Photo ID: 109090 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 164, wearing a fresh coat of Phase IV heritage paint, and AMTK 54 lead the westbound Zephyr on an unusually cloudy (and slightly raining) morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109089 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Freshly painted AMTK 164 leads the westbound Zephyr toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. From this perspective, AMTK 164 looks to perfectly match the scheme on the Superliners as the second P42 (wearing a Phase V scheme) is hidden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109088 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 164 is wearing a fresh coat of Phase IV heritage paint on its first voyage since it was applied. Look pretty sharp! The P42 is leading the westbound Zephyr on a rainy morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109087 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The original Amtrak P42 painted in the Phase IV heritage scheme was AMTK 184. AMTK 184 was in need of a new paint job, but went it went in to the repair shop at Beech Grove a few months ago, people were surprised to see it emerge wearing the standard Phase V scheme. Turns out Amtrak did not have the supplies at the time to repaint AMTK 184 in Phase IV. With the supplies finally procured, AMTK 164 was repainted in the Phase IV heritage scheme. This is its maiden voyage wearing its new scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109082 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west switch of Eisele (Clay), a typical pair of P42s lead a baggage car and six Superliners, one shy of the seven that tends to be the standard on the Zephyr these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109081 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr winds its way through the S-Curve near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Meanwhile, a UP MOW worker with his hyrailer on the siding performs a roll by. Once clear of the west switch, the hyrailer is going to get track and time and follow the Zephyr all the way up to East Portal at the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109080 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 480 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just minutes after climbing through the S-Curves toward Big Ten Loop in the foreground, the westbound Zephyr is now moving geographically north at the east end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109079 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak May and June are my two favorite months in the Denver area. They tend to be the two greenest months of the year. The fields here are greening up in the temperate weather after some good snow and a few rains earlier. The Zephyr is climbing toward Big Ten Loop and, in just a few minutes, will be knocking down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay) near the top of the shot in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109078 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 663 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, currently heading geographically south, is rolling slowly up the grade out of the west end of Rocky. There is currently a 10 MPH slow order through here. I did not hear a specific reason for the slow order. The Zephyr has a typical consist of seven Superliners this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109077 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) AMT The morning Zephyr rolls west on the main at Rocky, passing by some maintenance equipment tied down in the house track. Some individual strips of rail lay on the ground. If you happen to be new to trains, this shot illustrates one way you can (in general) identify which track is the main line. If you look on the right two tracks, you can see angle bars...steel bars used to connect to pieces of track. The track Amtrak is on is welded rail, so each piece of track is 1/4 of a mile long! Consequently, you really do not see any angle bars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109076 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky. When UP took over the Moffat after the UP/SP merger, UP assigned control point IDs to every control point in addition to their name. For example, East Rocky was given the ID "CP DS016". The "CP" stands for "Control Point". The "DS" represents "Denver and Salt Lake", the original owner of the line. The "016", in theory, represents the nearest milepost. However, East Rocky is actually around milepost 17.5...so "CP DS017" would have made more sense. An interesting little enigma that lasts to this day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109075 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running about two hours late as it passes through Barbara's Gulch just east of Rocky. Interestingly, the foliage on the south side has sprouted leaves while the north side is still barren. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109071 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 3, gaining speed after passing through a slow order alongside maintenance at Plain. The giant fill on the left side of the frame is relatively new, having been created in 2013 after epics rains washed out the old fill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109070 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr creeps along at 10 MPH, passing by maintenance workers sitting in the siding at the west end of Plain. After the Zephyr is clear, the maintenance crew will get track and time on the main out of Plain heading west up the hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109069 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 435 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 55 and AMTK 167 lead a shorter-than-average Zephyr through Rainbow Cut on the main. These days, the typical Zephyr consist includes a pair of P42s, a baggage car, a transition sleeper, two sleepers, a dining car, a longue car, and two coaches. This morning, however, there is transition sleeper on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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