Photo ID: 108208 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 20, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 715 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 184, the Phase IV Heritage Unit, is making another round trip on the Zephyr. Alas, it is second in the consist as the 20 minute late Zephyr rolls west on the main at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107526 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1032 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A few empty well cars on the tail end of a single stacked intermodal train roll away from the camera on the main track at Crescent. The (unusual) train is headed for California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107525 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1071 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Many of the tunnels on the Moffat are not tall enough to support double stack intermodal trains. As a result, it is highly uncommon to find containers running on the Moffat. That said, a single stack intermodal train went west on the Moffat on this day! Well cars with containers roll past some "stick track" at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107524 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1057 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Moffat does not get much intermodal action these days...and hasn't in over 15 years now. However, an exception was may on the last day of May as a single stacked container train heads west on the Moffat at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107523 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1070 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of unit are the power for this westbound container train at Crescent. This is actually a military move, as those containers contain military equipment. UP routed the special over the Moffat. It is headed for the San Francisco area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107416 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 14, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 1127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70M and an SD70ACe are bringing a Denver and Salt Lake crane west on the Moffat. The train is moving along at about 20 MPH as it crossing Gross Dam Road at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107415 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 14, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP "crane special" rolls west on the main at Crescent woard the grade crossing. Myself and four other photographers are gathered to get some shots of the rare move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107190 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The last Superliner of the westbound Zephyr rolls away from the grade crossing at Crescent. Love how everything in the scene, including the Superliner itself, just screams cold and winter! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107189 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The lead P42DC of the westbound California Zephyr crosses the grade crossing at Crescent. It is one of the few grade crossing anywhere close to Denver that has not yet had crossing arms installed! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107188 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 10, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It does not get much better than this! Well, at least not if you are a fan of trains and winter. The westbound Zephyr glides west on the main at Crescent as lightly falling snow continues to work at blanketing the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106990 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 13, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 1179 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express, Amtrak I love this telephoto shot at Crescent, clearly showing the jointed rail on the siding and the welded rail on the main. If you are new to trains, jointed rail (sometimes referred to as "stick track") consists of relatively short sections of rail that are attached at either end to form a joint. Welded rail (which most mainline is these days) consists of rail that has been welded together in 1/4 mile long stretches. It still has joints at the ends of the 1/4 lengths of track, but the joints are, obviously, less common. The Winter Park Express "Ski Train" is making its way west on the main. The brightly colored bag covering the coupler will keep snow out of the coupler, making it much easier for the crew to run around the train at Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106989 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 13, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express, Amtrak The Winter Park Express comes around the curve east of the Grade Crossing at Crescent, kicking up some exhaust as it makes it way west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106950 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 1391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express, Amtrak On a pleasant January morning, AMTK 193 and AMTK 156 are in charge of the second run of the Winter Park Express as it heads west at Crescent. I've wanted to try this angle for awhile and, other than a couple of annoying power lines that splice through the scene, it isn't all too bad. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106458 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, glides west down the main at Crescent. It is a slow day on the Moffat and the first eastbound the Zephyr will meet will be its counterpart, the eastbound Zephyr, at Dotsero. Right now, the Zephyr is only running between Chicago and Salt Lake City. This is due to major flooding in Nevada that has caused a lot of washouts for Union Pacific. Until the tracks are repaired, the Zephyr has been truncated to help keep it running on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106457 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I enjoy the leafless Aspen in the background of this shot, and the clearly jointed rail of the siding of Crescent in the foreground. Crescent, coming in at "only" 5,550 feet long, which is not long enough for most of the coal train on the Moffat. But even manifest don't typically meet at Crescent due to the grade crossing located two thirds of the way through the siding (from the east end). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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