Photo ID: 110361 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 426 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just east of the east portal of Tunnel 1, four units are kicking up some exhaust, pulling the up the 2% grade. The train is (mostly) empty, as this is just a test run for the upcoming 2024 season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110326 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A substantially longer (and more colorful) than normal westbound Zephyr climbs up the grade to the east portal of Tunnel 1. Two of the five P42DCs and five of the Superliners (on the end of the train) were picked up in Denver. Equipment used on the Winter Park Express Ski Train in the 2023-2024 winter season. With the season complete, the equipment heads west to Emeryville to be put back in standard service. A fellow railfan sits atop Tunnel 1 in a red shirt, capturing the unique scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110325 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 23 leads four other P42DCs, a baggage car, and 12 Superliners on the grinding climb up the 2% grade to Tunnel 1. The extra units and five of the Superliners were picked up in Denver this morning as they were used on the Winter Park Express Ski Train this winter season. A season that ended three days earlier on Easter Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110280 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Morning sun peeks through clouds to light up the Winter Park Express as heads for the east portal of Tunnel 1. This will be the only westbound Amtrak that will be running on the Moffat today. The westbound Zephyr will be stopping in Denver, having been canceled west of Denver due to adverse weather. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 and AMTK 193 lead a baggage car and seven Superliners in a standard winter consist. The train is making track speed as it climbs up to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 160 sports a great looking "Pepsi Can" paint scheme as it leads the westbound Zephyr on the climb up from Coal Creek Canyon up to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110252 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC is the single DPU on an eastbound oil train as it emerges from Tunnel 1. In the distance, above to cross CO-72, are a pair of mid-train swing helpers. About of foot of snow fell in just over 9 hours the previous day, creating a fantastic winter scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110250 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AC leads a loaded oil train toward Tunnel 1 just east of Plain. The train has encountered quite a bit of snow in the Colorado high country, as evidenced by the snow that has accumulated on the plow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110178 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Minutes after sunrise, UP's MGJNY (Manifest, Grand Junction, CO to North Yard in Denver, CO) rolls east toward Tunnel 1. UP's manifest between Denver and Grand Junction (and back) is the only regularly scheduled manifest UP still runs on the Moffat. It runs each direction three times a week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Amtrak started running the Winter Park Express again a few years ago, they seemed to make an effort to include a specially-painted (heritage) unit on the train. Not the case this year, as AMTK 142 and AMTK 192 lead the train west, just west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110093 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express emerges from the west end of Tunnel 1 on an extremely cold January morning. The temperature is currently -7°F (-22°C) and is not expected to even climb to 10°F (-12°C) today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110083 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 142 and AMTK 192 lead the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) up the grade toward Tunnel 1. This trainset came the other way over the Moffat last Monday when it came to town (from Emeryville, CA) on eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110054 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr climbs the roughly 2% grade in a powdery, snow-covered scene the morning of January 8, 2024. The train has just snaked its way through the curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon and is about to disappear in to Tunnel 1. The first of 28 tunnels the train will pass through before reaching the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110018 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 5, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units emerge from Tunnel 1 on the point of a westbound oil empty that is climbing through the terrain of the front range of the Rockies. The back of the train is visible at the top of the frame, and is in fact about 100 feet lower in elevation then the head end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110000 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8436 kicked up a bit of exhaust when the head end of this coal load was in Tunnel 1. The resulting exhaust cloud rises up from the east portal as the train slowly rolls east down the roughly 2% grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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