Photo ID: 110087 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful, albeit freezing (16°F) January morning, AMTK 78 and AMTK 45 emerge from Tunnel 3 and are about to head in to Tunnel 4 west of Plain in the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109818 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the sun so far to the south in the winter, the tracks in the east end of the Tunnel District move in and out of the the shadows. The head end of the Zephyr is approaching Tunnel 3 as the last two Zephyrs cross over the giant fill just west of Tunnel 2. This fill was washed out in the fall of 2013 when 500-year rains hit Denver, creating flooding conditions and washouts in many places. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109764 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The east portal of Tunnel 2 is now quiet, the Zephyr just passing through it seconds earlier. Indeed, the head end of the westbound Zephyr is now approaching Tunnel 3 in the distance on a mostly cloudy morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109711 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr crosses the big fill west of Tunnel 2, through the cut, and heads in to Tunnel 3 near the east end of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109705 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound oil empty crosses over the huge fill west of Tunnel 2 and is heading in to Tunnel 3 after meeting an eastbound loaded oil train at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109682 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 419 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The Rocky Mountaineer has just started its journey west through the Tunnel District as it emerges from Tunnel 3 and the head end approaches Tunnel 4. In the background on the left side of the image, you can actually see the west portal of Tunnel 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109675 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 347 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the Zephyr runs along some of the narrowest portions of the Tunnel District, hugging the flat irons. The train is just about to enter Tunnel 3, with the tail end just about to clear the huge fill that was actually washed out in epic flooding in 2013. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109285 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 320 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr just crossed the (relatively new) fill just west of Tunnel 2, has passed through the cut between Tunnel 2 and 3, and the head end is about to disappear in to Tunnel 3. It is rather remarkable just how narrow a shelf the tracks are built on in places through the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109072 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the sightseer longue car emerges from the west end of Tunnel 3, the head end approaches the east end of Tunnel 4. This is why this area is called the Tunnel District! Trains just move in and out of tunnel for miles. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109071 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 5, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 3, gaining speed after passing through a slow order alongside maintenance at Plain. The giant fill on the left side of the frame is relatively new, having been created in 2013 after epics rains washed out the old fill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109051 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 267 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP (empty) oil train emerges from the west portal of Tunnel 3. From Tunnel 1 to Tunnel 8, the tracks skirt the very eastern edge of the Rockies Mountains, offering amazing view of the plains. In the distance on the west side of the frame, you can catch a glimpse of the back half of the unit tank train, still on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109050 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 16, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In between Tunnels 2 and 3, three SD70ACes have this westbound oil empty on the move. In September 2013, the large fill on the left side of the frame was washed out by record levels of rail fall. The Moffat was closed for about a week as UP worked tirelessly to rebuild the fill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108811 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1982 leads a loaded unit oil train east through Tunnel 3 at the east end of the Tunnel District. The head end is passing the fill that washed out in 2013 after a "500 year flood" hit the Denver-Metro area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 15, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1073 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) RMR The first official run of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks" Rocky Mountaineer heads west on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub. The Rocky Mountaineer worked out an arrangement with Union Pacific to allow the operation of this train on a portion of the former Rio Grande. It will operate west on Sundays and Wednesdays from Denver to Glenwood Springs, CO. It will stay there overnight and run on Mondays and Thursdays west to near Moab, UT on the Cane Creek Sub. Passengers will disembark there and new passengers for the trip east will be picked up. It will then return to Glenwood Springs, CO. On Tuesdays and Fridays, the train will run east from Glenwood Springs, CO to Denver. The two UP SD70Ms being leased for the operation - UP 5107 and UP 5105 - have been give a wrap to cover up the flag and "Union Pacific" on the long hood, replaced with "Rocky Mountaineer". The train here is between Tunnels 2 and 3, just west of Plain around MP 25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108716 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 14, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF coal load emerges from Tunnel 4, running through Tunnel 3, and crosses over the fill just west of Tunnel 2. This fill was washed out in September 2013 when "500-year" rains hit the Front Range of the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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