Photo ID: 112146 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Winter Park Express passes through the very appropriately named Rainbow Cut. From this picture, you can probably see how the cut got its name. The colors of the rock seams nearly cover the entire spectrum of the rainbow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112135 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 126 and AMTK 194 head west roughly halfway through Plain, rounding the curve to run through Rainbow Cut. Interestingly, the door on the long cab of AMTK 126 must not have been latched tight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110882 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the first time in a couple of months, a Phase 7 P42DC makes an appearance on the Amtrak. The train is right on time as it approaches rainbow cut, roughly halfway through the siding of Plain. AMTK 167, sporting the Phase 7 scheme, is the first Phase 7 unit we've seen on the Zephyr in a couple of month. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110495 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is a shot that I've want to get for years. I finally had the chance to get the shot today with this eastbound UP coal load as the subject. The train is winding through the S-Curves in the middle of Plain at Rainbow Cut. UP only runs a handful coal trains on the Moffat these days, making it a bit of an added bonus. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110289 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In 1987, a video was filmed featuring Rio Grande. As a kid, it was one of my favorite things to watch. I specifically recall one scene filmed right here, atop Rainbow Cut. Now, close to 40 years later, I got a shot of this eastbound UP manifest as it approaches Rainbow Cut on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An pair of ES44ACs, with an SD70ACe spliced in between, lead a loaded eastbound oil train through Rainbow Cut and down the main at Plain. The nose door and some of the long hood doors on the lead unit appear to be brand new. Or, at a minimum, they are only in primer and not yes painted for BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110186 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three BNSF GEs lead an early morning loaded oil train east on the main at Plain. As the head end comes through Rainbow Cut, you can clearly see some of the train in the background passing by the west switch of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109762 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The standard pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and seven Superliners through the aptly-named Rainbow Cut. The Zephyr has been running with only six Superliners the past several weeks, but likely due to an increase in demand with the holidays coming, a seventh has been added again lately. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109709 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 434 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The weather in the Denver-Metro area is weird this morning. Once or twice a year, the ground is warm enough and the air cools enough overnight to create a layer of fog that entirely encompasses the area. Such is the case this morning as the westbound Zephyr climbs out of the fog and into the clear at Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109674 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 138 and AMTK 75 are pumping out the exhaust, keeping the westbound Zephyr running at track speed through Rainbow cut, about halfway through the siding of Plain. The train had a short delay getting out of Denver, and is trying to make up about 20 minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109069 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 55 and AMTK 167 lead a shorter-than-average Zephyr through Rainbow Cut on the main. These days, the typical Zephyr consist includes a pair of P42s, a baggage car, a transition sleeper, two sleepers, a dining car, a longue car, and two coaches. This morning, however, there is transition sleeper on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109046 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 298 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of this BNSF manifest rolls through the colorful curve at Rainbow Cut as the back half of the train is visible in the distance at the west end of Plain. Rainbow Cut is appropriately named, as you can seeing various colors of the rainbow, ranging from reds to oranges to blues to purples. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108921 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Winter Park Express Ski Train has two standard-painted P42DCs for 2023. They are seen here heading west through Rainbow Cut at Plain. The origin of the name for the cut is pretty apparent, as the colors in the rocks in the cut range from red to orange to yellow to blue! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108813 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 602 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 and a pair of GEs lead their loaded oil train through Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. The train has made rather slow progress on the journey east. At one point, it only moved 45 miles over the course of five days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108715 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Jefferson County, CO 736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr, running just about on time, is about to enter Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. Rainbow Cut got its name, appropriately, from the various colors of the rock revealed when the cut was created. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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