Photo ID: 111833 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Englewood to South Denver Denver, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian National This southbound grain train had been tied down at Denver and was originally not supposed to be called until around 5:45pm. However, BNSF changed things up and it was called at 11am! I was up at Crescent when I got the news, and I immediately headed south so i could get some shots of the northern visitor. 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 126 (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: 110547 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 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National CN 8878 makes a rare appearance in Colorado, bringing up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. At first glance, you might (reasonably) assume that this is an SD70ACe. However, it is actually an SD70M-2. Noteworthy as this unit has DC traction motors...something that is almost never heard of on coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109189 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific UP's MNPDV (North Platte to Denver 36th Street Yard manifest) crosses an irrigation ditch that is filled near the brim as it heads south on the main. This irrigation ditch branches off from the South Platte River and ultimate feeds in to Barr Lake along I-76. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109188 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Rolla Commerce City, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Just past the intermediate south of Rolla, CN 2724 and train start to pull south on UP's Greeley Sub mainline. The train has just dropped off a string of autoracks at Rolla, UP's auto transload facility in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109185 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A visitor from the north! This Canadian National C44-9W is spending some time on UP rails, leading the MNPDV (North Platte to Denver manifest) south on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109184 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 217 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific The conductor on the MNPDV offers up a friendly wave to the photographer, reaching out of a unit rather rare to Colorado. A CN C44-9W (original Illinois Central) is on the point, paired with a UP SD70M for this southbound just south of Ft Lupton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109183 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fort Lupton to Brighton Weld County, CO 284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific South of Ft Lupton, at MP 23, UP's MNPDV-24 heads south on the Greeley Sub with a Canadian National (originally an Illinois Central) C44-9W leading. The train consists of double stacks at the front and autoracks at the back. There is a lone tank car cut in to the middle of the autoracks, apparently by mistake! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109013 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barr Commerce City, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Canadian National The unit second out on this special unit covered hopper train tied down in the siding at Barr is a unit we don't see too often in Colorado. This is an SD70M-2, the DC-version of its far-more-common brother, the SD70ACe. Neither BNSF nor UP have an SD70M-2s on the roster, which is why it is a rather rare catch in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107842 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1052 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National A Canadian National C44-9W is second up on this westbound coal empty on the Moffat. The unit had actually been leading coming in to Denver, but a UP unit was placed on the point in Denver in order to meet with UP PTC requirements west of town on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107530 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF Wow! This was an amazing find in the middle of Colorado. One of Canadian National's 42 C40-8Ws showed up on this eastbound BNSF Provo-Lincoln manifests. This is one of the lowest numbered units on the CN roster, and one of very few standard cabs still wandering the rails on Class 1 railroads. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106474 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1352 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF A Canadian National ES44DC - one of only 125 on the roster - visits Colorado on a BNSF manifest. I have to admit that I am a fan of the Canadian National paint scheme. Simple yet classy! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105928 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF While I have caught a handful of Canadian National units in Colorado (including one of the Moffat in 2008), this is the first time I've seen one leading on the Moffat. Interesting that CN orders their units with red class lights! Note them on the lead SD70M-2 on the outsides of the number boards. The train here is tying down on the siding at Leyden to wait for a relief crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105927 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1451 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, BNSF With the elimination of Kremmling as a crew change point for BNSF, Grand Junction-based crews now run trains the entire stretch between Grand Junction and Denver (and vice versa). At least, they run them as close as they can get them! The crew on the manifest (with a pair of borrowed CN units) went on duty at 7:30am. Being that it is now 6:20pm, that gives them 70 minutes to make it to the yard. They probably could have made it, except that a traffic jam (which included Amtrak) at Utah Jct blocked all routes for the train. The crew is going to tie it down here and head for the hotel. A Denver-based crew will come and get the train later and take it the remaining 12 miles to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105926 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National With as infrequently as a Canadian National unit comes through Colorado, I decided to take advantage on this snowy Wednesday and get as many pictures as I could of these two, leading a BNSF manifest on the Moffat. Other than a little dirt, this SD70M-2 is looking sharp! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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