Photo ID: 111060 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As summer winds down in mid-September, the leaves on the trees are just starting to show signs of their annual fall transition, some hints of yellow starting to show as the westbound Zephyr rolls by on the main near west Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110996 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Most of Eisele (Clay) is cast in the shadows of the mountains at 5:45pm this time of year. However, there are a few sections toward the east end that are still lit, and the head end of the Zephyr enters one such section here. Not the westbound UP oil train in the distance at Little Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110954 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Overcast skies extinguish the morning shadows, allowing for some angles on the Zephyr that would otherwise be cast in shade. The Zephyr has an extra P42DC today...most likely to be used on the Coast Starlight or another west coast train that does not travel to Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110932 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 192 and AMTK 140 lead a baggage car and seven Superliners on the main at Eisele (Clay), just above Rocky and Little Ten Curve. This consist for the Zephyr has become that standard in the post-COVID era. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110931 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking for different perspectives from the Rocky / Big Ten / Eisele (Clay) area, I set up for this shot of the (on-time) westbound Zephyr on the west side of the rails at Eisele (Clay). The train just went by a clear (green) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110910 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) AMTK 170 The westbound Zephyr is approaching a red signal at the west end of Eisele (Clay) on the siding. The oil train on the main is too long to fit between switches, and is waiting for the a clear signal at the east end to proceed east. Once the train clears the west switch, DS-380 will get the Zephyr a light to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110909 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While UP has been focused on rebuilding some older unit, they still have 170 Tier-4 GE units (ET44ACs) on the roster. UP 2583 is an example of one of these units, as noted by the extra large radiator intakes and interesting bulge directly ahead the radiator intake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110908 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9576 is a C44ACM, recently rebuilt from SP 8112, a C44-9W. One of the largest parts of the rebuild included changing the units from DC traction motors to AC traction motors. Several Class 1 railroads are pursuing rebuilds instead of buying new Tier-4 units from either GE or EMD. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110811 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Two GEs lead up this westbound empty oil train on the main at Eisele (Clay). The train has just made the climb up and around Big Ten Curve, with the tail end still on the south edge. You can see the tracks leading west out of Rocky toward Big Ten Curve to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110807 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A scene from above Eisele (Clay) finds the westbound Zephyr running just about 3 1/2 hours late. The train is on the main and should have no need to stop again before its scheduled station stop in Fraser. Note the tracks to the left, just west of Rocky, leading up to Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110787 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This Superliner sports a different paint scheme on the back of the California Zephyr. It is wearing the colors of Amtrak California, and is returning to California, likely after having repairs done at the Beech Grove, IN shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110786 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The makeup of the westbound Zephyr is a little different than normal this Monday morning. To start, there is an Amtrak California superliner catching a ride on the tail end of the train. Perhaps a little less obvious at first glance is the fact that there is no lounge car on the train! Instead, there are two dining cars. The second dining car is a "Dining Cafe" car. This car has the tables rearranged from a traditional dining car. Presumably, no lounge cars were available in Chicago, and Amtrak substituted with this dining car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110769 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 396 (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 37 (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 42 (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.

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