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 48 (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 63 (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 60 (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 53 (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 487 (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 533 (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 369 (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 481 (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 473 (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 428 (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 291 (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. Photo ID: 112698 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Zephyr is running a little over an hour late as it glides down the grade toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. The final tunnel the train will pass through between here at Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 291 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On average, once or maybe twice a year, UP will run an Officer Car Special over the Moffat. Usually, the passenger cars are deadheading between Council Bluffs, IA and somewhere in California. That seems to be the case here, as nobody is actually on the train itself. The train is emerging from Tunnel 1, running on a Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal, reading to take the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112695 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although the sun has ducked behind the mountains, it is technically still 20 minutes to sunset as a pair of SD70Ms lead a UP OCS (Officer Car Special) into Tunnel 1. The train is deadheading 11 cars (plus a power car) from Council Bluff, IA west toward California. The train will spend the night tonight in Glenwood Springs. The train was expected to head west about six hours earlier, but some maintenance around town resulted in a much later departure west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112665 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While the Operation Lifesaver unit, AMTK 203, it obviously different from the normal Phase 5b paint scheme, I am little curious what the blue stripe on the nose of the lead unit, AMTK 51, is all about. The train is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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