Photo ID: 108595 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Ten days until May! Really mother nature!? Colorado loves drawing out winter as long as it possibly can, as you can seen here. A BNSF coal empty heads west through thick fog on the main at Crescent. Despite being a month in to spring, there is a few inches of snow on the ground and it is only 30°F (-1°C) outside. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108247 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 720 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr knocks down a clear signal at the west switch of Crescent as afternoon storms build to the southwest over the plains. There is a break here in the Tunnel District as Tunnel 19 is just out of sight to the west and Tunnel 18 is east of Crescent, which is a 5,550 foot long siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108209 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 20, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 650 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the grade crossing at Crescent, the Zephyr is wrapping around the near-180° curve toward the west switch. With as few trains as there are running on the Moffat these days, it's likely been many days or even weeks since the siding here at Crescent was last used. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108208 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 20, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 715 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 184, the Phase IV Heritage Unit, is making another round trip on the Zephyr. Alas, it is second in the consist as the 20 minute late Zephyr rolls west on the main at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108201 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 (MP 32.5, 458 ft) Boulder County, CO 636 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just a few days before the official start of summer, the westbound Zephyr is briefly visible in the Tunnel District as it moves between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108200 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 734 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it leaves Crescent behind and gets ready to duck in to Tunnel 19. One of the more well-known landmarks that passengers on the Zephyr watch for is Gross Reservoir. The dam is one of the primary water supplies for Denver and currently holds roughly 14 billion gallons of water. As Denver is growing though, there is a project to also raise Gross Reservoir another 131 feet by 2025. This will nearly triple the amount of water in Gross Reservoir, adding 25 billion gallons of capacity, allowing a total of roughly 39 billion gallons of water to be stored. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108072 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Boulder County, CO 736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is between Tunnel 7 and Tunnel 8 in the heart of the Tunnel District on a beautiful May morning. The train is about to disappear in Tunnel 8 and, after emerging, the plains will no longer be visible. Tunnels 1-7 are along the eastern slope of the Front Range of the Rockies, but Tunnel 8 curves the tracks around the northeast face of Elderado Mountain, into the Rockies for the journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107868 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Boulder County 1125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1943 leads a UP Officer's Special train west at the west switch of Cliff along South Boulder Creek. The train was given top priority and ran from Denver to Grand Junction. It was apparently a marketing and sales meeting that included some UP customers. It was also rumored that UP CEO Lance Fritz himself was on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107415 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 14, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP "crane special" rolls west on the main at Crescent woard the grade crossing. Myself and four other photographers are gathered to get some shots of the rare move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107190 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The last Superliner of the westbound Zephyr rolls away from the grade crossing at Crescent. Love how everything in the scene, including the Superliner itself, just screams cold and winter! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107189 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The lead P42DC of the westbound California Zephyr crosses the grade crossing at Crescent. It is one of the few grade crossing anywhere close to Denver that has not yet had crossing arms installed! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107188 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It does not get much better than this! Well, at least not if you are a fan of trains and winter. The westbound Zephyr glides west on the main at Crescent as lightly falling snow continues to work at blanketing the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106989 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 13, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express, Amtrak The Winter Park Express comes around the curve east of the Grade Crossing at Crescent, kicking up some exhaust as it makes it way west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106950 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express, Amtrak On a pleasant January morning, AMTK 193 and AMTK 156 are in charge of the second run of the Winter Park Express as it heads west at Crescent. I've wanted to try this angle for awhile and, other than a couple of annoying power lines that splice through the scene, it isn't all too bad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106341 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 14, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr crosses the grade crossing at Crescent on its journey west. At the time of this shot, the Winter Park Express Ski Train was unloading its passenger at Winter Park. In addition, a westbound coal empty sat on the siding at Rollins, waiting for the Zephyr to pass it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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