Photo ID: 110670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of AC4400CWs, both of which are former Espee units (SP 367 and SP 203) are leading a westbound empty oil train. The lead unit is leaking air and the train is stuck in emergency. Later in the day, a new crew will bring out a new unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110669 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train stalled out on the climb to Big Ten west of Rocky. The train backed down here and went into emergency. The crew found that the lead unit is severely leaking air. The crew has been instructed to tie the train down and a new crew will bring a new unit out from North Yard later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110668 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Earlier this morning, this westbound oil empty stalled out on the climb out of Rocky up Big Ten. The train stalled out and the conductor walked back to the end DPU. The conductor protected a reverse move back into the siding here at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110667 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of BNSF's Provo-Denver passes by the graffiti-covered hoppers that serve as a wind break on the inside of Big Ten Curve. The matched paint schemes and elephant style arrangement look really fantastic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110666 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The familiar face of a GE...the same basic face of all GEs for the past three decades...leads an eastbound manifest out of the east end of Clay (Eisele). The train, which is close to 6,000 feet long, will wrap around Big Ten and continue down to Rocky and on in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110665 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of elephant-style units (two ES44ACs with an SD70ACe in between) lead the eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver at the west switch of Eisele (Clay). The train has green signals ahead for the remainder of the journey in to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110664 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just west of Eisele (Clay), a BNSF manifest (the Provo-Denver) heads east. The "X" on the sign to the right of the train is a reminder for westbounds that they are approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. The train is crossing the road, just out of the frame to the left, behind the trees. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110663 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6391 and the rest of BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest approaches the west portal of Tunnel 1, through the S-Curves east of Plain. After several days of somewhat unstable weather, with quite a bit of wind over clouds, there isn't a cloud in the sky this morning, Independence Day 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110662 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver held the main at Plain for a meet with the westbound Zephyr. After the Zephyr cleared the east switch, the manifest received a clear (green) to continue east. Here, the train is out of Plain and rolling toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110661 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Anything look weird or out of place in this picture? The crossing gate for opposing traffic at the 66th Avenue grade crossing is stuck up. This crossing has a center median and "quad gates" because it is a quite zone. When working properly, trains do not use their horns at this crossing. However, since the crossing gate is malfunctioning, trains are currently using their horns here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110660 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There is a short stretch of track between the cut west of Carr Street and the curve along Oberon Lake where the tracks run north northwest (for westbounds). It is a great place, particularly in the summer months, to get westbound with decent lighting in the morning. Case-in-point is this morning's westbound California Zephyr, with AMTK 18 and AMTK 824 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is only going about 20 MPH as it approaches the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. Part of the grade crossing is currently broken, so there is a standing "XH" order at the crossing. This means trains must go slow enough to stop if a car darts out in front of them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110645 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak A BNSF Heritage 2 C44-9W, a Phase 5 P42DC, and a Phase 7 P42DC certainly make for a rather unique and highly colorful consist on the point of the westbound Zephyr! AMTK 174 experienced some mechanical issues, so the BNSF unit was added to the point in Denver. Now, running about four hours late, the train approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110644 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak The Zephyr is running about four hours late on this July day. Three hours were lost in the mid-west due to severe thunderstorms and flood warnings. In Denver, BNSF 4762 was added to the point as AMTK 174 was suffering from some mechanical issues. Here, the very colorful consist is approaching the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110616 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers on the Zephyr, and on the private car Bella Vista, can look out and observe major construction project on the Gross Reservoir dam. The dam is being raised by nearly 200 feet, and will triple the capacity of the reservoir. The reservoir is one of the primary sources of drinking water for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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