Photo ID: 109095 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Despite the explosive growth of the Denver suburb of Arvada, there are still a few places where, with the correct perspective, you can get a rural feel! This shot, just west of Leyden, is one such spot. In reality, there are relatively new neighborhoods both to the right of the frame and to the left of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109094 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer It is an unusually overcast morning in the Denver area, with temperatures barely reaching 50°F. No view of the Denver skyline on this morning! The westbound Rocky Mountaineer passes by a horse pasture which currently has quite a few containers of chemicals, perhaps containing fertilizer? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109093 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The ten car train of the Rocky Mountaineer, led by a pair of GP40-3s, charges west on another journey toward Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109088 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 164 is wearing a fresh coat of Phase IV heritage paint on its first voyage since it was applied. Look pretty sharp! The P42 is leading the westbound Zephyr on a rainy morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109087 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The original Amtrak P42 painted in the Phase IV heritage scheme was AMTK 184. AMTK 184 was in need of a new paint job, but went it went in to the repair shop at Beech Grove a few months ago, people were surprised to see it emerge wearing the standard Phase V scheme. Turns out Amtrak did not have the supplies at the time to repaint AMTK 184 in Phase IV. With the supplies finally procured, AMTK 164 was repainted in the Phase IV heritage scheme. This is its maiden voyage wearing its new scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108919 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express About 20 minutes after sunrise, the fourth run of the Winter Park Express Ski Train for the 2023 season races west away from Denver and glorious morning colors during the golden hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108870 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 347 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 is wearing one of the 50th Anniversary heritage schemes that Amtrak applied in 2021. In this case, the paint scheme adorned is known as the "Pepsi Can" scheme. It was only ever worn by Amtrak's B32-8WH units, mainly in the 1990s and early 2000s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108869 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Demand appears to be down a bit on the Zephyr as this mornings only had six Superliners. Two sleepers, a diner, a sightseer lounge, and two coaches. The train is about 40 minutes late here, just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108842 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 7, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Elephant-style GEs, consisting of an ES44DC, an ET44C4, and a C44-9W lead a 93-car manifest west out of Denver. The three GEs up front are being helped by another two pushing on the tail end over an mile to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108664 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 573 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In what will turn out to be a pretty good day on the Moffat, the first daylight train is one of two BNSF Provo-Denver manifests that will run today. Here, the train - with a typical consist of three on the point - passes by Welton Reservoir and CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108645 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 560 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of "Evolution Series", Tier-3 units leads the eastbound Provo-Denver by the intermediate signal at Chemical on the way east toward Denver. The first two units are both ES44C4, which are A1A-A1A units. The third unit is an ES44DC, which is a C-C unit. An "A1A-A1A" unit is a six axle unit, but only four of the axles are powered with a traction motor. The middle axles on both trucks are "dummy" axles, and are unpowered. BNSF absolutely loves these units, having ordered over 1,300 copies since GE first unveiled them in 2009. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108644 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 28, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 584 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A classic shot for eastbounds on the Moffat, no doubt! A trio of GEs lead the Provo-Denver by the intermediate signal at MP 14.6. Keen observers may notice that mile plate on the signal says 14.5, and you are correct. When going west, this intermediate is identified as 14.5, but when going east, it is identified as 14.6. Just keeps it unique and makes it obvious to anyone (dispatcher, MOW, etc) listening to the radio which direction the train is going, as well as where it is. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108601 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 29, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 623 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 7350 passes by what used to be Chemical at the east end of Barbara's Gulch. Until a few years ago, Mesa Oil was located here, right off the Moffat. They ended up becoming very unhappy with the service UP was providing and moved to another location in Denver. There, they are serviced by the short line Denver and Rock Island. The rumor I heard was that UP was refusing to bring the west local out to Mesa Oil more than once a week. A year or two after Mesa Oil left, UP removed the frog for the switch that runs up the spur...a spur that very possibly will never be used again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108599 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 775 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking at this picture, you probably wouldn't think that we are ten days away from May! Winter refuses to let go along the front range even a full month in to spring. Passengers on the eastbound Zephyr are probably enjoying some of the winter views as the train passes by a clear signal at the intermediate west of Leyden. The train is running about 45 minutes late this evening. Time that will hopefully be made up as it continues east toward Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108598 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As we get closer to the Zephyr returning to daily service on May 24, it is encouraging to see the train back up at eight Superliners! Three sleepers and three coaches as well as the diner and lounge cars on in the consist today. After the reduction to thrice weekly last October, the baggage cars disappeared from long distance trains. This was most likely due to a reduction in passengers and, thus, a reduction in bags. Will the baggage cars return with daily service? That remains to be seen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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