Photo ID: 112970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 423 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On this particular morning, a few people are enjoying a ride on the private car Northern Sky. The car was originally built in 1955 as the Union Pacific dome-lounge-observation car #9003. After going through several owners, the car was purchased in 1992 and was fully restored, turning it into the Northern Sky, which is available for charter today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr crosses over 66th Avenue in the middle of Arvada, headed west right on time! It is being led by the highest-numbered P42DC, and it was the last to be delivered to Amtrak in October 2001. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112245 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 187, sporting Phase 7 paint, rolls west on the main track across 66th Avenue in Arvada. The train is almost 90 minutes late this morning, delayed due to weather in the mid-west. As you can see, snow is falling hard here in Arvada as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112181 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's thrice weekly manifest, the MGJNY, is crossing 66th Avenue in Arvada. The train has a handful of covered hoppers, followed by at least a full trainset of empty coal hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111990 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Winter Park Express crosses 66th Avenue in the middle of Arvada, about nine miles away from its destination at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111775 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An inch or so of (unexpected...at least to me) snow fell overnight last night, adding to the nice blanket covering the city. The temperatures are also the coldest they've been all winter so far, with an overnight low of -8°F (-22°C). Here, as the westbound Zephyr approaches 66th Avenue in Arvada, the temperature has climbed to -2°F (-19°C). Not much of a difference! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110959 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is rolling east in the early morning sunlight east of Leyden. The train will make it down to Denver ahead of the departure of the morning westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110867 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Crossing 66th Avenue, the westbound Zephyr is running right on time as it navigates its way through the residential Denver suburb of Arvada. Arvada has a few areas of commercial zoning, but the vast majority of the city of 120,000 citizens is filled with houses. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110866 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr approaches the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. With the morning Zephyr generally headed away from the sun, this short stretch of track by 66th Avenue is one of the best places for a reasonably lit (not backlit) shot as the tracks run (more or less) geographically north here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110790 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard, CO) has an impressive 90 cars in tow as it rolls through Arvada. Seven units on the head end, only the first three of which are actually online, lead the train with a single DPU on the tail end. The train is crossing 66th Avenue, following along Oberon Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110675 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 236 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although this might appear to be an eastbound coal train, it is in fact a manifest, UP's MGJNY. Not too far out of view in the distance is a string of general manifest cars (box cars, tank cars, etc). The train is parallel is Oberon Road and is crossing 66th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110674 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two AC4400CWs (both ex-Espee, SP 246 and SP 324), an ES44AC, and an SD70ACe lead UP's thrice weekly manifest between Grand Junction and Denver. This is the MGJNY-04. Rail traffic between Salt Lake City and Denver has, since 2018, traveled through Wyoming on the Overland Route rather than the former Grande. UP has not (regularly scheduled) manifests between Grand Junction, CO and Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110661 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Anything look weird or out of place in this picture? The crossing gate for opposing traffic at the 66th Avenue grade crossing is stuck up. This crossing has a center median and "quad gates" because it is a quite zone. When working properly, trains do not use their horns at this crossing. However, since the crossing gate is malfunctioning, trains are currently using their horns here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110660 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There is a short stretch of track between the cut west of Carr Street and the curve along Oberon Lake where the tracks run north northwest (for westbounds). It is a great place, particularly in the summer months, to get westbound with decent lighting in the morning. Case-in-point is this morning's westbound California Zephyr, with AMTK 18 and AMTK 824 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110659 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is only going about 20 MPH as it approaches the grade crossing at 66th Avenue in Arvada. Part of the grade crossing is currently broken, so there is a standing "XH" order at the crossing. This means trains must go slow enough to stop if a car darts out in front of them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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