Photo ID: 110298 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, BNSF This BNSF oil train has three DPUs on the end, but not a single one is BNSF! There is an NS "catfish", a KCS SD70ACe, and a rather rare gray KCSM AC4400CW. The gray KCSM unit has been significantly tagged and is looking a bit grungy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110297 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling Street (MP 9.81) Arvada, CO 329 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF A pair of BNSF SD70ACes and a KCS ES44AC lead an eastbound loaded unit oil train through the middle of residential Arvada. The skyscrapers of downtown Denver are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110296 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A loaded BNSF oil train crosses over the 72nd Avenue grade crossing just east of Leyden. This grade crossing will not be around too much longer as a grade separation between the tracks and 72nd Avenue will be coming in the next few years. The City of Arvada and Union Pacific are currently working out the details of the new bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110289 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In 1987, a video was filmed featuring Rio Grande. As a kid, it was one of my favorite things to watch. I specifically recall one scene filmed right here, atop Rainbow Cut. Now, close to 40 years later, I got a shot of this eastbound UP manifest as it approaches Rainbow Cut on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110280 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Morning sun peeks through clouds to light up the Winter Park Express as heads for the east portal of Tunnel 1. This will be the only westbound Amtrak that will be running on the Moffat today. The westbound Zephyr will be stopping in Denver, having been canceled west of Denver due to adverse weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110279 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 511 (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 549 (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 440 (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 429 (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 477 (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 431 (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 459 (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 509 (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 436 (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 386 (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. 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