Photo ID: 113472 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the first time since Amtrak started running the Ski Train (Winter Park Express), both P42DCs are sporting the standard Phase 5 paint scheme as AMTK 10 and AMTK 193 lead the train west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113471 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is time for the Winter Park Express to kick off another season, even though there is currently no sign of winter in Colorado! As has been the case for the past few years, the Ski Train is starting the season with just five Superliners (four coaches plus a lounge car). The train is just west of Tunnel 1 on a very moderate morning, with temperatures around 50°F (10°C) just six days before Christmas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113445 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Always nice to see a little variation on the Zephyr, such as Amtrak's Phase 4 heritage unit leading the train this morning, getting ready to dive into Tunnel 1. It has been an unseasonably warm week with a lot of high winds. While the winds are not too bad right now, the temperature is already 60°F (16°C) at 10 o'clock in the morning in mid-December! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113435 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is shining brightly on a scene of freshly fallen snow as a pair of Phase 7 P42DCs pull the Zephyr up to Tunnel 1. This is the first snow fall of 2025-2026 winter season, and the perfect morning for a ride west on the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113286 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the 1990s, Amtrak developed a variation on its Phase 3 paint scheme that it applied to the its fleet of GE B32-8BWH. The design and colors led railfans to adopt the nickname "Pepsi Can" for the scheme. Amtrak has applied a heritage version of the scheme on P42DC #160, leading the train toward Tunnel 1 this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113275 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF I love that former MRL SD70ACes show up on the Moffat a couple of times a year since BNSF took over MRL at the start of the year. This is why I say "former" MRL, even though the unit is still sporting Montana Rail Link blue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113274 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful morning in late October as BNSF's daily Denver-Provo climbs the grade from the base of Coal Creek Canyon up to the east portal of Tunnel 1. Unlike most of BNSF's manifests on the Moffat, todays train has five units on the head end and no DPUs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113236 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since I am certainly no botanist, I don't know much about foliage, so I have no clue what the plants are that have changed to this fantastic bright red color just east of the east portal of Tunnel 1. Passengers on the morning Zephyr get to enjoy the color as they enjoy the journey westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF consistently runs oil train in a 3x3 configuration, and this eastbound is no exception. The train has a buffer car on either end of the train, and 95 tank cars loaded with waxy crude oil. The train is just about to enter the final tunnel on the Moffat, Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112948 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4533 is the sole power on a westbound UP engineering special, climbing the grade from Coal Creek Canyon and now approaching Tunnel 1. There are a slew of UP track engineers on the train. Equipment on the train scans the rails for proper gauging, defects, and other items, ensuring everything is in order. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112939 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 397 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The skies are mostly cloudy this morning, but there are plenty of gaps in the clouds that are allowing some blasts of sunlight to come through. One such gap opened up at just the right time, as the (on time) westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112928 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 507 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) NS, BNSF Just east of Plain, NS 3641 leads a BNSF loaded oil train toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. If the proposed UP/NS merger is ultimately approved, many more Norfolk Southern units might appears on the Moffat when the combined roster starts mixing between the two railroads. For now, NS leased units are all we might see in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 489 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The shot of westbound climbing to Tunnel 1 is, ironically, better suited for morning shots than afternoon shots. That is because this is one spot where westbounds are essentially headed geographically east. Regardless, this UP passenger train still looks great 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: 112906 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful Wednesday morning, AMTK 203 and AMTK 151 lead the morning Zephyr west toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. It is already 80°F (27°C) this morning, with high temperatures expected to head toward 95°F (35°C) in the afternoon. Power on the Zephyr has been pretty "regular" of late, meaning the standard Phase 5 P42DCs. Nice to see something in a different scheme today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112846 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is just minutes before 5pm as the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 1. The train is a little over seven hours late today. The train departed Chicago roughly eight hours late the previous day, due to mechanical issues. It has made up an hour of that delay on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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