Photo ID: 109389 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, moving away from the camera, stopped on the main at Eisele (Clay) to drop off a crewman who then walked to the Transition Sleeper on the eastbound Zephyr. Not entirely sure why he took the ride from Denver out here, but back to Denver he goes! The eastbound Zephyr is running almost 16 hours late due to torrential rains in the Nevada desert taking the tracks out of service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109388 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak East meets west...but in a very rare location! An almost 16-hour late Zephyr approaches the camera on the siding at Eisele (Clay) as an on-time westbound Zephyr approaches on the main. If the eastbound Zephyr was not late, these Zephyrs would have met somewhere in the middle of the night in the Nebraska plains, hundreds of miles to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109318 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This going away shot of the westbound Zephyr offers a bit of a look at modern and traditional rail travel in the United States. The Zephyr itself has the Superliners that have been a standard staple for nearly 50 years. The two private cars on the tail end represent an era long gone, when the railroads hauled beautiful dome cars on their lines. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109317 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I certainly wish I could join the passengers riding aboard the Evelyn A. Henry and the Warren R. Henry on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning! The two cars, in their matching paint schemes, look very good on the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109316 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This spring has been a really time for private passengers cars hitching a ride on the tail end of the Zephyr. Amtrak has increased the price to haul passenger cars and reduced the number of locations they are still to pick up/drop off. Consequently, there was quite a stretch of minimal private car traffic on the Zephyr. It seems that may be over though! Two Patrick Henry private cars are seen here at Eisele (Clay) on the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109268 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 451 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr, currently moving geographically north at Eisele (Clay), is hustling along beneath mostly cloudy skies and occasionally morning rain showers as it tries to make up some time heading west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109237 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 609 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As an eastbound oil train departs Eisele (Clay) and enters the west end of Big Ten Loop, the westbound Zephyr has just received a clear (green) signal at the west end and is about to throttle up to depart to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109234 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Meets at Eisele (Clay) do not have particularly often. Eisele is a shorter siding and it has weight restrictions on it as well, limiting what trains can actually meet here. However, the Zephyr is light and short, easily able to sneak through on the siding as it heads west, meeting this eastbound loaded oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109233 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 419 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Slowly crawling toward a red signal at the west end of Eisele, a pair of mid-train swing helpers rolls toward the Zephyr. Once the oil train clears the west switch, the dispatcher will immediate get a clear (green) signal for the Zephyr to continue its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109232 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The siding of Eisele is not used super often for meets. However, on this May morning, the westbound Zephyr is running through the siding to meet with a loaded oil train, rolling east on the main. Note the Zephyr has his headlight dimmed so as not to blind the crew on the UP train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109180 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units, including a ES44AC sporting BNSF's 25th Anniversary paint scheme, bring up the tail end of the westbound Denver-Provo manifest near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109173 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Near the west end of Eisele, a trio of privately owned passenger cars make for a colorful sight as the westbound Zephyr rolls past a colorful cut in the side of the mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109172 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Winter runoff and a very wet 10 days or so in May has resulted in a very green Front Range! A wonderful time to get shots of trains like this westbound Zephyr. 10 to 11 months out of the year will find areas like this far more brown than green. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109171 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The east two thirds of Eisele (Clay) is relatively straight. However, as you can see in this shot, there is a little dog leg to the left before an S-curve to the right and then left toward the west end. The westbound Zephyr, running almost four hours late, is headed toward the less-than-straight stretch of track on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109170 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Salsbury Beach sports the steel-fluted sides of many of the Pullman-built passenger cars from the early-to-mid 20th century. The car, lettered for the Boston and Maine railroad, is now privately own and catching a ride on the westbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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