Photo ID: 103891 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 (Plain) Arvada, CO 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One axiom on any railroad is "hurry up and wait". That was certainly proven to be true on this afternoon as this eastbound got stopped at the grade crossing at Plain for over an hour due to maintenance. Once maintenance had cleared, there was a new issue...the crew didn't have enough time left on the clock to get down to Rocky. So, they had to do the crew change at Plain. The crew took nearly two hours to get to Plain, and the eastbound Zephyr got stopped for 45 minutes around Tunnel 4 as a result. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103872 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Arvada, CO 221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Did you ever read the "Where's Waldo" books? Well, I suppose the title of this shot could be "Where's the Eastbound"! The westbound MNYGJ sits patiently in the siding at Plain awaiting an eastbound coal load. And, if you look closely, you'll see said eastbound emerging from Tunnel 4 in the distance near the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103736 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 (Plainview) Arvada, CO 502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The "Bloody Nose" Phase I Amtrak Heritage Unit leads the eastbound Zephyr down a snowy main track at Plain. Don't think that simply because it is May that the snow is over in Colorado! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103701 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 3, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plainview (MP 24) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr emerges from the fog running on a clear signal through Plainview. The coal empty in the background got in the clear just in time for the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 3, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plainview (MP 24) Arvada, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal empty is pulling into the siding at Plain to meet with a punctual California Zephyr. The Zephyr was close enough to Plain that the dispatcher had the coal empty pull all the way into the siding, temporarily blocking the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103672 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 30, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (MP 24) Arvada, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a beautiful, albeit slightly overcast, January morning as the MNYGJ heads west down the main at Plainview. It is becoming more and more common to find DPU's on the end of westbound UP manifests on the Moffat! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103641 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 9, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Arvada, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound coal empty takes the siding at Plainview. The dispatcher instructed the train to stop short of the grade crossing so as not to block cars. Unfortunately, this shot shows where the train actually stopped, which is much further east that normal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103514 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 428 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At Sedalia, there is a pretty massive fill that was built for both tracks to keep them on close to the same grade. This shot is looking up at the tail end DPU of a southbound coal load on Main 1. You can see Main 2 just barely visible on the far left side of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103473 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Sedalia, CO 477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, CP After receiving a new track warrant (with authority extending further south), this BNSF manifest (with very colorful power) throttles up to continue pulling south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103436 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Arvada, CO 471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In a pre-dawn derailment on the Moffat, this was the loaded hopper that was the culprit. A single axle popped off in the Tunnel District and it was tied down here until it can be inspected and taken back to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103435 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 23, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 (CP DS024) Arvada, CO 407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF manifest holds off the grade crossing at Plain while waiting for an eastbound coal load. That coal load would end up derailing a single car back up at Tunnel 12 though. This BNSF manifest would ultimately back down in between switches at Clay and wait for a relief crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103312 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 27, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Plain, CO 376 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo to Denver trackage rights train makes it was east at Plain. The train is just coming through the appropriately named Rainbow Cut. Two Spring snow storms in the last week have left a lot of snow hanging around on the ground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103308 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Arvada, CO 383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Twelve units make their way west (geographically north) at Plain. The tracks, from left to right, are the main, the siding and the house track. Even though it is Spring, don't let that fool you in Colorado! March is the snowiest month for the Centennial state. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103307 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 26, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 (CP DS024) Arvada, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At east Plain, this westbound light power move enters the siding as a snow storm starts to move in from over the Rockies. The power will have to hold for a few hours at the west end of Plain for some maintenance, the Zephyr and a coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103180 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 24, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 24 Arvada, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal load heads down the main at Plain after meeting a westbound BNSF manifest. The BNSF manifest had a single C44-9W as a rear DPU unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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