Photo ID: 110984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One of the routes originally explored by David Moffat's team involved going up Coal Creek Canyon. The route would have required a tunnel a couple miles long and the route was originally scrapped in favor of the route we have today. CO-72 now follows much of that route surveyed, crossing underneath the tracks here at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads three GEs through the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The body of water off in the distance is Standley Lake, a main source of drinking water for the Denver suburb of Westminster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110898 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the bridge over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, three units (elephant-style) make their way through a cut. Clouds are moving in, and the relatively gentle looking clouds seen here will give way to dark storm clouds within an hour or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110568 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Patrick Henry private cars (the Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry) are bringing up the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning. These are probably the two most common private cars to appear on the Zephyr in recent years. Amtrak greatly increased their fees for hauling private cars, and imposed many restrictions on where they could be picked up or dropped off. That has led to a significant decrease in private cars making appearances on Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the eastbound Zephyr crosses over CO-72, finding a pocket of sunlight in and area of building clouds that has the foreground entirely engulfed in shadow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110360 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer In a scene repeated countless times for well over a century, a westbound train crosses over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. On this particular morning, the westbound happens to be a test run of the Rocky Mountaineer. The two brighter blue units cut between the RM GP40-2s are leased units to help with the run this weekend. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110324 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Five P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr across the classic Rio Grande bridge that crosses CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The scene was viewed from the top of Tunnel 1. I applied an effect known as "Iris Shift" that blurs the perimeter of the photos, drawing the attention to the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110251 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 2698 wraps its way through the S-curves as the base of Coal Creek Canyon. If you look closely, you can see the classic bridge that crosses over CO-72 on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110208 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the overpass over CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, a trio of ES44s are serving as mid-train swing helpers on this eastbound oil train. You can also clearly see the single SD70ACe-T4 that is bringing up the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110205 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific The movement of earth is quite apparent in the background for the new Canyon Pines Subdivision. You can clearly see asphalt on Canyon Pines Drive, but no houses just yet. A loaded oil train makes it was down from Tunnel 1 and around the loop at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110204 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Red and yellow are the colors of the day as a UP ES44AC and a CP ES44AC lead an oil train east down the grade from Tunnel 1 toward the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Construction of the new Canyon Pines Subdivision is visible to the left. Still no sign of any houses being built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110097 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr wraps around the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on a morning that so far as not been warmer than -5°F (-21°C). Some light snow is forecasted to continue falling throughout the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110096 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr makes its way through the cut on the north side of CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Snow is very lightly falling as the train continues to make its way west in to the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110014 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The overcast skies provide a nice opportunity to get a shot of the Zephyr wrapping through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. In the distance, you can see the steal tower that lies right along the rails between Leyden and Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109985 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The last coach on the Zephyr is rolling over the bridge over Colorado Highway 72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. The head end of the train is coming through the cut near Coal Creek as the train climbs toward Tunnel 1. Note the asphalt street in the foreground. It is located on top of Tunnel 1, and soon there will be some homes built here in the new Canyon Pines Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

Next Page