Photo ID: 110279 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Sunday Winter Park Express passes by the hotbox detector at milepost 22.6, just west of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 504 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 and AMTK 193 lead a baggage car and seven Superliners in a standard winter consist. The train is making track speed as it climbs up to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 sports a great looking "Pepsi Can" paint scheme as it leads the westbound Zephyr on the climb up from Coal Creek Canyon up to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110276 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This shot of the Zephyr passing the detector at MP 22.6 offers a pretty great comparison of the so called "Pepsi Can" paint scheme on AMTK 160 and the standard Phase 5 scheme on AMTK 193. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110275 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 416 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After roughly nine months with no specially painted Amtrak units on the Zephyr, we actually got two in two days! Today, AMTK 160 wearing the "Pepsi Can" scheme is leading the train west out of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110274 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr ran in to a pretty serious delay between Princeton, IL and Galesburg, IL the previous day. The Zephyr lost nearly four hours between the two cities. It lost some more time on the journey west, and ultimately departed Denver roughly five hours late. The train makes its way through Eisele (Clay) on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110273 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 leads the westbound Zephyr around Big Ten Curve. AMTK 160 is sporting a heritage paint scheme traditionally referred to as the "Pepsi Can" paint scheme. The 20 P32-8s that Amtrak purchased in 1991 were painted in this scheme as a bit of a variation on the Phase 3 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110272 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Amtrak first released their Heritage units, AMTK 184 wore the Phase 4 heritage scheme. In 2023, AMTK 184 went to Beech Grove, Amtrak's maintenance facility. When it emerged, it was again wearing the traditional Phase 5 scheme. However, a few months later, AMTK 164 was released, now wearing the Phase 4 heritage scheme. Here, AMTK 164 is second out on the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110271 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is right on time as it charges west between Leyden and Rocky, approaching Barbara's Gulch. For the first time in about nine months, there is a heritage unit running on the Zephyr. AMTK 164, the Phase 4 heritage unit, is second out on the train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110270 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 358 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific When I first saw UP 9603 through the viewfinder, I was a bit surprised as I was pretty sure this fell in the number range of the few C44-9Ws that UP has on the roster. I wondered what a DC unit was doing on an oil train. Then, I noticed the cabinet behind the cab on the conductor's side. That long cabinet is where the DC/AC power inverters are located. Turns out this unit is a rebuild! It was originally a C44-9W, rebuilt as a C44ACM. In fact, this unit was originally SP 8139. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110269 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 619 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An AC4400CW and an SD70ACe lead an eastbound across the now-defunct switch to the Chem Spur. The paint scheme on UP 7265 looks quite good, and I wish UP had go with this for the new standard rather than the scheme they have adopted in 2023 that removes the wings from the nose and places a flag on the sides of the nose. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110268 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train has some shared BNSF power as the train navigates its way through Barbara's Gulch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110267 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70AH brings up the tail end of the MGJNY. The back half of the manifest is composed of some classic (or perhaps, relic) open coal hoppers. All loaded with coal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110266 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY heads east across the fill between Kipling Street and 66th Avenue. Oberon Road is on the left side of the fill, while Oberon Lake #1 is on the right side of the fill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110265 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY crosses Kipling Street on its way in to Denver. While it is not okay to see the mountains in the distance covered in snow, it is a little less common to have the near-foot of snow we have on the ground. Makes a fantastic winter scene as the train rolls through Arvada. 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