Photo ID: 108206 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 976 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the Zephyr is just about to duck in Tunnel 1, having gained a few hundred feet since crossing Blue Mountain Road just out of the frame to the left. CO-72 heads up Coal Creek Canyon to the top-right. Interestingly, when David Moffat was building the line in 1902, one of the possible routes surveyors considered would have taken the tracks straight up Coal Creek Canyon, where CO-72 disappears in the background. This would have necessitated a long tunnel (to get from present day Crescent Village to Pinecliff). It was largely due to this the railroad opted to instead take the current alignment along the Front Range to South Boulder Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108195 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 947 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a minor delay at Rocky to meeting the MGJNY, the westbound Zephyr is back on the move just west of Tunnel 1, on the approach the East Plain. Colorado is currently in its peak "green" season, which tends to hit in May and June. Passengers in the seven Superliners are hopefully enjoying their journey up the Front Range. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108184 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1029 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr glides toward the west portal of the final tunnel (Tunnel 1) on its journey east in Colorado. On this particular evening, AMTK 184, the Phase IV Heritage Unit, is on the point for trip to Chicago. In the distance toward the upper-left of the frame, you can see the City of Boulder. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108165 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a beautiful June morning as the eastbound Zephyr approaches the west portal of Tunnel 1. Normally, "beautiful morning" and "eastbound Zephyr" would not appear in the same sentence when talking about the Front Range in Colorado. However, yesterday's Zephyr is running almost 14 1/2 hours late! The train got hung up in Utah assisting yesterday's westbound Zephyr, which had a power failure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107982 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 11, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1083 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning sun has crested the eastern horizon and is bathing the westbound Winter Park Express in brilliant light. The train is running right on time and should provide patrons with a full day of skiing at Winter Park. The train is climbing up from Coal Creek Canyon and is just about to duck in to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107963 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Safe journeys, #5! The tail end of the westbound Zephyr is about to disappear in to the east portal of Tunnel One. Passengers are getting close to the start of the "Tunnel District", which really starts at Tunnel Two. Between there are Tunnel 29, its light and dark as the train passes in and out of 27 tunnels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107962 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 988 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Quickly gaining altitude as it rises above the plains, the head end of the westbound Zephyr is about to disappear in to Tunnel One. This is the first of 28 tunnels the train will pass through in the next 15 miles on the way up to the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107961 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1020 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running a little over an hour late, the westbound Zephyr climbs up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon toward the east portal of Tunnel One. This is a fairy typical consist for the Zephyr this time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107957 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On the approach to the west portal of Tunnel One, UP's MGJNY finds some wonderful morning sunlight. UP only has three unit coal trains currently scheduled to run east in the entire month of January 2020! Lately, coal trains have been carved up some and placed on the MGJNY, rather than being run as unit trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107931 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single DPU bring up the tail end of a westbound work train. The train includes two bulldozers in the last two gondolas. Whatever the rock and boulders will be used for, presumably the bulldozers will used to do some of the work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107902 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1004 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal empty has made the climb through the S-Curves at Coal Creek and is about to duck in to Tunnel 1. The train is following behind the Zephyr and a light power move headed for Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107836 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A roster shot of the sixth of six UP heritage units. UP 1996 is the third mid-train swing helper on an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107835 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 6, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 is among three (standard) mid-train swing units on an eastbound coal train that is coming out of Tunnel 1. Seeing as how the swing helpers will be cut out in Denver, there is a chance that UP 1996 may make another trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107816 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a clear and temperate December morning, the sound of six UP units (five on the point and one tail end DPU) echoes off the mountains at Blue Mountain as the MNYGJ-10 approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Last Wednesday, the final MNYRO left North Yard, running across the Grande to Roper in Salt Lake City. The MNYRO usually carried a cut of cars for Grand Junction. With UP stopping the MNYRO (and MRONY), they have started an MNYGJ (and MGJNY) three times a week to move cars headed to or from Grand Junction. Note UP 1996 is second in the head end consist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107815 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1658 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Like each of the six Heritage Units, UP 1996 is an artistic representation of some of the various schemes Espee had over the years. It is really a mix of two schemes: the "Daylight" scheme and the "Black Widow" scheme. Here, the colorful unit is headed west toward Grand Junction on the MNYGJ. 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