Photo ID: 104332 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 18, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88 (Byers Canyon) Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 183 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a beautiful, sunny (albeit cold) afternoon in Byers Canyon. The 10º curves in the canyon make it possible to see the head end of the Zephyr from the Lounge Car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103962 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 80 Granby, CO 232 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is a place I've wanted to shoot an eastbound from for quite some time. While I'm pleased with the outcome, I would now really like to shoot here in the morning when the fall colors are at their peak. This is about four miles west of Granby. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103961 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 84 Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific US-40 crosses over the tracks just east of Sulphur. This overpass is a great place to observe eastbounds as they charge up the 0.75% grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103960 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 86 Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MRONY is nearing the east end of Byers Canyon as the tracks get closer to the level of the Colorado River. The lead unit on the manifest, UP 6350, was SP 338 prior to the UP/SP merger. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103936 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88 (Byers Canyon) Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the sun now completely set, Byers Canyon makes for an interesting subject as a westbound coal empty winds its way through the ten-degree curves of on the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 28, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 8 Arvada, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific is in the process of adding a second main track between C&S Junction and CP DS007 (in Arvada). Consequently, UP has moved the high-wide detector previously found at MP 5.5 to MP 8.4, just west of Carr Street. It's the second time this particularly detector was moved. When UP built the Arvada siding, the high-wide was moved from MP 6.0 to MP 5.5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103833 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 81 Grattan, WY 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Valley (BNSF) BNSF Just west of Grattan, WY finds this coal load heading east on the single track mainline. The Valley Sub has a mix of single track with sidings and two main tracks to accommodate the traffic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103832 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 86 Guernsey, WY 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Valley (BNSF) BNSF A couple miles east of Guernsey and this train is moving along at 40 MPH on Main 2 on its journey east along the Valley Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103823 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88.6 Bill, WY 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF The entire Orin Sub runs under CTC, so there is no "right hand rule". The dispatcher can run trains on whichever track he or she sees fit. In this particular case, this load is heading east (geographic south) on Main 1 as an empty approaches on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103822 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88.6 Bill, WY 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) BNSF I thought there was going to be a race between this load and a UP load a bit earlier. However, a track inspector on Main 2 precluded that possibility. This load had to hold at East Bill to crossover from Main 2 to Main 1 after the UP load was far enough ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103821 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88.6 Bill, WY 163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Union Pacific In the distance, a UP coal empty is about to crossover from Main 3 to Main 2 at East Bill. In the foreground, a UP coal load with a fresh crew leaves Bill in the background on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103820 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88.6 Bill, WY 196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Orin (BNSF) Chicago North Western, Union Pacific Burlington Northern built the south end of the Orin Sub in the late 1970's, completing the connection with the north end in 1979. Chicago North Western was interested in helping finance the operation, but didn't have the money (Union Pacific would end up helping instead). Interesting now to see a (patched) CNW AC4400CW leading a westbound (geographic northbound) coal empty on Main 3 some 32 years later. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103765 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 8, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88 (Byers Canyon) Sulphur Springs, CO 344 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The largest diesel locomotive ever built is accompanied by the Rio Grande Heritage Unit on an eastbound trip through Byers Canyon. The river is running high with snow run-off and heavy afternoon rains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103764 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 8, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 88 (Byers Canyon) Sulphur Springs, CO 563 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP runs an annual Engineering Special that frequently seems to make its way over the Moffat! Such was the case here as the eastbound special, led by UP 6936, wraps its way through Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103682 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Denver (MP 8) Denver, CO 330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Here we go! 2011 and you can still find a train with nothing but Warbonnets on it from time to time. Granted there are only two units, but I'll take it. A C44-9W and an SD75M lead the Denver, CO to Pueblo, CO manifest. Here the train enters the "triple track" section of the Joint Line in south Denver. 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