Photo ID: 110792 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Seven units lead the MGJNY this morning, though several of them were likely pulled out of storage from Grand Junction. UP is a rebuild program where they are turning old GEs (C44-9Ws and C44AC-CTEs) in to C44ACMs. It is possible some of these units are headed for such a rebuild. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110791 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6055 leads six other units on a length manifest through the cut in Arvada, where the tracks have turned from southeast to almost due east. It is only 73°F (23°C) right now, but it is setting up to be a scorching hot day, with a high getting close to 100°F (38°C) by the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110790 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO) has an impressive 90 cars in tow as it rolls through Arvada. Seven units on the head end, only the first three of which are actually online, lead the train with a single DPU on the tail end. The train is crossing 66th Avenue, following along Oberon Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110789 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An Amtrak California Superliner is hitching a ride on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning. The car is headed back to California to be put back in service, likely after receiving repairs at Amtrak's maintenance shop in Beech Grove, IN. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110788 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There is not a cloud in the sky on this Monday morning at the end of July as the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1 on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110787 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This Superliner sports a different paint scheme on the back of the California Zephyr. It is wearing the colors of Amtrak California, and is returning to California, likely after having repairs done at the Beech Grove, IN shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110786 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The makeup of the westbound Zephyr is a little different than normal this Monday morning. To start, there is an Amtrak California superliner catching a ride on the tail end of the train. Perhaps a little less obvious at first glance is the fact that there is no lounge car on the train! Instead, there are two dining cars. The second dining car is a "Dining Cafe" car. This car has the tables rearranged from a traditional dining car. Presumably, no lounge cars were available in Chicago, and Amtrak substituted with this dining car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110785 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has a bonus car today. An Amtrak California superliner is grabbing a ride on the tail end of the train this morning. the car likely needed some repairs, and was sent to Beech Grove, IN. The train here is climbing toward Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110784 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From north of Rocky, we see the Zephyr on the main track, headed west. Across the valley, you can clearly see some of the open hoppers used as a wind break on Big Ten Curve. "AWARE" has been spray painted on five of the cars, and all of the cars are pretty well covered in graffiti. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110775 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a beautiful July afternoon as a 1-hour-late Zephyr makes its way through the curves just east of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. While other long distance trains...the Empire Builder in particular...have started to get a lot of ALC-42 "Chargers" on them, the Zephyr is still running with P42DCs. Rumors are floating around that perhaps the new Chargers will start showing up on the Zephyr in 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110774 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I get the opportunity to get pictures of the eastbound Zephyr less often than the westbound Zephyr, so it is always nice when I can get out in the evening. Additionally, while the westbound Zephyr always departs Denver (when it is on time) in daylight, the eastbound Zephyr descends from the Moffat Tunnel in darkness several months through the winter. Here, the eastbound Zephyr is passing the detector at MP 22.6, approaching the grade crossing Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110773 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running just about an hour late, the evening Zephyr descends the roughly 2% grade from Tunnel 1 down toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon. You can see the tracks to the right on the other side of CO-72, where the Zephyr will be momentarily. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110770 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY is approaching the east end of Eisele (Clay). The crew just called up DS-380 to inform him that the hotbox detector at MP 22.6 gave an axle count that did not match the count in the crew's paperwork. The detector indicated five more cars than what the crew believes they have. Consequently, operating procedures indicate the train cannot exceed 30 MPH for the rest of the trip in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110769 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 494 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is only 10 o'clock in the morning, yet it already 80°F (27°C) as UP's MGJNY rolls east on the main at Eisele (Clay). Several strings of covered hoppers were picked up at Bond after being dropped off by the Phippsburg Local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110768 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific When this manifest departed Grand Junction, it had four units (three on the point, one DPU) and 84 cars. When it departed Bond, three more units had been added to the head end, and 57 cars had also been added to the train! The 57 cars were from industries located on the Craig Branch in the Steamboat and Craig area. The train is making its way through the curves below Tunnel 1 and at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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