Photo ID: 110355 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 358 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Last season, the Rocky Mountaineer had some issues with the GP40-3s used for power. This year, two EMD leasers came to town to assist with the trips. An SD40M-2 (formerly an SD45) and an SD18M will help out the Mountaineer for the 2024 season. After finding (and fixing) an air leak, the train is about to depart west out of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110354 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer In preparation for the 2024 season, the Rocky Mountaineer's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" is making a test run west. The train is approaching Little Ten Curve, passing alongside a westbound BNSF coal load currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street (MP 11.16) Arvada, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is out of Leyden and approaching Simms Street in Arvada. The train briefly held in the siding at Rocky as BNSF's yard in Denver figured out if they had room for the train. DS-78 told the train they would move up to Tennyson Street (west of C&S Junction) and possibly tied down there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110345 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Minutes before sunset, five units lead an empty oil train west through the heart of Arvada on the approach to 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110344 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About 10 minutes before the sun dips behind the mountains, an SD70ACe leads a westbound oil train through the cut between Arvada and Leyden. The train was waiting at Arvada on Main 1 for the eastbound Zephyr, which took Main 2 on its way in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the grade crossing at 66th Avenue, the second eastbound Zephyr of the afternoon heads toward Denver in the golden hour, shortly before sunset. The first Zephyr I shot was yesterday's 21 hour late Zephyr, which was held at Fraser for 17 hours due to extremely high (90 MPH) winds around Big Ten. It's great to see green grass returning as we get deeper in to Spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110335 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 198 and AMTK 157 lead the westbound Zephyr in some nice afternoon light. Great for photography, but not great for the passengers as the train is running right around 6 1/2 hours late. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110334 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the east switch of Rocky, the westbound Zephyr is stopped and is waiting for a signal to proceed west down the main at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110333 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The conductor on #5 is standing in the door at the rear of the Zephyr, protecting a reverse move out of the siding at Rocky. The Zephyr took the siding behind a westbound oil train. In order to keep Amtrak moving as quickly as possible, DS-78 provided a signal out the east end of Rocky. Once the head end clears the east switch, the train will wait for a signal to proceed west around the oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110332 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's Phase 7 paint scheme is, in my opinion, the best looking Amtrak scheme since the Phase 3 scheme in the 1980s. AMTK 174 and AMTK 82 are, at the time of this photo, the only two P42DCs wearing the new scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110331 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 378 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is departing Rocky on the main after meeting a westbound oil train and the westbound Zephyr, sitting in the siding. Winds gusting as high as 90 MPH in the previous 24 hours have taken their toll in area. Note the hood of the signal on the right side of the frame, blown off to the side on the face of the signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110330 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 329 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning westbound Zephyr is actually the afternoon westbound Zephyr as it is running 6 1/2 hours late. The signal at east Rocky looks like it is showing a "red over dark" indication. However, the bottom signal is actually flashing red. The train has a restricting signal in to the siding at Rocky, behind a westbound oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110329 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The newest and the oldest Amtrak paint schemes are represented on the two P42DCs on the point of the eastbound California Zephyr, wrapping through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Road. This Zephyr is running 21 hours late! Indeed today's eastbound Zephyr is only three hours behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110328 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 398 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 174 (Phase 7) and AMTK 161 (Phase 1 Heritage) lead the eastbound California Zephyr at Blue Mountain Road. The interesting thing, however, is that this is actually yesterday's #6. Extremely high winds the day before stopped Amtrak at Fraser. And there it sat for approximately 22 hours! Here, the train is 21 hours late. The Phase 7 scheme on AMTK 174 is indeed the "go-forward" scheme for Amtrak. Amtrak has announced that as both power and passenger cars require maintenance, Amtrak will slowly be repainting them in the Phase 7 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110327 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is combined with the equipment from the Winter Park Express on the main at Plain. The combined trainsets are reminiscent of 40 years ago in the 1980s when the California Zephyr was combined with the Pioneer and Desert Wind between Chicago and Salt Lake City. Would be great if passenger levels allowed for train lengths like this on a regular basis in 2024! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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