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Photo ID: 110337
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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Union Station
Denver, CO
216
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
Denver is a refueling stop for the Zephyr on the journey between Chicago and Emeryville (in either direction). An Amtrak service employee is in the process of refueling AMTK 161 as the train makes its station stop. Love the classic "pointless arrow" and Amtrak name on the side of the heritage unit.
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Photo ID: 110336
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, April 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
250
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
A 21 hour late eastbound Zephyr (with a pair of great looking units) sits on Track 4 at Denver Union Station. The units are currently being refueled and the Superliners are being filled with water. Several of the Superliners were completely drained of water as the train sat at Fraser for 17 hours overnight.
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Photo ID: 110066
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
271
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
All is quiet at Union Station, just 20 minutes before midnight on January 8, 2024. The eastbound Zephyr, which dropped off the Winter Park Express equipment here, was 3 1/2 hours late arriving in town. However, the Zephyr has now departed, leaving Union Station relatively silent, save for the sound of the P42DCs on the Winter Park Express idling. In the distance, you can see the red lights of an RTD A-Line commuter train that has arrived and is finished running for the night. Further in the distance, you can see the classic "Union Station / Travel by Train" neon sign.
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Photo ID: 110065
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
220
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The eastbound California Zephyr has completed its station stop in Denver for the evening and is starting to pull away on Track 4 in this timed shot. The Winter Park Express was just dropped off, and will remaining on Track 5 until Friday, when it makes its first run west to Winter Park!
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Photo ID: 110064
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
227
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The eastbound Zephyr on Track 4, led by AMTK 170, makes final preparations to depart east. The Zephyr just dropped off the Winter Park Express trainset, led by AMTK 142, sitting on Track 5. Once the Zephyr gets its mechanical release, it will pull away from the station, leaving the Winter Park Express equipment behind for the upcoming ski season. The temperature outside is a chilly 15°F (-10°C).
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Photo ID: 110063
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
176
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District
Looking away from Denver Union Station, we see three reds for Mains 4, 5, and the lead to 6 and 7. These signals (and switches) are controlled by RTD's Denver dispatcher.
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Photo ID: 110062
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
285
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The eastbound Zephyr arrived in Denver 3 1/2 hours late this evening, but it had two extra P42DCs and five Superliners in tow. That trainset is actually the Winter Park Express! The Zephyr set out the WPE on Trak 5 at Union Station. The Zephyr then put its power back on the train on Track 4. AMTK 142 and AMTK 192 will be the power for the Winter Park Express, at least at the start of the season. It is a rather cold 15°F (-10°C) on the platform at Union Station this evening.
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Photo ID: 109398
Date Shot
Photo By
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
223
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
Here is a scene that looks radically different from how it would have appears 15 years ago! The catenary around Union Station for RTD Commuter Rail trains looks like something from Chicago or the Northeast. Buildings have also shot up all around Union Station. And of course, "train hall" has been completely rebuilt. The Zephyr is backing in to Track 4, the standard track for the Zephyrs station stop.
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Photo ID: 109217
Date Shot
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Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
319
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The morning Zephyr is backing up toward its stop at Denver Union Station. The canopy of the station is visible in the distance. On either side of the Zephyr are the commuter rail tracks for Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD). The commuter rail is all electrified, so there is catenary over the tracks providing power.
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Photo ID: 108294
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
1212
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
As the Zephyr pulls out of Denver Union Station to leave the urban setting behind, it passes by the player parking lot of Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies play when at home. This is a scene that has changed drastically in the last two decades. Most of the buildings visible in the immediate area behind the train did not exist in 2000.
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Photo ID: 108293
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
942
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
With its station stop at Denver complete, the Zephyr starts to pull away from the station in Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) on Track 4. The tracks to the left of the train are RTD commuter rail tracks out to Denver International Airport (the A-Line) and the north line (the N-Line). The tracks to the right are RTD commuter rail tracks out to Arvada and Westminster (the B-Line and G-Line).
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Photo ID: 108292
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
1202
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The westbound Zephyr is currently stopped on Track 4 at Union Station, making its morning stop. It is just waiting on a signal from the RTD dispatcher in order to depart and head west.
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Photo ID: 107513
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
1411
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
The Zephyr picked up quite a few bug impacts on the journey across the plains and in to Denver. So, engineer Gary gets a little creative and uses a water bottle with some soap mixed in to attempt to clean off the windshield a bit.
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Photo ID: 107512
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
1313
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
A 10 hour later Westbound Zephyr sits on Track 4 at Denver Union Station, waiting for passenger to finish boarding and all the bags to be loaded to the train can depart west, hopefully making up a little time.
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Photo ID: 107511
Date Shot
Photo By
Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Union Station
Denver, CO
1214
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Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak
From the end of Track 4, we look back toward the class "Union Station" sign. The sign itself is somewhat distorted from the head radiating off of AMTK 123.
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