Photo ID: 110528 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak May and June tend to be the two greenest months of the year in the Denver area, and May has been no exception in 2024. The Zephyr passes west through Eisele amidst the great green grass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110527 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The newest P42DC to be repainted in Amtrak's newest (Phase 7) paint scheme leads the westbound Zephyr on a beautiful Memorial Day morning, climbing up the north side of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110517 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8021 and RMRX 8020, leading the westbound Rocky Mountaineer "Rockies to the Red Rocks", throttle up on the climb up the roughly 2% grade from the base of Coal Creek Canyon to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110516 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer It seems that the issues that have plagued the Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s the last two seasons have largely been resolved. It is great to see them running on the point of the train, paint schemes nicely matched to the cars. The train is westbound on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110515 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer makes its way around Big Ten Curve, rolling slow due to a 10 MPH slow order. In the background, you can see an eastbound BNSF manifest (with a KCSM unit third out) tied down in the siding in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very long (roughly 6,400 feet) BNSF Provo-Denver has just tied down in the siding. The train was originally going to tie down at Cliff, but was too long for the siding. So it continued down to Rocky. Unfortunately, the crew van was not notified of the change and is waiting up at Cliff. The van has now been informed and is on its way to Rocky. Meanwhile, the Zephyr heads north on the main at Eisele (Clay) in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110513 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The hoppers on the inside of Big Ten Curve, that serve as a wind break, have definitely become the victim of graffiti in recent years. Passengers on the westbound Zephyr will be able to look out to the hoppers on the right side, or over to the great plains out the left side. You can see the west end of Eisele (Clay), as well as Tunnel 1, in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110512 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Partly cloudy skies have shadows floating across the landscape as the westbound Zephyr climbs up toward Big Ten Curve. It has been a bit of a chilly spring, but things are warming up. It is a very pleasant 55°F this mid-May morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110511 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 180 throttles up and kicks up some exhaust as the train makes its way up the 2% grade on the north edge of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110510 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is climbing it way west out of Rocky. The trees have brand new leaves and the area has really greened up here at the midway point in May. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110509 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it heads west on the main at Rocky. BNSF's Provo-Denver is in the siding and the crew just finished tying down the train. Handbrakes have been set on 25 cars, and the crew is now waiting for a crew van to pick them up. Not the Rocky Spur, climbing up an 8% grade, to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110508 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal empty through the west end of Leyden. the bottom light on the signal has shown nothing but a red signal for over four months now due to the empty well cars, tied down for long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110507 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Someone once said the only thing that stays the same is change. For the past few months, UP has periodically been running this coal empty eastbound on the Moffat. Once arriving in Denver, the train will head north on the Greeley Sub and eventually the Yoder Sub, making its way to the Power River Basin where it will load. The loaded train will head west through Wyoming on the Overland Route. Note the red flag that UP has put up on the siding at Leyden, protecting the empty well cars that have been stored for over four months now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110506 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8047 east crosses over Indiana Street at the west end of Leyden, taking a long line of empty coal hoppers toward Denver. There, it will turn north and head up the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110505 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite the partly cloudy skies to the west, the sky to the east is overcast and covering the sun as the westbound Zephyr hustles on the main at Eisele (Clay), AMTK 82 and AMTK 60 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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