Photo ID: 101722 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF When its winter time in Colorado, 2 o'clock in the afternoon can start to feel like "late in the day"! BNSF's Pueblo to Provo manifest climbs through the curves at Coal Creek Canyon toward Tunnel 1. The last two cars of the train are just barely visible on the left side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101721 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As I was growing up - back when Rio Grande was still alive and well - I never would have guessed that I'd be seeing regular BN (let alone BNSF) trains on the Moffat! Here, BNSF's trackage rights train - the HPUEPVO - rounds the corner toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101710 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 597 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific And to think that just 48 hours ago, it was close to 70 degrees out! Now, the detector reports that it is a mere 18 degrees as the snow lightly falls on this eastbound coal load. The train would have clear signals all the way into town on this Thanksgiving-eve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101709 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 505 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The snow is falling hard as this eastbound coal train passes the detector at MP 22.6. Through the snow, you can see the train wrap through the S-Curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101682 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 363 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Another westbound run of the GrandLuxe Limited at Blue Mountain. Seven GrandLuxe cars are actually placed on the end of Amtrak 5 for a slightly more luxurious trip west to Emeryville. The cars almost double the length of Amtrak, but it was still running with only two P42s on this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101675 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 344 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With the departure of Daylight Savings Time comes winter lighting - or lack there of. Its about 4:15pm as this eastbound coal load makes its way through the curves at Blue Mountain. Three mid-train swing helpers will be cut out at Denver before the train continues east on the KP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101487 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 674 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train After loosing a piece of metal frame sticking up from the damaged grade crossing, the engineer onboard SKTX 242 takes the Ski Train across the grade crossing at "walking speed". Members of the Ski Train crew monitor the crossing from a safe distance to ensure no additional problems develop. After the entire train was clear of the crossing without incident, the crew walked back to the head-end and the train continued into town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101486 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 482 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Two members of the Ski Train crew and the Chief Mechanic for the Ski Train check out some damage to the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. A few swings of the sledge hammer loosened the metal frame enough that it could be pushed back down by foot. The Ski Train itself waits patiently off to the left of the image. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101485 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 654 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train A site that is repeated many times each year...although it was a bit different on this particular summer evening. Does the engineer look a bit lonely in the cab? The rest of the crew is down on the ground trying to jury-rig some damage to the road crossing. For the time being, the Ski Train is standing still! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101484 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 495 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Grade crossing damage causing a headache! The grade crossing at Blue Mountain had some pretty serious damage done (although how, I'm not sure). The big problem was the piece of steel sticking about three inches up into the air. Not a big problem for westbounds, but there was a concern that eastbounds could catch the metal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101463 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 14, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train I have always liked Blue Mountain, probably because it reminds me of my child hood. My dad and I spent many an afternoon at the grade crossing watching trains go by. Here, the Ski Train fills the images as it moves along at the base of the mountain, the road leading up to the homes (and many of the homes as well) are visible in the image. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101320 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 26, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Early morning sunlight glistens off the side of the Superliners of Amtrak 6, running almost exactly twelve hour late. It is about ten minutes to 6:00am as the train approaches Clay. Note the Denver Skyline just about the hill on the right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101318 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 26, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not more than ten minutes after sunrise, this eastbound MPVNY wraps through the curves at Blue Mountain about twenty miles west of North Yard. The time is about 5:45am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101259 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 538 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train After a full day of Spring Skiing at Winter Park, snow is still falling hard in this Spring Blizzard as the Ski Train winds through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101258 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Passengers should be pleased about the snow as the last Thursday Ski Train of the 2006-2007 winter season heads west at Blue Mountain. The train is just about to hit the hotbox detector at milepost 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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