Photo ID: 111787 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6158 comes around the curve from Blue Mountain Drive to turn directly into the rapidly rising sun as it approaches the west end of Eisele (Clay). If you look closely, one of the tank cars to the left is passing by the silver control box for the hotbox detector at MP 22.6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111779 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running with an extra Superliner this morning. Specifically, there is a diner catching a ride on the end of the train. Most likely, the car was repaired at the Beech Grove, IN shops and is headed back to the west coast to be put into service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111778 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As AMTK 77, leading the westbound Zephyr, kicks up some snow with its plow at the grade crossing of Blue Mountain Drive, one of the engineers in the cab offers a friendly wave. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111777 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The bitter cold that has enveloped the Denver area is starting to lift, but a strong wind has moved in. With gusts of 40 MPH, the westbound Zephyr, running about 45 minutes late, approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111635 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just before 2pm, BNSF's Provo-Denver is making its way through the multiple curves between Tunnel 1 and the west end of Eisele (Clay). Although there are six units on the head end, only three of them are actually online. The trailing three are all catching a ride on the train this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111634 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 9037 is blowing its horn as it approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive, rolling along at track speed. In the distance, you can clearly see the back half of the train, still descending from Tunnel 1 on the other side of CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111358 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 140 and AMTK 207 have the duty to lead the westbound Zephyr this morning. The train is approaching the Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing in a winter wonderland as fresh snow continues to fall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111357 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pretty substantial snow storm has set in along the Front Range. A total of 5-6 inches (12-15 cm) is forecast to fall, with right around 3 inches (7 cm) having fallen so far. The westbound Zephyr is indifferent to the snow, however, as it approaches the Blue Mountain grade crossing, moving along at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111315 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is just a little bit behind schedule as it crosses over Blue Mountain Drive. There is still a fair amount of snow on the ground here from multiple storms the week before that left nearly a foot of snow on the ground. Today, however, the temperature will climb to around 50°F (10°C), melting a bit more of the remaining snow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111240 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Plenty of fall colors to be found here at Blue Mountain Drive, despite the cold winter weather that has blown into the area overnight. Passengers in the two coaches are hopefully enjoying the view as the Zephyr heads away from the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111239 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the first day that truly is starting to have a wintery feel to it, the westbound Zephyr passes through a rather foggy seen at Blue Mountain Drive. A cold front moved in overnight, and the temperature is only 30°F (-1°C) at the moment, with some slight drizzle falling. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111186 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Like many products in the United States, the United States military contracts with railroads to move equipment around the country. Here, three elephant-style GEs lead a nearly 7,700-foot train of armored vehicles over the Moffat at Blue Mountain Drive. More often than not, UP military trains in Colorado will run via the Greeley Sub. It was a nice surprise to find this one on the Moffat. The first since 2017! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111099 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is quite impressive watching the energy transition from coal to oil on the Moffat. 20 years ago, the Moffat saw as many as 16-18 coal trains in a 24 hour period. While oil trains have not (yet) become that common, their presence is absolutely increasing. Two years ago, there might be one UP oil train ever two days. Now, there seems to be an average of at least three oil trains every 24 hours. The train pictured is no exception, three UP units leading the train west at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111097 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In a shot that, at this point, is perhaps rather cliche for the Moffat, three units lead UP's thrice-weekly eastbound manifest across the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive on a pleasant September afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110949 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr makes its way around the curve at Blue Mountain Drive on its journey west. The train departed Union Station right on time this morning, and made very good time getting out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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