Photo ID: 108949 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 503 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr, which is already 17 hours late, must run a little slower through Rocky as it is forced on to the siding due to maintenance working on the main near the east end. Fortunately, a clear (green) signal awaits the Zephyr at the east end, so the additional delay will be very minimal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108948 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a somewhat gloomy scene just east of Tunnel 1 as a crazy late (17 hours) eastbound Zephyr crosses the Blue Mountain grade crossing. The train should have crossed this crossing around 5:30pm the previous night, but snow storms on Donner Pass have been wreaking havoc on rail traffic. This train departed Emeryville, CA seven hours late two days earlier, and lost an additional ten hours on the journey toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108947 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Shades of the past mix with the present as AMTK 161, sporting a version of the original Phase I "Bloody Nose" scheme (complete with the Pointless Arrow), approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. Incredible that Amtrak has been roaming the rails in the United States for over half a century! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108946 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 490 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As a very late eastbound Zephyr approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain, we can take note of the progress on the Canyon Pines neighborhood slowly being built in to the side of the mountain above the tracks in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108945 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This should have been yesterday's eastbound Zephyr arriving in Denver, but due to a number of factors, the train is running a massive 17 hours late as it emerges from Tunnel 1 with 50th Anniversary unit AMTK 161 leading! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 532 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Take note of this scene of the Zephyr crossing 72nd Avenue in Arvada. It is a scene that is going to change substantially in the come year or two. Residents in the City of Arvada voted to approve funds to widen 72nd Avenue to four lanes and create an underpass, creating a grade separation between the road and the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Cold weather has resulted in snow staying on the ground in the Denver-Metro area for nearly four consecutive weeks. Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr heads west through Arvada, across Kipling Street and past the intermediate signals at MP 9.8. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108930 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 443 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A close up look at the nose of a BNSF ES44AC, tied down in the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108929 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is tied down in the siding at Rocky, awaiting a fresh crew. The train has seen two westbound Amtrak trains (the Winter Park Express and California Zephyr) since sunrise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108928 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the west side of Tunnel 1, the Zephyr passes by the Canyon Pines development, which has seen some significant progress in the past six months. Once complete, the neighborhood is set to include 180 new single family homes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108927 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr climbs the (roughly) 2% grade up from Coal Creek Canyon and toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108926 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of the original routes that were scouted out when the Denver and Sale Lake was first building west included the grade up Coal Creek Canyon. That plan was ultimately scrapped in favor of the route through the Tunnel District that exists today. Instead, CO-72 uses Coal Creek Canyon to get traffic west. The westbound Zephyr crosses over CO-72 at the base of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108925 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Eisele Arvada, CO 621 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Eisele (Clay), the westbound Zephyr comes around the curve toward the grade crossing at Blue Mountain. Way back in the distance, you can see the tracks coming up from Rocky and toward Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108924 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 597 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A herd of elk graze on some grass, paying little attention to the westbound Zephyr in the distance. The Zephyr is climbing toward Big Ten Curve, the 50th anniversary P42DC (AMTK 161) is second out in the consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108923 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 542 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is about 15 minutes late as it passes the west end of Leyden and crosses over Indiana Avenue in Arvada. The 3-4 inches of fresh snow that fell two days earlier still blankets most of the ground as temperatures have barely made it up to freezing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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