Photo ID: 110467 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of ES44ACs, with an SD70ACe sandwiched between, lead a westbound empty oil train up the north edge of Big Ten Curve as some clouds rolls in from the Rockies, headed for the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110466 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 338 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Federal Railroad Administration I gotta say, I can think of worse jobs than working for the FRA, sitting in a track geometry car and watching the tracks zip by through a picture window on the back of the car! That is what two employees of the FRA are doing this morning as this FRA track geometry car, T-16, follows not too far behind the westbound Zephyr, just west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110465 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A very short special climbs toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. The last car on the special...which is what makes it a special..is an FRA track geometry car. It has a lot of advanced equipment that checks the integrity of the track as it rolls. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110464 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Federal Railroad Administration Two Federal Railroad Administration employees look out the picture window on the back of this FRA inspection car, checking out the track as the car, led by a UP AC4400CW, pulls west through the S-Curve on the approach to Blue Mountain Drive. This particular car is designated as the T-16, and is one of several cars the FRA has for track inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110463 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) inspects the tracks off the Class 1 railroads (and maybe smaller railroads as well...I'm not sure). Looks like today it is the Moffat's turn to get the inspection. UP 6060 has a gondola and FRA inspection car in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110462 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Federal Railroad Administration UP 6060 has a gondola and an FRA inspection car in tow just west of the west switch of Rocky, starting up toward Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110448 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The crew of RMRX 8021 is facing the east portal of Tunnel 2 and the official start of the Tunnel District, just west of the west switch of Plain. The weather is very pleasant for this first revenue run of the train, which is headed for Glenwood Springs, CO for the night before continuing on to Moab, UT tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110447 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The ground at the west end of Plain narrows pretty rapidly as the siding comes to an end and the single track main continues west in to the Tunnel District. The Rocky Mountaineer is just about to start the run west through the district, leaving Plain behind and approaching Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110446 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 614 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After a long, cold winter, its Rocky Mountaineer season once again! The first revenue run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks" charges west on the main at Plain, approaching Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110445 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The number on AMTK 59 (the second unit) has definitely faded a bit and is getting a little bit difficult to read...from a distance, anyway. Interestingly, the conductor's door on the unit must not have been latched tight as it appears to have swung open. The units lead the morning Zephyr through Eisele (Clay), which is starting to green up here in spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110444 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, makes the right turn from Big Ten Curve by the signals at the east end of Eisele (Clay) on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110443 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is dodging shadows under partly cloudy skies as the train climbs the grade toward Big Ten. The area around Big Ten is really starting to green up as we get deeper in to spring! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110442 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A trio of elephant-style P42DCs lead the evening eastbound Zephyr down the north edge of Big Ten Curve. Note the oil covering part of the long hood on AMTK 142, the trailing unit. Wondering if it might be headed for Beech Grove, IN, Amtrak's maintenance facility. If so, it'll very likely emerge in the Phase 7 scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110441 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Downtown Denver is cast in shadow as the eastbound Zephyr comes around Big Ten Curve. You can clearly see the windbreak hoppers that were placed on the inside of the curve over 50 years ago, in the early 1970s. This is a shot I've wanted to get for awhile, but the last few times I've tried, the train was in the shadows. Denver in the shadows is better, but I still want to try to get the shot when the skies are crystal clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110440 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A quick roster shot of AMTK 161, sporting the Phase 1 Heritage scheme, second out on the eastbound Zephyr. The train got here literally seconds before the sun dipped behind the mountain to the west. Indeed, I lost a bit of light even between the previous shot with the train a few hundred feet west, and here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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