Photo ID: 110769 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is only 10 o'clock in the morning, yet it already 80°F (27°C) as UP's MGJNY rolls east on the main at Eisele (Clay). Several strings of covered hoppers were picked up at Bond after being dropped off by the Phippsburg Local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110763 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With Amtrak's Phase 7 paint scheme being the new official scheme moving forward, the days of predominately silver long distance trains is, to an extent, coming to an end. The silver Zephyr rolls west through Eisele (Clay) on a July morning. The big question is what will happen to the Superliners? Will they continue to roam the rails in the Phase 4b scheme, or will Amtrak also turn them blue and red (with some white) in a type of Phase 7 scheme? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110737 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay). Interestingly, the Zephyr has eight Superliners this morning! There is a third coach on the train. For many years before COVID, this was the standard on the Zephyr. Since COVID, it dropped to seven. Is this a one time thing, or a sign that demand has picked up and Amtrak is adding supply to accommodate? Time will tell... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110731 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 5802 is looking very sharp! The unit, originally a C44AC-CTE, was rebuilt by GE/Wabtec and is now designated as a C44ACM. The unit also received a fresh paint job, sporting UP's new "standard" scheme as of 2023. The flags have been moved to the nose, the wings have been removed from the nose, and the long hood now just read "Union Pacific". Much as it did 25 years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110730 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP coal empty is the fourth train in the last 90 minutes to roll on the main here at Eisele (Clay). The westbound Zephyr, westbound Rocky Mountaineer, and eastbound UP manifest (MGJNY) all came through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110724 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Five units, four GEs and an SD70ACe leads the eastbound Grand Junction to North Yard manifest on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train has an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at the east end. It will be holding the main at Rocky, meeting a westbound coal empty that is currently in Barbara's Gulch, east of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110701 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful morning along the Front Range in Colorado. There is not a cloud in the sky, which is a nice change after some mostly overcast skies the previous two mornings. BNSF's Denver-Provo is westbound on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110700 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF I am always impressed that, nearly 30 years after the merger that created BNSF, there are still a few Warbonnets on the rails whose paint is actually still in really great shape. BNSF 766, the third unit on the Denver-Provo, is a great example. Granted this unit is actually lettered for BNSF, which means it happened after the merger in 1995, Warbonnets being lettered with BNSF only happened briefly after the merger. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110571 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun has already ducked behind the mountains as UP 1943, the unit painted in celebration of the US military, leads an eastbound oil train out of Plain and toward Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110540 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The foliage has reached its peak green levels at Eisele in a beautiful scene as the westbound Zephyr passes by on the main track at Eisele (Clay). It does look like the Lounge car, third from the end, could stand to receive some cleaning and/or polishing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110539 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 6, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak seems to be repainting P42DCs from Phase 5 to Phase 7 paint at a rate of around one every two weeks. AMTK 75 appears to be the latest to get the new scheme, second out on the westbound Zephyr this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110528 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak May and June tend to be the two greenest months of the year in the Denver area, and May has been no exception in 2024. The Zephyr passes west through Eisele amidst the great green grass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110516 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer It seems that the issues that have plagued the Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s the last two seasons have largely been resolved. It is great to see them running on the point of the train, paint schemes nicely matched to the cars. The train is westbound on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110505 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite the partly cloudy skies to the west, the sky to the east is overcast and covering the sun as the westbound Zephyr hustles on the main at Eisele (Clay), AMTK 82 and AMTK 60 on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110473 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer These two leased UP SD70Ms on the Rocky Mountaineer are the exact same two SD70Ms that the train borrowed from UP at the end of the 2023 season. I would speculate that the SD70Ms have been sitting in (long term) storage at UP's 36th Street Yard in Denver. Today, they are leading the westbound Mountaineer at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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