Photo ID: 110986 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While there is no train in this shot, I thought it was a pretty cool overview of Crescent. It is kind of difficult to tell from the ground that the siding is really built on a (near) 180° curve. In the top-left quadrant of the shot, you can see the west portal of Tunnel 18. Where the tracks disappear on the right side of the shot is Tunnel 19. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110980 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Would not mind having the views the owner of the house has near the top of this shot! Among other things, they look down on trains like this oil train, which just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110977 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil train approaches the grade crossing at Cliff. This time of year, snowpack throughout the Rockies is essentially at its lowest. Save for just a few small patches, the Continental Divide is completely free of snow off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110920 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Boulder County, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) None Although there are no trains in the shot, Gross Reservoir is a landmark that few people on the California Zephyr miss when rolling through Crescent. A massive, roughly five year project is underway right now to raise the dam by 131 feet. That increase will increase the capacity of reservoir by nearly 200%! The reservoir currently has a capacity of 13.6 billion gallons. That will increase to 38.7 billion gallons once the project is finished. As you can see, reinforcements to the front of the dam have started and is slowly climbing the dam. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110919 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 22 (MP 33.0, 164 ft) Boulder County, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the middle of the upper Tunnel District, the westbound Zephyr passes in and out of Tunnel 22, one of the shorter tunnels in the district at 164 feet in length. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110918 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running right on time as it leaves Crescent behind and approaches the east portal of Tunnel 19. Off in the distance, you can see the dam that has created Gross Reservoir. This is one of the main water sources for the City of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110917 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rounds the bend at the west end of Crescent. The train will pass through a cut before reaching Tunnel 19. The cut is protected along the sides and even over the top by a slide fence. If rocks fall, the wires will help deflect them from the track. If the rocks are large enough to break through the fence, signals will automatically drop to red, the dispatcher is informed, and an automated message is broadcast over the radio on the road channel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110846 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just below Cliff, an eastbound UP oil train follows South Boulder Creek as it enters in to the upper end of the Tunnel District. Steep canyon walls and sharp drop-offs are ahead. Clouds are moving in this afternoon, so lighting is starting to get a little sketchy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110845 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After developing some air issues that caused the train to go into emergency in the Moffat Tunnel, BNSF's Provo-Lincoln manifest tied down in the siding at Cliff as the crew was getting short on time. Meanwhile, an eastbound UP manifest overtakes the manifest on the main. Note the two smiley faces drawn into the dirt on the nose of UP 6570. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110772 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Like so many other towns along the rails in Colorado and throughout the United States, the small town of Pinecliffe, CO exists because of the tracks. Indeed, Pinecliffe had its own depot and the Yampa Valley Mail stopped there daily until May 1968. Now, it is just a brief blur out the window for these passengers on the eastbound California Zephyr. The town itself has a whooping population of 23. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110771 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This evening's eastbound Zephyr rolls along South Boulder Creek on the main at Cliff. CO-72 is on the far side of the tracks, going over the hill that the train can bypass. The third track in the scene, furthest from the Zephyr, is the house track at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110555 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 (MP 32.5, 458 ft) Boulder County, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is in the Upper Tunnel District, currently between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20, climbing west toward the peak of the climb at the Moffat Tunnel, another (roughly) 17 miles to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110554 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Some clouds have moved in and are casting shadows in the area just west of Crescent as the Zephyr heads toward the east portal of Tunnel 19. Note the dam for Gross Reservoir in the distance, a primary supply of water for Denver and some of the surrounding areas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110553 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 155 leads the morning westbound Zephyr through a cut just west of Crescent. The train will follow the tracks through the curve in the foreground which lead in to the east portal of Tunnel 19. The train is almost 32 miles west of Denver Union Station here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110552 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS032 (West Crescent) Boulder County, CO 233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west end of Crescent. The train is approaching one of the many cuts in the Tunnel District. Note the slide fences lining the tracks on both sides. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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