Photo ID: 105983 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Moffat Tunnel (West Portal) Winter Park, CO 1337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Electro-Motive Division EMD's testing special emerges from the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel into Winter Park. The signal on the left side of the frame is a repeater for the signal at the east switch of Winter Park. This repeater allows crews to see the condition of the east switch well in advance when still in the tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105982 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Moffat Tunnel (West Portal) Winter Park, CO 1254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A 400mm lens comes in extremely handy sometimes! Here is a look at an oncoming train as it approaches the west end of the 6.2 mile long Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105981 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Moffat Tunnel (West Portal) Winter Park, CO 1339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific If you position yourself just right, you can look straight down into the bore of the Moffat Tunnel from just outside the lodge at the Winter Park Ski Resort. The headlight for this train was visible when it was still three miles away! It is simply amazing that the tunnel was built nearly 100 years ago, in the 1920s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105980 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Moffat Tunnel (West Portal) Winter Park, CO 1726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division Even though there is no apparent exhaust, both these EMD prototypes are in Run 8 and pulling hard. From the outside, it looks like the Tier-4 emissions are working out for EMD. Upon reaching East Portal, the consist will wait for the tunnel to vent, and then make a return trip back west to Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105979 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Moffat Tunnel (West Portal) Winter Park, CO 1535 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Even though the EMD prototypes are not particularly visible in this shot, I still consider this the "shot of day"! EMD's testing special is creeping along at 12 MPH as it enters into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The Winter Park ski resort has shut down for the season. The green pipe to the left is a water pipe that goes through the Moffat Water Tunnel (which parallels the train tunnel). It carries water to the Denver area from the west slope of the divide and was a key reason the train tunnel was built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104163 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1616 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see numerous skiers still hitting the slopes of Winter Park in the background as the tail end DPU on this MNYRO emerges from the Moffat Tunnel and passes the repeater signal at MP 56.5. This signal displays the same aspect as the east switch of Winter Park, which can be see in the distance toward the right side of the photo. The signal allows westbound trains to know what to expect at the east switch of Winter Park. If this repeater is red, trains may pass the signal, prepared to stop at east Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104162 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1809 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Not too hard to determine where this was taken! The winter ski season is getting close to an end as this westbound MNYRO pops out of the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel and passes by a still-busy Winter Park ski resort. This former Espee AC4400CW is one of a handful that got double UP shields on the nose when it was patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103933 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 17, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1971 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just a day before this picture was taken, I got some shots of these two units headed west as light power to pick up a work train at Rollins. Well, here is that work train now as it departs Winter Park to tie up at East Portal! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103722 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1918 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since I got a shot of the Zephyr plunging into the Moffat Tunnel on the trip west, I was happy that I had the chance to also grab a shot as we were about to enter the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel on the journey back home. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103161 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 59 Winter Park, CO 1909 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Some of the first snow of the season covers the peaks in the distance as the eastbound Zephyr approaches Vasquez Road in Winter Park. Most of the leaves are well on their way to their fall color transition! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102973 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 56 Winter Park, CO 2179 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Say so long to the western slope of the Continental Divide! The MRONY is about to duck into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel at the base of Winter Park. This is almost the exact spot the Ski Train used to stop to pick up passengers.... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102369 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 56 Winter Park, CO 2411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr is about to dive into the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel. From here, it will be a straight roughly two hour shot down the front range and into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102353 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 56 Winter Park, CO 3198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande On a beautiful September afternoon in the Colorado high country, a UP Board of Directors special - led by two of UP's six heritage units - lead the train out of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102302 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park (DS057) Winter Park, CO 2520 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Overcast skies just seemed to demand that this picture appear in black and white! Nobody is aboard the Kansas on this particular day as it sits near the (classic DRGW) signal at the east end of Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102301 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park (DS057) Winter Park, CO 2042 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train An afternoon storm has moved into Winter Park as the Ski Train stops to pick up its passengers. The train is just long enough that the last few cars hold in the OS section at the east end of Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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