Photo ID: 110574 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the sun casts a pleasant ray of light from behind the clouds as it sets to the west, UP 1943 rolls slowly east on the head end of an eastbound unit oil train. If you look closely, you can see a pair of DPUs on the grade below Tunnel 1 to the right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110573 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a loaded eastbound oil train out of Tunnel 1, slowly descending down the 2% grade. UP runs loaded oil trains very slow, typically coming down from the Moffat at right around 15 MPH. This beautiful June evening is no different. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110572 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a pair of GEs eastbound on an oil train just west of Tunnel 1. It took about 90 minutes to get from East Portal to this spot, rolling slow as UP oil trains typically do. Alas, that meant the direct sunlight was gone, but there was still enough ambient light to capture the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110571 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has already ducked behind the mountains as UP 1943, the unit painted in celebration of the US military, leads an eastbound oil train out of Plain and toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110550 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific I do not have many shots of SD70M-2s, so it is great to pick up one more with this shot. The SD70M-2 was not widely popular, with only 331 being produced between 2005 and 2011. The majority of the units went to Canadian National and Norfolk Southen. None of those 331 units went to western railroads (UP, BNSF, etc). By comparison, over 2,000 SD70ACes have been produced and are still in the EMD catalog in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110546 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An (somewhat rare, these days) eastbound UP coal load is stopped on the siding at Rocky. The train is waiting on the westbound Zephyr, which is just a few minutes late and is currently between Leyden and Rocky. Interestingly, the number board on the engineer's side of UP 6942 appears to have halfway popped out of its fixture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110545 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The last unit on UP's MGJNY is UP 2010. This unit was the 100-year celebratory unit for the Boy Scouts. However, the various stickers and whatnot that were included on the unit have since been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110544 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east Leyden and 80th Avenue, UP's MGJNY crosses over Church Ditch. The man-made canal bring water from Clear Creek through Golden and Arvada and eventually up to Standley Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110543 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Couldn't ask for better lighting here at the east switch of Leyden as UP's thrice-weekly Grand Junction, CO to Denver, CO (MGJNY) manifest approaches a clear (green) signal. This is the only regularly-scheduled UP manifest train that still runs on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110542 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's eastbound MGJNY rolls east on the main at Leyden. 30 years ago, nearly all of the houses visible in this shot had not yet been built. Leyden was "out in the boonies" back then, but is in the middle of suburban Arvada today! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110508 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 293 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal empty through the west end of Leyden. The bottom light on the signal has shown nothing but a red indication for over four months now due to the empty well cars, tied down for long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110507 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Someone once said the only thing that stays the same is change. For the past few months, UP has periodically been running this coal empty eastbound on the Moffat. Once arriving in Denver, the train will head north on the Greeley Sub and eventually the Yoder Sub, making its way to the Power River Basin where it will load. The loaded train will head west through Wyoming on the Overland Route. Note the red flag that UP has put up on the siding at Leyden, protecting the empty well cars that have been stored for over four months now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110506 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8047 east crosses over Indiana Street at the west end of Leyden, taking a long line of empty coal hoppers toward Denver. There, it will turn north and head up the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110499 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two units bring up the tail end of a loaded coal train on the main at Plain. Coal loads typically only have one DPU on the tail end, so it is not entirely clear if the train will depart Denver with both units, or if one will be taken off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110498 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An AC4400CW and an SD70ACe are the DPUs on the tail end of this eastbound coal load (moving away from the camera), here on the main track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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