Photo ID: 108520 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 923 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Emerging out the west end of Tunnel 1, a sole C44-9W brings up the tail end of the westbound Denver-Provo. The head end of the train is already through the S-Curve and on the main at Plain, approaching the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108519 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1066 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 6163 leads a pair of SD70ACes on the climb west up the grade from Coal Creek Canyon to the east portal of Tunnel 1. The lead units is a recently-repainted ES44AC that is now sporting BNSF's 25th Anniversary paint scheme. The Denver-Provo will end up being one of only four trains to run on the Moffat today. With Amtrak's move to thrice weekly on long distance trains, the Zephyr does not run on the Moffat at all on Mondays. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108492 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1030 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF On the west side of Tunnel 1, an eastbound BNSF manifest (Provo-Denver) is descending down the grade out of Plain. Similar to UP, BNSF is running with a bit of coal toward the head end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108491 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1035 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr climbs up from Coal Creek Canyon toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. If Amtrak does not back off its plan to reduce service, then the Zephyr is going to go from a daily train to a thrice-weekly train starting in about two weeks. Time will tell if this is actually going to happen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108485 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 972 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Walking in a Winter Wonderland...in summer! Two weeks before the end of summer and the westbound Zephyr makes its way west through a few inches of snow after a very early winter storm the day before. The Zephyr is just about on time as today it is running as Train #1105 (instead of Train #5). It departed Denver two hours later than normal to accommodate UP maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108484 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 985 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a chilly, snowy....summer day!? Leave it Colorado to come up with crazy weather. In a 16 hour period earlier this week, the temperature dropped from 95°F to 32°F. Several inches of snow fell when there are still nearly two weeks left in summer. Not even fall yet and you get a unique scene like this. AMTK 145, the Phase III Heritage Unit, leads the Zephyr west out of Tunnel 1 toward Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108483 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is hard to believe that it is still technically summer! Winter blew in quite early this year, as several inches of snow fell the day before. It is still a chilly, overcast scene today as AMTK 145 leads the Zephyr west out of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108412 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1075 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a fairly overcast and somewhat gloomy Tuesday morning, a UP Officer's Special train heads west out of Tunnel 1. The train is a welcome site to the Moffat, which has is low on traffic and high on repetitiveness lately. The train came to Denver from North Platte, NE overnight, and is heading west as far as Helper, UT today. The exact nature of the trip is unknown. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108399 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1033 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has one of the "Big Game Train" units, AMTK 157, second out this morning as the train comes out of Tunnel 1 on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108298 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 914 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr climbs west out of Tunnel 1 and toward the east switch of Plain. The Zephyr has seven Superliners on it today, which has become the normal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At least, for now, Amtrak is still running. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108297 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr passes through the first of many tunnels both in the Tunnel District, and overall in Colorado and points west. Tunnel 1 is about 366 feet long, so the head end easily emerges out of the west portal while the tail end Superliners have yet to enter the east portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108296 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 879 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr climbs its way up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon, getting ready to enter in to the east portal of Tunnel 1. You can see where CO-72 passes underneath the track and heads west up Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108267 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 932 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Just east of Plain, the Provo-Denver is on the approach to Tunnel 1 with six units on the head end. The train departed Provo at 5:20pm the previous evening, so it took about 16 hours to get here, and will take right around 17 hours to get in to Denver. Two crews (Provo to Grand Junction, Grand Junction to Denver) can pretty easily handle the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108237 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 26, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1383 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP SD70M leads on of the shortest trains ever out of Tunnel 1. The unit in tow is an SC-44 "Charger", owned by the Washington Department of Transportation. That's Washington State, and this unit will be used in Amtrak Cascade service between Seattle, WA and Eugene, OR. It is currently headed to the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108207 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 820 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Emerging from Tunnel 1 to the west, the Zephyr continues its climb up the east slope of the Rockies up to the Moffat Tunnel. Just around the corner ahead of the Zephyr is a clear signal at the east switch of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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