Photo ID: 112160 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On an overcast and rather gloomy morning, the westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The FRA has an inspection car (DOTX 221) on the train this morning, checking out the rails as the train proceeds on its way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112126 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is running right on time as it rounds the curve toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. AMTK 203 has a very unique paint scheme in honor of 50 years of the Operation Lifesaver program. The unit seems to show up on the Zephyr maybe once a year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112006 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A bit of exhaust is being kicked up by the geeps on the point of this test run of the Rocky Mountaineer as it approaches Tunnel 1. The train will be regular revenue operation between Denver and Moab, UT in a few weeks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111997 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY (manifest from Grand Junction to North Yard) is making a daylight appearance on the Front Range. Five units, elephant style, are approaching the west portal of Tunnel 1 on a beautiful March morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a partly cloudy, beautiful March morning, the Winter Park Express glides west on the main track just west of Tunnel 1. The train has a straight shot up the hill to Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111921 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just on the west side of Tunnel 1, the Winter Park Express is moving along at track speed, making up a little time after a brief delay getting out of town. It would be successful, arriving at Winter Park only four minutes late. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111911 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express emerges from the east portal of Tunnel 1. The final tunnel on the journey into Denver. The second P42DC is on the tail end of the train, making an interesting look with only a single unit on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111880 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This scene has an almost other-worldly quality to it with rime ice stuck to the pine trees and a lot of the vegetation. The reddish dirt and rock stand in stark contrast as the 90 minute late westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The little bit of fog floating around adds to the curiousness of the morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111785 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An ES44AC and a pair of SD70ACes lead an eastbound oil train toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. As is the case with most BNSF oil trains on the Moffat, the three units on the point are accompanied by three DPUs on the end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111783 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express crests the hill on the climb to Tunnel 1. So far, no new homes from the Canyon Pines neighborhood have appears in the shot. Though for how much longer that will be the case is anyone's guess! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111774 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr emerges from the west portal of Tunnel 1. Right after a snow storm, when the ground is still covered in white and the skies are blue, is one of my favor conditions to shoot trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111773 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From above Tunnel 1, we see the California Zephyr as it climbs the roughly 2% from the base of Coal Creek Canyon up to the east portal of Tunnel 1. This, of course, is the first of 28 tunnels the train will pass through prior to reaching the Moffat Tunnel. Four inches of fresh snow remains on the ground and in the trees this morning, setting up a perfect winter scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111769 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When it comes to a picture of the Winter Park Express, you simply could not ask for better conditions! An arctic front moved in yesterday, bringing around four inches of snow and below zero temperatures. Today, thanks to the cold weather, the snow is sticking around under clear skies. The Ski Train is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 1 on its trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111723 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 224 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Tunnel 1, AMTK 75 and AMTK 146 lead the Winter Park Express westbound. This season, with the train running five days a week, AMTK 75 will lead westbound on Friday and Sunday for one week, then least westbound on Thursday, Saturday, Monday the next. So both units will be on the point (on varying days) eastbound and westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111717 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express has just emerged from Tunnel 1 on its journey west to Winter Park. The train is running about 20 minutes early today. Passengers onboard have to be really happy they are not currently on I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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