Photo ID: 109960 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Sunlight has not quite hit the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive, but it is lighting up the landscape just west (geographically north) as the westbound Zephyr passes through the scene, right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109959 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The final westbound Zephyr out of Denver in 2023 has navigated through the S-curve at Eisele (Clay) and it is headed out the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109929 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street Arvada, CO 483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF The westbound "Beer Run" is slowly headed west on the Golden Sub on the south edge of Arvada. BNSF does quite a bit of business with customers along the line, as you can see several branches with cars on them to the right. To the left is RTD (the Regional Transportation District's) G-Line commuter rail, which was built in the corridor parallel to BNSF's Golden Sub. In the distance, you can see Arvada's classic water tower. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109926 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the middle of fall, the Zephyr was consistently running with six Superliners (two sleepers, a diner, a lounge car, and two coaches). Once we got in to November, a transition sleeper showed up, giving the train seven Superliners. On this morning, there is actually a third coach, so the train has eight Superliners as it highballs east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109925 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr approach a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Leyden. The train is crossing the grade crossing at 80th Avenue. Indeed, you can tell that the ditch lights are currently oscillating as the result of the horn being blown for the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109906 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A P42DC and a P40DC (which has been rebuilt and is now essentially a P42DC) lead a baggage car and seven Superliners up the 2% grade toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109905 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There are no houses in this shot of the Zephyr climbing the grade from Coal Creek Canyon toward Tunnel 1. The question is, for how much longer will there be no houses in shots like this? The roads for the Canyon Pines Subdivision are all in place and it would seem construction of houses could start any time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109904 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has made the final turn away from Big Ten Curve and is now headed west (geographically north) on the main at Eisele (Clay). The mesa in the distance is North Table Mountain, located on the north side of Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109903 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This time of year, when the Zephyr is on time...or even 10 minutes late like this morning...the shadows at Big Ten are still long enough to partially obscure the train as it climbs the nearly 2% grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109897 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a fairly windy morning, meaning it is shaping up to be a relatively mild day, temperature wise. In the meantime, the westbound Zephyr is just a few minutes late as it rolls through Arvada, just west of the detector at MP 8.4. The Denver skyline is in the distance, off to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109896 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Quite a bit of snow still remains from a winter storm about 36 hours earlier as the westbound Zephyr crosses Carr Street and passes the detector at MP 8.4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109895 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 352 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This work train went west on the Moffat just over a week ago. It was sent to pick up scrap from a lot of work UP has been doing on the Moffat. Today, it heads back east toward North Yard. These two units are actually on the tail end of the eastbound train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109894 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP has been doing a lot of work on the Moffat in the past two months or so. Here, an eastbound work train carrying away a lot of scrap, such as used tie plates, rolls east through Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109893 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver as it glides by on the main at Leyden. Unfortunately, the last unit was facing in to the train, so its a shot of the long hood and tail end as it rolls away from the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109892 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Typically, the manifest trains BNSF runs on the Moffat, whether east or west, run with a 3x2 configuration. On this particular day, the Provo-Denver has six units on the head end. Although a few of them are just catching a ride on the train and are not actually loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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