Photo ID: 110445 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The number on AMTK 59 (the second unit) has definitely faded a bit and is getting a little bit difficult to read...from a distance, anyway. Interestingly, the conductor's door on the unit must not have been latched tight as it appears to have swung open. The units lead the morning Zephyr through Eisele (Clay), which is starting to green up here in spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110358 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 2021 leads a westbound test of the 2024 Rocky Mountaineer on the main at Eisele (Clay). A former SD45 (now an SD40M-2) and an SD18M are on lease for the season to assist in the trips between Denver and Moab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110322 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Seeing the California Zephyr on this morning makes me think of the 1980s when the California Zephyr, Pioneer, and Desert Wind were all combined as a single train between Denver and Salt Lake City! On this morning, however, only the first seven Superliners actually have passengers in them. The five cars at the end are all empty as they were picked up in Denver. These are the Superliners that were used on the Winter Express Ski Train this winter. The season just ended last Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110274 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr ran in to a pretty serious delay between Princeton, IL and Galesburg, IL the previous day. The Zephyr lost nearly four hours between the two cities. It lost some more time on the journey west, and ultimately departed Denver roughly five hours late. The train makes its way through Eisele (Clay) on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express It looks like UP may have pulled a bunch of center beam flats out of storage, possibly from somewhere in the desert between Grand Junction and Helper. This is a long strand of them on the Grand Junction to Denver manifest. The Winter Park Express is waiting for them to clear, sitting in the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express AMTK 171 is leading the Winter Park Express Ski Train this morning. Note the orange covering on the coupler of 171. It is there to prevent snow from building up on the coupler, preventing it from being used. Once reaching Fraser, the power will run around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110114 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Snow is plentiful along the right-of-way at Eisele (Clay) as BNSF's trackage rights manifest passes by on its journey west to Provo, UT. The skies are overcast on this January morning, but the temperatures are actually above freezing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110109 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest, with a trio of SD70ACes, waits in the siding at Rocky for a single UP SD70ACe that is currently headed east above at Eisele (Clay). The sole SD70ACe went west at 4am to help out an oil train that had stalled between Fraser and Winter Park. After bringing the train through the Moffat, the unit cut off and headed back to Denver light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110081 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The five car Winter Park Express (Ski Train) is making its way through the S-Curve near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110080 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express Halfway through Eisele (Clay) on the main, the first Winter Park Express of the season is making good time on its trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110078 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 11, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Overcast skies this morning allowed for some different perspective of the westbound Zephyr (there are not in terrible light). The train is moving toward the west end of Eisele (Clay) as we look back toward Big Ten, Little Ten, and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110053 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The rails on the siding at Eisele (Clay) are still covered with fresh snow after a January storm let about 4" of the white stuff fall overnight. The westbound Zephyr is about two hours late as it navigates the way through the curves on the main near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109993 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking up from Rocky at the westbound Zephyr as it rolls on the main at Eisele, quite a bit higher in elevation after having wrapped around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109856 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Coal traffic has picked up slightly on the Moffat in the past few months. Not to say coal traffic is anything like it was 15 years ago, but there has been 1-2 trains a week lately. A year ago, there was maybe one a month. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109809 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An empty oil train heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay). The siding, currently empty, has weight limits on it, disallowing certain trains from entering the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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