Photo ID: 112943 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is a great two-for-one shot! To the right, we have a westbound UP engineering (passenger) special on the main track at Eisele. To the left, we have the westbound Rocky Mountaineer, wrapping around Little Ten Curve, two blocks behind the engineering special! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112942 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 503 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Love or Hate Union Pacific, you have to admit that their passenger trains look better than just about any other (freight) railroad. Here, an engineering special crawls along at 10 MPH (after being flagged by the east signal) on the main track at Eisele (Clay). The train is, among other things, verifying the gauge of the rails and checking for defects. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112937 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On an unusually cloudy morning along the front range, the westbound Zephyr rolls along on the main at Eisele (Clay), right on time. Kind of nice to see a Phase 5 P42DC on the Zephyr again, as it's been a few months since I last caught one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112913 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is now at Eisele (clay), Big Ten Curve behind it. This is the final of three shots from this same perspective of the morning Zephyr. To see the previous shot, you can click here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112853 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The last few fleeting moments of sunlight on the main at the east end of Eisele (Clay) light up the lead units of this eastbound oil train. The train will continue to Denver without stopping, although it will meet a westbound UP manifest, holding at Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112784 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 358 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr includes an Amfleet car, which is typically used in the Northeast corridor and eastern routes. It also includes a Viewliner car, typically used on eastbound trains out of Chicago, and a single level sleeper car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112783 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr charges west on the main at Eisele (Clay), meeting an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver, waiting patiently in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112782 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 386 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF One of the relatively few Tier 4 units on BNSF's roster, an ET44C4, leads BNSF's Provo-Denver in the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112781 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily Provo-Denver manifest is sitting in the siding at Eisele (Clay), waiting on the Zephyr, which is just minutes away on Big Ten Curve. After the Zephyr, the train will continue east to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112694 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A relatively small downpour south of Big Ten toward Golden reveals a small hint of a rainbow as a UP passenger special rolls west through the siding at Eisele (Clay). The train was going to stop here to meet the eastbound Zephyr, but DS-378 decided to take the train up to Plain for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112632 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The landscape around Big ten is still very green on the eve of the first official day of summer. While the spring was cooler than normal, and saw more rain than normal, it appears that is behind us now. At a quarter to 10am, it is already 85°F (30°C), and it is supposed to get close to 100°F (38°C) this afternoon. The green is probably not going to be long-lived as we get into the summer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112620 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I really like shooting near the east end of Eisele (Clay). The tracks here run (more or less) north-south, with eastbounds heading south. Thus, almost any time of year and almost any time of day, you can find decent lighting for an eastbound. Such is the case here, as BNSF's Provo-Denver rolls east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112619 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Norfolk Southern units have been showing up quite a bit lately on the Moffat (on BNSF trains). It seems that some of the oil trains BNSF are running originate on NS east of the Mississippi. In this case, however, the NS unit the third on BNSF's Provo-Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112559 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since COVID in 2020, the Zephyr has pretty consistently been running with a baggage car and seven Superliners. A few weeks ago, a third coach started appearing on the Zephyr, increasing the length of the train to eight Superliners. On this particular morning, as the Zephyr heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay), the train is a bit longer with nine Superliners in tow. Granted, the very last car is a sleeper that is just deadheading out to California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112502 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three GEs, with an SD70ACe second, lead an eastbound BNSF manifest on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train is following hot on the heals of UP's MGJNY, which is currently down at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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