Photo ID: 109382 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific Just east of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Road, the Rocky Mountaineer slowly makes its way west. Even though the train is over an hour later than normal, it is still rolling slowly west, giving its passengers the opportunity to enjoy the Colorado scenery outside the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single ES44AC brings up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF coal empty, leaving the siding at Leyden and continuing east toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109338 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While it is rather uncommon to find coal train on the Moffat these days, it is even less common to find an eastbound empty coal train...but that's exactly what we have here. After meeting the Zephyr, this eastbound BNSF coal empty is pulling back out onto the main at East Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109337 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at Leyden, the dispatcher got the switch thrown and an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) set up for this BNSF coal train very quickly. Here, the eastbound is approaching said signal, ready to roll back out on to the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109336 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr meets an eastbound BNSF coal empty at Leyden. It seems somewhat ironic that Union Pacific owns the tracks here (and handles the dispatching), yet neither train pictures is UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109335 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Highball Leyden! the standard pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and seven Superliners west through the east switch of Leyden as the way west. The Zephyr lost nearly three hours between Omaha and Lincoln last night, so it is doing its best to make up some time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109334 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A three hour late Zephyr is doing its best to make up time as it approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of Leyden, crossing over 80th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109333 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal train sits in the siding at Leyden, awaiting the westbound Zephyr to show up. This coal train is rather unusual though in that it is empty! When coal trains do (and did) run on the Moffat, typically eastbounds are loaded, after loading at a mine in the Rockies. BNSF has a contract with a customer that wants Powder River Basin coal, so the train is headed east empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109322 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A UP track inspector sits in his hyrailer on the siding at Crescent, keeping an eye (for a roll by) on the Zephyr as it rolls west on the main. The inspector will be requesting track and time out the west end of Crescent to follow the Zephyr up the hill toward the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109321 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP maintenance equipment is tied down in the House Track at Crescent as the westbound Zephyr passes by on the main, offering up some extra "bell and whistle" for the UP MOW folks in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109320 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 745 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 158 and AMTK 146 are just about to cross the grade crossing at Blue Mountain with a baggage car, seven Superliners, and two private Patrick Henry cars in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109319 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite being halfway through June, the front range of the Rockies is still extremely lush and green, as seen here with the westbound Zephyr (plus two private cars) wrapping around the curve west of Eisele (Clay) and toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109318 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This going away shot of the westbound Zephyr offers a bit of a look at modern and traditional rail travel in the United States. The Zephyr itself has the Superliners that have been a standard staple for nearly 50 years. The two private cars on the tail end represent an era long gone, when the railroads hauled beautiful dome cars on their lines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109317 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 357 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I certainly wish I could join the passengers riding aboard the Evelyn A. Henry and the Warren R. Henry on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning! The two cars, in their matching paint schemes, look very good on the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109316 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This spring has been a really time for private passengers cars hitching a ride on the tail end of the Zephyr. Amtrak has increased the price to haul passenger cars and reduced the number of locations they are still to pick up/drop off. Consequently, there was quite a stretch of minimal private car traffic on the Zephyr. It seems that may be over though! Two Patrick Henry private cars are seen here at Eisele (Clay) on the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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