Photo ID: 109180 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 268 (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 286 (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 299 (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 239 (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 230 (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. Photo ID: 109169 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Colonial Crafts passenger car was built by the Pullman Car Company and is now privately owned. It sometimes gets out along the rails, as seen here, catching a ride on the rear of Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109168 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Originally delivered by the Pullman Car Company in 1918, Lamberts Point looked like it might be headed for the scrap yard at one point. However, about a decade prior to this picture, a project was put together to refurbish the car and get it back on the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109081 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr winds its way through the S-Curve near the west end of Eisele (Clay). Meanwhile, a UP MOW worker with his hyrailer on the siding performs a roll by. Once clear of the west switch, the hyrailer is going to get track and time and follow the Zephyr all the way up to East Portal at the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108955 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 258 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I am not entirely sure what happened (or why), but the tail end of both P42DCs on the westbound Zephyr are covered in oil! It looks like it could practically drip off or be scraped off. At least one of the units (AMTK 27) is no longer loading. It is for this reason that a BNSF ES44C4 was added in Denver, adding an additional hour delay to the already-tardy Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108916 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 18, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 476 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is fairly common to find five units on BNSF's Denver-Provo manifests and today is no exception. Three units are on the point and a pair of units, both facing west, are bringing up the tail end. The train is not particularly long today at about 4,500 feet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108729 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 688 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rolls slowly west on the main at Eisele (Clay) alongside the radio tower located near the west end. The Zephyr is only moving along at 10 MPH due to level 2 heat restrictions. It is only mid-June, but the temperature is already 90°F (32°C) and it is not even 11am. Looking like it might be a scorcher of a summer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108728 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr has a trio of P42DCs, all elephant style, leading it up this morning. It is not entirely clear why the extra unit is on the train, but it usually for one of two reasons. 1) The unit was added somewhere along the route due to a mechanical issue with one of the two units originally on the train. 2) One of the units is being sent to California for use on the west coast, quite possibly the Coast Starlight. Today, reason #2 is most likely the reason for the extra unit today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108720 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 637 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe, an ES44AC, and an AC4400CW lead an eastbound coal load at Eisele (Clay). The train is only 84 cars long, so there are no mid-train swing helpers on this coal load. Just three units on the head end and two DPUs bringing up the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108714 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 13, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Several minutes after sunset and the eastbound Zephyr is making its way east through Eisele (Clay). Heat restrictions have the train limited to 10 MPH at the moment. Take note of the Siemens "Charger" ALC-42 third out on the head end. This is the future of long distance power as the P42s are reaching their end of life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108661 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 3, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 611 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rolls east (well, currently geographically south) on the main at Eisele (Clay), while a westbound BNSF (also currently geographically south) manifest waits in the siding at Rocky. The Zephyr will be down to the manifest, heading geographically north, in just a matter of minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

Previous Page     Next Page