Photo ID: 108584 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Rocky Arvada, CO 562 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west end of Barbara's Gulch, an AC4400CW is "in your face" as it rounds the curve from under CO-93, toward a clear signal at the east switch of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108507 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 644 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Byers Canyon is relatively short, but still very scenic. The tracks skirt the north side of the canyon and Colorado River while US-40 allows cars to run through the canyon on the south side. Here, the Zephyr heads away from the camera on its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108506 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 658 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr makes its way west along the Colorado River through Byers Canyon, just west of Sulphur, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108482 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Clay Arvada, CO 767 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I always try to get trackside when AMTK 145 is on the Zephyr! This heritage unit represents my personal favorite paint scheme of any Amtrak has had. This is the Phase III scheme which was used from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108437 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Rocky Arvada, CO 710 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A short, 2-car work train makes its west west out of Rocky and up Big Ten Curve. When it gets up to Eisele (Clay), it'll back in to the siding from the west end, hook up to the cars in the siding (above in the frame), and back all the cars down to the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108425 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Rocky Arvada, CO 744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The weather in recent weeks has been slightly cooler than seasonable average, and a bit of rainfall as well has contributed to keeping the landscape in the area around Big Ten Loop fairly green. An ES44AC in very good paint brings up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108410 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Rocky Arvada, CO 767 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west switch of Rocky, we get a nice look at a UP passenger special highballing its way west. The train departed North Yard just after 9:30am and is set to run all the way to Helper today. In the background, you can see a handful of gondolas sitting on the siding at Eisele (Clay), dropped off by a single AC4400CW yesterday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108333 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG361 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Denver-Provo is on the main track at Glenwood as is passed underneath the signal bridge. Glenwood actually has two siding. The track to the right is the East Siding and the track to the left is the West Siding. The mainline runs down the middle between the two. At the signal bridge, the West Siding ends while the East Siding continues down to the Amtrak Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108324 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here at Bond, also known as Orestod, the Zephyr creeps west through a 15 MPH slow order. The slow order is due to the extreme heat and the concern of sun kinks is the rails. The Craig Branch, leading to Energy and Axial mines, peals away from the main line here. The Zephyr changes from the Moffat Tunnel Sub to the Glenwood Springs Sub here as it starts on the Dotsero Cutoff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108319 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS058 (West Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 184, the Phase IV Heritage Unit, leads the westbound Zephyr out of the west switch of Winter Park on a crystal clear morning in the Colorado Rockies. US-40 is the highway to the left, which comes over the Continental Divide via Berthoud Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108070 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Cliff Gilpin County, CO 685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Today's westbound Zephyr crosses South Boulder Creek just east of East on a beautiful Memorial Day morning. The Zephyr today has a Transition Sleeper, a Sleeping Car, a Diner, a Lounge Car, and two Coaches. Not surprisingly, ridership has been way down the last few months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108015 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Carr Street Arvada, CO 936 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It's been a couple of years since I've seen one of these! A GP60M (now a GP60M-3 after a rebuild) was the third unit on this Provo-Denver. While I do not know for sure, I suspect this unit may have been used in switching either in Grand Junction or Provo. It is likely going to Denver to undergo a 92-day inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108014 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Carr Street Arvada, CO 992 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Headed east on an Approach Diverging signal (yellow over yellow), this Provo-Denver is paralleling Oberon Road and approaching the Carr Street grade crossing in Arvada. This is the first eastbound on the Moffat since yesterday's eastbound California Zephyr, nearly 22 hours ago! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108013 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Carr Street Arvada, CO 878 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After stopping for about 15 minutes at Leyden, DS-80 got a signal for this BNSF manifest to continue east through Arvada. The train will have to stop again at C&S Junction to wait for the yard to be ready to take the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107915 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Rocky Arvada, CO 916 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After the GP30, the GP60 is without a doubt my favor 4-axle unit ever produced. I really like the look of the boxy dynamic break intakes and, of course, the class spartan cab. It is good to see that UP has rebuilt (or is rebuilding) its GP60 fleet - designating them as GP60Es - so they will hopefully be in service for years to come. This GP60E is second out on UP's West Local on this day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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