Photo ID: 110973 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Airport Road Hall, NE 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Two units lead an eastbound manifest out of North Platte toward the triple track on the Kearney Sub on Main 3. This is a massive manifest that has both a mid-train DPU and a tail end DPU. This is the final picture I took on this little jaunt to Nebraska for the Big Boy. From here, I flew back to Colorado for some continued action on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Keith (CP B276) Hall, NE 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), Union Pacific While in Nebraska to catch the Big Boy, I happened upon a nice surprise when I found this KCS Retro Belle ES44AC. With the CP/KCS merger complete, creating CPKC, the Retro Belle scheme will soon be yet another in the history books. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Keith (CP B276) Hall, NE 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Approaching the last crossover before entering the east end of Bailey Yard, a westbound manifest on Main 1 is slowing at an Approach (yellow) signal at West Keith. It looks like the train is all covered hoppers, but that is actually just the first half (or so) of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific For better or for worse, UP 4014 was headed east on Main 3 here at Buttermilk Curve. I saw that because the lighting certain favored Main 1 if you wanted to capture the entire curve. Still, with the green trees in the area, this shot on Main 3 is not terrible. UP has actually gotten rid of a lot of passenger equipment recently, which is why the train is hauling a lot of UP freight rolling stock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Brady Brady, NE 513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Brady, NE, along US-30, UP's Heartland of America Tour, featuring UP 4014, is eastbound on Main 3 as a westbound manifest heads west toward Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110968 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound manifest makes its way through the start of Buttermilk Curve east of North Platte. The train is on Main 1 and will actually be meeting UP's Big Boy (UP 4014) just a few miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110967 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Many people think of Nebraska as flat and not particularly scenic. While that is no doubt true in parts of the state, you can find some pretty scenic areas and nice curves. One curve in particular that is always worth a visit is Buttermilk Curve, just east of Brady, NE. This is 25 miles (give or take) east of North Platte along the triple track main. Here, a single DPU brings up the end of a westbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110966 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East North Platte North Platte, NE 510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014, UP 4015, and a handful of passenger cars are headed east on Main 3 at the east end of the largest yard in North American, Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. The Big Boy is continuing its Heartland of American Tour for 2024. Ahead at CP B283, the train will pick up a string of UP freight cars for the continued trip east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110965 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 390 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Since the Dotsero Cutoff was completed in the summer of 1934, the owner of the line (Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific) ran manifests between Denver and Salt Lake City. That is, until December 2018 when UP ran the last MRONY (Roper, UT to North Yard, CO). Amazing it has been almost six years since then! Now, UP runs a manifest three days a week between Denver and Grand Junction (and back). Here, the eastbound version of the MGJNY is leaving the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110964 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the Zephyr at Rocky, this MGJNY is headed east on the main at Leyden. The train likely has more empties than loads, as the two GEs on the point are the only two units on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110961 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP Grand Junction to North Yard manifest, comprised mainly of covered hoppers, is stopped in the siding at Rocky. It'll wait here for the next 45 minutes or so, waiting on the arrival of the morning westbound Zephyr, just departing Union Station at the time of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110942 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific 20 years ago, when coal was just about at its peak on the Moffat, who would've thought that oil would essentially replace coal as the energy sources rolling on the rails of the Moffat!? While oil trains are nowhere near as numerous as coal was 20 years ago, there still seems to be 2-3 oil trains, on average, every 24 hours on the Moffat. One such example would be this empty, with an ET44AC on the point, approaching the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110941 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a mostly clear morning, a westbound UP oil empty heads out of Eisele (Clay), heading around the curve that will take it over to Blue Mountain Drive and the climb up to Tunnel 1 and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110940 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Following about 20 minutes behind a westbound BNSF manifest, a westbound empty oil train (with five units on the point) makes its way around Big Ten Curve. This perspective, looking east towards the plains, really helps to exemplify the amazing architecture of the Moffat route as it climbs to the Rockies, barely exceeding a 2% grade on the climb. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110927 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe, an ES44AC, and a C44AC-CTE all lead an oil empty. Note that, directly behind the power is a single covered hopper. This is a buffer car, offering some space between the power and the tank cars that carry waxy crude oil. The train is making away around the east edge of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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