Photo ID: 110360 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer In a scene repeated countless times for well over a century, a westbound train crosses over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. On this particular morning, the westbound happens to be a test run of the Rocky Mountaineer. The two brighter blue units cut between the RM GP40-2s are leased units to help with the run this weekend. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110359 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A quartet of units leads the westbound Rockies to the Red Rocks out the west end of Eisele (Clay) on a test run west in advance to the start of the 2024 season, coming in two weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110358 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 2021 leads a westbound test of the 2024 Rocky Mountaineer on the main at Eisele (Clay). A former SD45 (now an SD40M-2) and an SD18M are on lease for the season to assist in the trips between Denver and Moab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110357 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 449 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A pair of bright blue leaser units will be helping out the Rocky Mountaineer this season. Last year, the Mountaineer frequently borrowed power from UP when there were problems with the GP40-3s. The two leasers are both six axle units, making for an interesting look, spliced between the RM GP40-3s on the point of the train as it climbs Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110356 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 449 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A test run of the Rockies to the Red Rocks is heading west out of Rocky on the climb up Big Ten Curve. Note the tracks up the hillside at Eisele (Clay), where the train will be in just a few minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110355 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 397 (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 391 (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 369 (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 373 (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 379 (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 378 (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 392 (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 378 (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 329 (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 440 (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.

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