Photo ID: 111742 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 146 leads the Winter Park Express across the grade crossing at Tolland. The train was slightly delayed in departing Winter Park as it had to wait for the Moffat Tunnel to vent after a 25 minute late Zephyr went into the tunnel first. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111741 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Winter Park Express is running just a couple of minute late as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. The sun has set at this point and the light is fading, but the scene is a nice and tranquil one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111738 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the middle of winter, the Zephyr arrives in Denver well after sunset, even when it is running right on time. However, you can catch it in a little bit of direct sunlight close to the Moffat Tunnel. Here, the train is passing by the handful of houses found in Tolland. Most are summer houses, currently boarded up and empty. However, one single house, which the Zephyr is about to pass, is home to a Gilpin County Sheriff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111729 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound Denver-Provo manifest is (and has been) stuck in the siding at Tolland for quite awhile. The train met an eastbound BNSF oil train, waited for the Moffat Tunnel to vent, then waited for the Winter Park Express (that is what it is waiting for now). After that, the tunnel had to vent again, before the train departed west to meet the Zephyr at Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111621 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a wonderful time of year to be riding on the Zephyr to your destination. Reports are that I-70, the main highway through the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, is at a stand still with congested traffic. Passengers on the Zephyr, however, get to bypass that headache and enjoy the frigid view out the train here at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111620 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is kicking up a lot of snow as it is making track speed at Tolland, about three miles east of the Moffat Tunnel. The train has a standard consist this morning, showing off Amtrak's latest Phase 7 paint scheme with AMTK 79 leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111619 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Wind gusts are reaching 40 MPH in the valley here at Tolland this morning. The wind speeds are quite evident from the snow that is being kicked up along the tracks as the westbound Zephyr approaches, running right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111618 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A Phase 7 P42DC led the Winter Park Express this morning, and another Phase 7 leads the westbound Zephyr now, on the main at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111376 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Montana Rail Link A nice surprise on the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver was an MRL SD70ACe. As you are probably aware, and perhaps have even read here on the site, MRL units have becoming easier to catch outside Montana since BNSF's took over Montana Rail Link at the start of 2024. With the MRL power now officially owned by BNSF, the power has been scattered across the BNSF system. Eventually, it will be repainted in BNSF colors. In the meantime, it is a great splash of color have MRL blue in the Colorado High Country! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111375 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It is a beautiful late-fall Sunday in the Colorado high country with quite a bit of snow on the ground. BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver manifest has four units on the point as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. You can see Tolland Road continuing west by the old yellow and green school house, making its way up to the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111119 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Most of the trees in the valley in which Tolland is located are in full fall colors on this third day of autumn. A westbound UP oil empty crosses the grade crossing at Tolland Road as it continues west toward the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111103 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the sun approaches the western horizon (well...mountains), the crew of a UP oil empty approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111080 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Near the west end of Tolland, deciduous trees line both sides of the rails (the main and the siding). As the westbound Zephyr has just overtaken a UP oil can (out of view behind the curve) and is approach a clear (green) signal at the west end as it passes by trees that are at their peak fall colors. If you wonder why Rio Grande used "Aspen Gold" as its main color, this shot says it all! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111079 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific In this 400mm shot of a westbound oil empty, stopped in the siding at Tolland, you can easily identify which track is the main and which is the siding. The main has continuous welded rail, while the siding still has joints every 66 feet (roughly). The train is stopped to allow both the morning Zephyr and the Rocky Mountaineer to pass. The Zephyr is only about 15 minutes away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111078 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 22, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A hint of frost holds on to the tips of the evergreen trees in the midst of a sea of yellow. Just as fall is officially starting, temperatures in the high country got below freezing last night, leaving some snow on the ground. However, the ground and even air this morning is warm enough that most traces of the snow are gone as a westbound oil empty comes to a stop in the siding of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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