforce the tracks on the grade here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112612 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The scenery in the Denver area is as green as I can ever remember this May and June, thanks to a wetter than normal spring. The eastbound Zephyr makes is way east of Blue Mountain Road under partly cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112611 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Between Tolland and the bridge over East Portal Road, the tracks seem to run through a long valley of trees. This evening, an hour late Zephyr is running through a slow order on the approach to Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112610 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 18 and AMTK 147 lead the eastbound Zephyr across East Portal Road on the single track main between East Portal and Tolland. The sun is trying to press through the clouds around the Continental Divide in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112609 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF NS 4130 and a pair of BNSF SD70ACes cross over South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. In the distance, you can see a few of the mountains around James Peak and the Continental Divide. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112608 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS049 (East East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF This spring has been unusually wet and cool, the result of which has been some absolutely spectacular green scenery! Case-in-point is this view of an eastbound BNSF oil train, led by an NS AC44C6M, at the east switch of East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112607 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF This BNSF oil train is crossing East Portal Road near the east end of East Portal as the tail end of the train is actually still in the Moffat Tunnel. A couple of cars are waiting at the grade crossing as the train rolls by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112606 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF It is almost guaranteed that the afternoons will bring clouds on the east side of the Continental Divide in Colorado. Today is no exception as an NS-led oil train follows along a very full South Boulder Creek at East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112605 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Norfolk Southern, BNSF An eastbound BNSF oil train is led by a Norfolk Southern "catfish" out of the Moffat Tunnel under cloud afternoon skies. At this location, the eastbound is roughly 9,170 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112604 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Vestas Brighton, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A trio of elephant-style GE units lead a southbound manifest by the Vestas plant in Brighton. The train is the MCYDV-15, a manifest that just runs between Cheyenne, WY and Denver, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112603 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Vestas Brighton, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At the Vestas plant in Brighton, a trainload of hubs (to which the blades attach) and nacelles (which generate the electricity) are ready to be picked up by Union Pacific. However, that will not be happening on this particular day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112602 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine to Brighton Adams County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGR, manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY is hustling along at track speed as it approaches an intermediate in advance of Brighton, where it will take the siding to meet a southbound. If you look in the distance on the left side of the shot, you can just see the Denver skyline! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112601 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific On a beautiful Sunday morning, a trio of GEs leads UP's MNYGR north on the Greeley Sub. The train is crossing over Sand Creek while approach the diamond with BNSF's Brush Sub at a control point that, appropriately, is also named Sand Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112600 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a very short southbound, UP's MNYGR is throttling up and headed for the single track main of the Greeley Sub. The train is passing by the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112599 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CLCX This oddly rebuilt GP10 has a smushed face, like one you might find on a pug! The unit was originally a GP10, but was rebuilt by Peoria Locomotive Works. The unit is owned by Chattahoochee Locomotive. I find it interesting the unit has five digits, something that is not particularly common in the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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