Photo ID: 110062 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109398 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109217 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108294 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1463 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108293 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108292 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107513 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1604 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107512 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107511 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107510 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak While stopped in Denver, the Amtrak P42DCs on the point of the Zephyr get their diesel fuel topped off. Here, the nozzle is hook up to AMTK 169 as an Amtrak employee supervises. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107509 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1451 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Considering that it is a quarter to 6 o'clock in the afternoon, you might think that this the eastbound California Zephyr sitting on Track 4 at Denver Union Station. In fact, this is a very late westbound Zephyr! The train is just over 10 hours late due to a BNSF derailment in Illinois. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106305 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2018 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE This shot feels like it may have been taken somewhere back east. At some cold station in New York or Pennsylvania. In the 1980s. But no, this is indeed a picture from Denver Union Station in 2017. An Amtrak F40PH, complete with red class lights, sits on Track 5, ready for the start of the Winter Park Express (Ski Train). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106304 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1850 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE It has been a long time since you could regularly find an F40PH on the tracks behind Union Station. But, at least for this winter season, you will be able to find one here regularly! AMTK 406 is being used, as you can see, on the Winter Park Express this year. The new Ski Train! The first Ski Train of any type in eight years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106303 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, WPE In order to accommodate everyone's skies for the tip to Winter Park, Amtrak got a lot of these ski racks and put them in the baggage portion of the Coach/Baggage cars used on the train. That will allow for quick loading in Denver and unloading on the new platform in Winter Park. And vice versa in the afternoons! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106302 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1569 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Incredible how quickly things can change. While Union Station (the building) hasn't changed, the surrounding buildings and the tracks behind it in "train hall" have changed immensely in the last ten years! With six tracks (1-3 and 6-8) devoted to commuter rail, two tracks (4 and 5) are reserved for non-commuter trains such as Amtrak and, as you see here, the new Ski Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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