Photo ID: 111238 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 144 and AMTK 180 lead the westbound Zephyr toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. I am not sure what type of foliage is on the side of the hill, but it makes for a very nice (and rather unique) red color in the fall time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111195 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Kansas City Southern de Mexico Helping out on a westbound BNSF oil train today are KCS de Mexico ES44AC #4884 and KCS SD70ACe #4003. Eventually, both units will be repainted in the new red, gold, and black scheme of CPKC. For now, the units are in the fantastic Belle scheme on the approach to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111194 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This shot of the climb from Coal Creek Canyon to Tunnel 1 is fantastic because, generally speaking, it is not too hard to find an angle of any train, east or west, at most times of day, and have the lighting be at least decent. Here, a westbound BNSF oil empty is on that very climb, approaching the east end of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111177 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 179 and AMTK 10 are elephant style on the point of the westbound Zephyr this morning as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111127 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers riding the two Patrick Henry cars on the back of the Zephyr, along with all the passengers on the Zephyr itself, have just passed through the first of many tunnels the train will pass through between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111126 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 25, 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 It is a crystal clear morning as the standard pair of P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. This location is a pretty common spot for pictures of the morning Zephyr. Largely because it is one place where you can get fantastic lighting on the train in the morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111095 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I set the location of this shot as Tunnel 1, although Tunnel 1 is technically hidden from view, just around the bend. UP's MGJNY is descending the roughly 2% grade from Tunnel 1 down toward the bridge that crosses CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111074 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 194 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train, emerging from Tunnel 1, is ducking just beneath the low hanging clouds on a chilly September morning, just one day in to the official start of fall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111024 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 170 and 171, sister units on Amtrak's roster, have led one of the Zephyr trainsets for well over a month. Here, they are making another run to California on the Zephyr, getting ready to disappear into Tunnel 1. The first of many tunnels passengers will travel through between here and Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111007 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A "standard" Zephyr consist, including a pair of P42DCs, a baggage car, and seven Superliners, is rolling west of Tunnel on the approach to a clear (green) signal at East Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111006 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1 on its journey west, three minutes after being seen in this shot just west of Eisele (Clay) on the other side of CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110957 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Coming around the fill on the 2% grade approaching Tunnel 1, the westbound Zephyr is running precisely on time. It departed Fort Morgan 30 minutes late, and made up that time (and a bit more) on the way in to Denver, arriving six minute early. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110942 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific 20 years ago, when coal was just about at its peak on the Moffat, who would've thought that oil would essentially replace coal as the energy sources rolling on the rails of the Moffat!? While oil trains are nowhere near as numerous as coal was 20 years ago, there still seems to be 2-3 oil trains, on average, every 24 hours on the Moffat. One such example would be this empty, with an ET44AC on the point, approaching the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110902 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is not uncommon to find a ex-SP AC4400CW roaming the rails, but it is less common to find an ex-SP C44-9W. UP 9576 happens to be exactly that! It was originally SP 8112, but was just recently rebuilt as a C44ACM, having its DC traction motors swapped out with AC traction motors. It and two other GEs lead an eastbound oil train at Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110897 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A loaded eastbound oil train winds through the S-Curve east of Plain, on the approach to the west portal of Tunnel 1. This is, of course, the final tunnel (when heading east). The train is just a few miles from the open plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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