Photo ID: 113823 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 9, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is coming to a stop in the OS at Prospect Jct. After the conductor throws a switch behind, the train will make a reverse move across the Buck Lead, into Denver Union Station for its scheduled stop. Prospect Jct a spot where BNSF and Union Pacific meet. In fact, the track the lead units are on is BNSF. The diverging track the train is not on to the right is the very start of UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113056 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After sitting for a little while at a red signal on Main 2 waiting for BNSF's 31st Street Yard to be ready to receive it, the Provo-Denver is now on the move at Prospect Jct. The train is leaving both Union Pacific tracks and CTC behind as the power moves onto the Buck Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112597 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and nine Superliners on an on-time westbound Zephyr. Here at Prospect Jct, as the train is about to pass underneath I-25, we see the Zephyr as it moves from BNSF to UP. The train has just changed channels from 3939 to 1414. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112596 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After an on-time departure, from Denver Union Station, the Zephyr has come to a stop in the OS at Prospect Jct to pick up a conductor that threw a switch. It is here at Prospect Jct that the Zephyr moves from BNSF tracks to UP tracks. It will run on Main 2 between Prospect Jct and Fox Jct, where it will change over to the single main track to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112568 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is working on getting out of Denver with nine Superliners in tow. The train is briefly stopped at Prospect Junction, waiting for a conductor to reboard the train after aligning a switch on the Buck Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111444 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Prospect Jct, a southbound UP manifest is on Main 1, heading south toward the Joint Line. Meanwhile, a UP yard transfer heading for BNSF's 31st Street Yard has left Main 2 (and left CTC limits) as it heads toward the BNSF to deliver two units and a nearly a mile of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111440 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here we are at milepost 0 here at CP DS000 (Prospect Jct). Mileposts start counting up on the Moffat Tunnel Sub (the way the camera is looking). Mileposts also start counting up south on the Joint line (behind the camera). UP's MNYPU is currently stopped on Main 1 just north of the signal protecting Prospect Jct. You can clearly still see the switch is bent toward Main 2 on the empty track. The westbound Zephyr came through here about 25 minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110650 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 293 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the westbound Zephyr is stopped in the OS at Prospect Jct. The train is technically on Main 2, with Main 1 over to the right of the frame. The nose of AMTK 18 is actually in Yard Limits and out of CTC. The only stretch of CTC on Main 2 here at Prospect Jct is between the two signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110648 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is arriving in Denver, having made up some time on the trip in from Fort Morgan. Once the train clears the wye bridge over the South Platte, it'll back across the Buck main into Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110647 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr crosses over the South Platte River and approach a restricting signal at Prospect Junction. The Denver skyline stands tall in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109213 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has just passed by a restricting signal at Prospect Jct so the last Superliner clears the switch toward the Buck Lead. A commuter rail on the G-Line glides by, also heading for Union Station. The commuter train will make its stop on Track 7 at Union station while the Zephyr will stop on Track 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.