Photo ID: 102389 Date Shot Photo By October 12, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty makes its way west on the main at East Portal. The train was moving very slowly here as it was preparing to stop a few hundred feet ahead to shut down a bad order engine on a train tied down on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102207 Date Shot Photo By July 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 302 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Sometimes when you go after a train - even when things are setup just right - you can still manage to get burned! Case-in-point was this particular morning. Just west of Rollins, along East Portal Road, I had a descent lead on the Ski Train. Then, I come around a corner and see two cars both going 15 MPH (half the speed limit). With two cars on a dirt road like this, it isn't safe to pass...and they show no signs of pulling over. The Ski Train comes and blows past us! When I finally got around, I had no chance to catch back up. This was the only view of the Ski Train I got on this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101967 Date Shot Photo By April 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific DS-82 instructed the engineer of UP 4517 to stop just short of the grade crossing near the east end of East Portal. Talk about following instructions! The engineer came to a stop just exactly at the grade crossing, allowing traffic to pass in both directions unimpeded! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101966 Date Shot Photo By April 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two SD70Ms and an SD60M lead the eastbound Roper to North Yard manifest through the siding at East Portal. The train will stop shy of the grade crossing to allow six westbound to slowly work their way west through the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101965 Date Shot Photo By April 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The original BNSF paint scheme! It didn't last very long, but there are still a fare number of Heritage I units on BNSF's roster. Here, BNSF 1122 leads this MDVPVJ-05 on the main at the east end of East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101871 Date Shot Photo By March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of East Portal - milepost 50 - the MNYRO-01 comes to a stop on the siding. It is waiting to meet an eastbound coal load that is about to enter the tunnel in Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101591 Date Shot Photo By September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About 25 seconds after I snapped this picture, the clouds (of course) parted and a wonderful ray of sun splashed all over this spot. However, even without the light, this ES44AC looks pretty good on the point of the MNYPV. Following the new GEVO is an SD70ACe and an AC6000CW...an impressive power lineup. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101590 Date Shot Photo By September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On the last official day of summer, the aspen trees above 9,000 feet - at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel - are at their absolutely peak as far as their fall colors go. The power here is the end DPU power on a westbound coal empty plunging into the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101589 Date Shot Photo By September 22, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A nice looking C44AC-CTE leads a coal empty past trees that are nearing their fall color peaks. Another week to 10 days for some of them, while others are right at their peak. The train is a few hundred feet away from the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101194 Date Shot Photo By February 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In 2000, UP moved 69 SD40-2's from numbers in the high 3000's and low 4000's to the 9882 series. All of these units were "B-units" (meaning they could not lead a train), and all but twelve of these former Missouri Pacific units have been retired. UP 9885 is one of the twelve that are still on UP's roster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101193 Date Shot Photo By February 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest (comprised primarily of tank cars) slows to stop at the grade crossing near the east end of East Portal siding. The train will switch crews so the fresh crew can take the train all the way to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101192 Date Shot Photo By February 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal 477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load makes its way east out of the Moffat Tunnel. The train met an westbound hirailer at East Portal. The hirailer was trying to make his way to Winter Park (via the tunnel) for track inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101129 Date Shot Photo By December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 438 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8487 leads the westbound MNYPV as it is about to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The train is passing under a brand new camera tower that has been placed about 100 feet east of the east portal. There are at least five cameras on the new tower pointing in various directions. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101128 Date Shot Photo By December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS049) 495 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Eight units, including a very new SD70ACe, lead the westbound MNYPV past the signal at the east end of East Portal. The train is running on an approach signal and will stop at the west end of East Portal for about ten minutes to wait for the tunnel to vent from the exhaust of Amtrak which passed by about ten minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101108 Date Shot Photo By December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Rail Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Winter lighting can sure play havoc with a photographer! The sun was far enough around the mountain to the south to illuminate the hill in the distance, but not quite far enough to the west yet to actually light the tracks. In any case, Amtrak 5 disappears into the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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