Photo ID: 113102 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As the head end of this eastbound BNSF oil train crosses over the large fill between Tunnels 2 and 3, we can see even more of the train to the right of the shot, wrapping around and into Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113044 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 249 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7816 leads a coal empty out of the west portal of Tunnel. Just around the curve behind the camera and to the right is Tunnel 4. Through the tunnel district, it can feel like you spend as much time in tunnels as out of them! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113043 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It was this time of year roughly 12 years ago that a "500 year storm" hit Colorado when it rained for four days straight. In that storm, the fill between Tunnel 2 and Tunnel 3 completely washed out, shutting down the Moffat for roughly two weeks. Fast-forward to this day as a westbound coal empty crosses the fill, through the cut, and toward Tunnel 3. In the distance to the left, you can see the back half of the train, still coming through Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112845 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 146 and AMTK 78 lead the California Zephyr west as it exists out of Tunnel 3, a brief blast of sunlight before it will duck into Tunnel 4, out of view to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112265 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As this westbound oil empty exits Tunnel 3, the clouds were nice and gave way to a bit of sunlight on the head end of the train as it works to traverse through the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112178 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Rolling through the cut between Tunnels 2 and 3, the westbound Zephyr is right on time as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 3. There was a light dusting of snow overnight, some of which is still slightly clinging to the trees. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111417 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 338 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is nothing short of amazing that in an era when a computer would have been something of a Sci-Fi novel, surveyors scouted along what is now the grade of the Moffat Tunnel on the edge of the Colorado Rockies and said "sure, we can build a railroad there"! Like tens of thousands of trains before it, the westbound Zephyr passes over fills and through a cut on the approach to Tunnel 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111296 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 11, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In between Tunnel 3 and Tunnel 4, the westbound Zephyr is creeping along at restricted speed. Right around 10 MPH (16 KPH). The train received a restricting signal at the west end of Plain and will continue at this speed until (at least) the east portal of Tunnel 10, the location of the next signal. The head end of AMTK 159 is just about to duck into Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111185 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The head end of an eastbound military train, 7,700 feet in length, emerges from Tunnel 2. The rest of the train stretches back and through Tunnels 3 and 4 (and beyond, out of view). The train originated in Yermo, CA and is ultimately headed for Fort Riley in Kansas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110884 Date Shot Photo By Monday, August 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Tunnels 2 through 7 sit on the edge of the Rockies with a spectacular view of the plains (behind the camera). The tracks move (roughly) geographically north here, working their way from Coal Creek Canyon to South Boulder Canyon. At Tunnel 8, the tracks take a hard left and dive into the Rockies. Passengers on the Zephyr this morning are enjoying the views. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110372 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 449 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For me, Amtrak's Phase 3 scheme, which dominated through the 1980s and early 1990s on the F40PHs, is my favorite of all of Amtrak's paint scheme. The new Phase 7 scheme has become second place for me. Phase 7 unseated the original Phase 1 scheme from second place. I always enjoyed the Pointless Arrow in particular. Which scheme was your favorite? Leave a comment and let everyone know! AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage unit, leads the westbound Zephyr on a very pleasant April morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110371 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I really love seeing an Amtrak heritage unit leading on any Amtrak train. A wonderful "flash from the past". AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage P42DC reminds me of the very early days of Amtrak when SDP40s wearing the Pointless Arrow scheme ruled on long distance trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110370 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is just about to poke its nose out of Tunnel 3. Savvy Amtrak fans might note that the "Amtrak" on the nose is not the normal one on Phase 5 units. This is indeed AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage unit sporting the bloody nose and classic Amtrak font. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110369 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 2 in the Lower Tunnel District, we see the west portal of Tunnel 3 in the foreground, from which the Zephyr will also emerge from in less than a minute. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110120 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 255 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of Tunnel 3, the westbound Winter Park Express enters in to view from a cut as it makes its way west through a powdery Tunnel District. High in the distance, clouds work to try to push their way over the mountains and out toward the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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