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 149 (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 146 (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 131 (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 181 (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 125 (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 141 (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 131 (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 164 (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 183 (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 197 (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 177 (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. Photo ID: 111502 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Tunnel 1, the five-car Winter Park Express is making track speed as it tries to make up some time after departing Union Station 20 minutes late. It was ready to depart just as the Zephyr was arriving and backing into Track 4. Fortunately, there are no further delays to be had ahead, and it'll arrive at Winter Park three minutes early! I had planned to chase the train further west, but when I stopped for this shot, I discovered I picked up a screw in my tire and the tire was totally flat. So, changing the tire took catching up to the Ski Train out of reach. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111413 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr has come through the first of the 28 tunnels that it will pass through on its way to the Moffat Tunnel. A cloud was just clearing the tracks to allow some sunlight as the train heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111374 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six units lead this BNSF oil empty as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Because the train is indeed empty, it is (relatively) light and, consequently, does not have any issue maintaining track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111270 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 369 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a snowy day with clouds hanging very low in the sky, the westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The clouds have actually lifted slightly in the last two hours, and should clear out even more later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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