Photo ID: 112666 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 26 (MP 35.2, 320 ft) Boulder County, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Deep in the Tunnel District, just west of Tunnel 26, passenger aboard the California Zephyr enjoy the views that only the Zephyr can bring! The train is high above South Boulder Creek, heading toward Tunnel 27. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112444 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 22 and AMTK 126 lead the morning Zephyr, which is running a little over an hour late. The train will lose a little more time as it is following the Rocky Mountaineer. At Rollins, the Zephyr would finally be able to run around the Rocky Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112443 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting a yellow (Approach) signal at West Crescent, the Zephyr is on the move again. It is following the westbound Mountaineer, which is just a block ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112442 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Following closely behind the Rocky Mountaineer, the westbound Zephyr has come to a stop at a red signal at the west end of Crescent. As soon as the Rocky Mountaineer clears the block to the west of Crescent, the Zephyr will get a yellow (Approach) signal, allowing it to continue west as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112441 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train at Crescent, RMRX 8600 (a former SD45, now an SD40M-2) heads west toward the east portal of Tunnel 19. Off in the distance, you can see Gross Reservoir is indeed growing (getting taller) as part of the project to triple the volume of the reservoir. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112440 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 243 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Too many trains and not enough track! This eastbound BNSF oil train was in the siding at Crescent, but could not fit between switches; the end of the train was hanging out the west end of the siding. Plain, Eisele (Clay), Rocky, and Leyden were all unavailable for a meet, so both the Rocky Mountaineer and the Zephyr came up to Crescent. The Zephyr got a restricting signal to follow the Mountaineer down the main. With the oil train finally able to depart east, the Rocky Mountaineer is now starting to pull to the west switch, as the Zephyr is stopped, waiting for the Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111945 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gross Reservoir Boulder County, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While there are no trains in this shot, I thought I'd post a shot of the progress on the raising of the dam. The project started in 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2027. The dam will be raised 131 feet, tripling the capacity of the reservoir, used for drinking water in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111944 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 29 and AMTK 14 leads the California Zephyr as it crosses the grade crossing at Crescent. AMTK 29 was on the Winter Park Express just last Sunday. It was taken to Chicago on the Zephyr, and has now returned as one of the units on the Zephyr itself. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111943 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr, running right on time, heads west on the main track at Crescent. The siding at Crescent is only 5,550 feet long, so it definitely one of the less-used sidings on the east slope of the Moffat. No meets this morning for the Zephyr as it has a straight shot west up to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111861 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highland (1,920ft) Boulder County, CO 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An unexpected snow storm passed through the area the day before, leaving a couple of inches of fresh snow on the ground. A single C44-9W brings up the tail end of this southbound blade train, just south of Longs Peak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111860 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Around 20 years after BNSF first unveiled its "New Image" or "Swoosh" paint scheme, you can still find Heritage 2 units on the rails. Indeed, here are two such units, both rear DPUs on the trains heading away from each other at the south end of the siding of Longs Peak. The siding of Longs Peak was actually built around 2004. Prior to that, there was a 60-mile gap between the siding of Broomfield and North Yard (in Fort Collins). Most trains could not fit on the relatively short siding at Boulder, so the introduction of Longs Peak help move traffic on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111859 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF The size of the wind mill blades that are transported by rail are actually quite massive. The engineering to transport them by rail is actually quite impressive. The infrastructure holding the blades is capable of shift on the flat cars to accommodate the train going through curves. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highland (1,920ft) Boulder County, CO 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound blade trade crosses over Upper Highland Ditch at the south end of Highland, right at milepost 49. For those that are fans of the Moffat, this location on the Front Range Sub is about the same distance from Denver as the east switch of East Portal. This spot on the Front Range Sub is just north of Longmont. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111857 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Highland (1,920ft) Boulder County, CO 222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Just south of the siding of Longs Peak, a southbound blade train crosses over N 115th Street and runs by the north switch of the short siding of Highland. The siding is less than 2,000 feet long, and is only used for local switching, not for meets. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111856 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Longs Peak (7,685ft) Boulder County, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This southbound blade train has two units powering it, one on either end of the train. The train, which originated in Grand Forks, ND, is leaving the siding at Longs Peak on the Front Range Sub north of Longmont. The train is headed for Amarillo, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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