Photo ID: 110351 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here is a scene that looks substantially different than it did 30 years ago. Back then, the two tracks on the left did not exist at all. They were added in the early 2000s to accommodate the huge number of coal trains that ran on the Moffat back then. Then, about 15 years ago, the bridge in the background was built to take Pecos Street up and over the tracks. Here, in 2024, a UP manifest backs away from the camera and in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110350 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 3032 is one of the 87 SD70ACe-T4s that UP currently has on the roster. Indeed, one of the only SD70ACe-T4s that actually exists in the United States. To say the EPA Tier-4 units are unpopular with North American railroads would be an understatement. Railroads are, instead, choosing to invest in rebuilding older power rather than buy these newer, more complex, and more expensive units. UP 3032 is working on backing the train in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110345 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Minutes before sunset, five units lead an empty oil train west through the heart of Arvada on the approach to 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About 10 minutes before the sun dips behind the mountains, an SD70ACe leads a westbound oil train through the cut between Arvada and Leyden. The train was waiting at Arvada on Main 1 for the eastbound Zephyr, which took Main 2 on its way in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Looking west through the signal bridge at C&S Junction, we see the headlight of UP's MGJNY approaching on Main 2. The train is actually stopped just short of Lowell Blvd, waiting for a signal at C&S and continue in to the yard. If you look closely, you can actually see the crossover bent from Main 2 to Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110302 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Jct Denver, CO 386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Union Pacific A pair of UP GP38-2s sit on a string of cars on Denver and Rock Island trackage right near UP Junction. The two units are waiting for a UP crew to take the cars from the Denver and Rock Island over to North Yard, where UP will forward them on to their final destinations. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110293 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 401 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7051 passes by a westbound oil train waiting to depart at C&S Junction. the manifest is on the North Yard Siding and the oil train is on Bypass (Main) 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110292 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As you can clearly see, UP 7051 clearly encountered its snow somewhere on the way east between Grand Junction and Denver. Here, at C&S Junction, the manifest is leaving Main 2 (which becomes Main 3 here at C&S) and is entering the west end of the North Yard Siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110291 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A smattering of five GEs lead a westbound unit oil train, sitting on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. Two of the units have quite faded paint schemes, while the number boards on UP 6777 are virtually impossible to read. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110290 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6777 is on the point of a westbound empty oil train, stopped on Bypass 2 at C&S Junction. there is a crew onboard the train, but for reasons not clear, it is not heading west. What's more, it would actually be several hours before it finally did head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110289 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In 1987, a video was filmed featuring Rio Grande. As a kid, it was one of my favorite things to watch. I specifically recall one scene filmed right here, atop Rainbow Cut. Now, close to 40 years later, I got a shot of this eastbound UP manifest as it approaches Rainbow Cut on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110288 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 406 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7051 leads five other units (two EMDs and three GEs) in and out of Tunnel 4 about a mile west of Plain. Part of the sheer rock of the Flatirons rises dominantly in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110287 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Boulder County, CO 371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY passes through Tunnel 7 toward the east end of the Tunnel District. The manifest has six units on the head end and a single DPU on the end, with sixty cars in between. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110286 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 654 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Leaving Cliff behind, UP's MGJNY is about to cross South Boulder Creek and pass through South Boulder creek, entering in to the Upper Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110285 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS036 (East Cliff) Gilpin County, CO 394 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the time I took this picture, I was surprised the manifest did not take the siding to meet the westbound Zephyr. Only later on did I learn that the Zephyr had in fact been annulled, so the manifest has clear signals the rest of the way down the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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