Photo ID: 107426 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of (elephant style) P42DCs lead the westbound Zephyr through the winding curves of Byers Canyon along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107425 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Byers Canyon is not only a beautiful canyon to travel through, but it is also one of the few canyon through which the tracks and a road both travel! With the rails on the north side of the Colorado River, US-40 follows along on the south side of the river. Here, the Zephyr is seen from the slightly higher angle of the highway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107419 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has a clear signal at the east switch of Tabernash. The ski season is coming to an end at the Winter Park resort off in the distance. A portion of the result, known as Mary Jane, will remain open for another week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107417 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS062 (East Fraser) Fraser, CO 1396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is only about five minutes late as it pulls towards the platform at Fraser. A UP track patrolman in a hyrailer heads east on the siding at Fraser, meeting the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107398 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 1027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a somewhat chilly Tuesday morning in March, an eastbound coal train rolls across the grade crossing at Carr Street in Arvada. The train is passing underneath the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107375 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 15, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden, CO Arvada, CO 1225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a morning that found most cloudy skies to the east, the eastbound Roper, UT to North Yard, CO manifest rolls towards a clear signal at the west end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107145 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Near the head end of the train, the conductor from Amtrak puts the switch at east Tabernash back in power (under dispatcher control). The Zephyr is temporarily stopped while the conductor does that, offering up a great view of the Silver Rapids and Silver Solarium on the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107144 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS065 (East Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 1610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A look at the harsher side of railroading! The east switch at Tabernash was not locking up on the dispatcher's board, meaning he could not be certain it was properly lined. As a result, the dispatcher was not able to get the Zephyr a light out of Tabernash. The solution was to have the conductor hop off the train with a broom and sweep the snow and ice out of the switch points. Then, manually throw the switch to the siding and back to the main. Meanwhile, the Zephyr got authority from the dispatcher to proceed past the red signal at east Tabernash. Once the lead units are on the switch, the conductor will put the switch back in power and the train will continue east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107141 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is nearing the east end of Byers Canyon, at which point it will be able to accelerate back up to 65 MPH as it continue from Sulphur on to Granby for its next station stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107140 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking down from US-40, we find a rift in the frozen ice covering icy cold waters of the Colorado River. We also find the private cars Silver Rapids and Silver Solarium as they make their way east through Byers Canyon on the back of the California Zephyr. Note: The "Silver Rapids" apparently has been renamed the "Silver Smith"...either temporarily or permanently, I'm not sure... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107139 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr, with two P42DCs, a baggage car, seven Superliner, and two privately owned cars rolls east along the Colorado River and the sheer rock walls of Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107135 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS097 (East Troublesome) Grand County, CO 1305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is clipping along at 70 MPH, which is track speed between Kremmling and Flat. The east switch of Troublesome was the location of a costly (and, sadly, deadly) derailment on Tuesday, May 15, 1956. The crew on an eastbound manifest missed an approach signal at west Troublesome. The train was meeting a westbound manifest, and the westbound was not yet clear of the east switch. The eastbound train realized the mistake too late, and ran the red signal and side-swiped the westbound train. This led to the creation of a short movie called "The Trouble at Troublesome". It was produced by Rio Grande to show to employees in training. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107132 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal load got a restricting signal (flashing red) and the previous intermediate. The reason was due to an activated slide fence toward the west end of Byers Canyon. In this shot, a few rocks lay alongside the rails. The culprits? I'm not sure... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107131 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At this time of year, the Colorado River is almost entirely frozen over in Byers Canyon. Looks like a white path through the canyon, which this westbound coal empty is following. All the power the train will need once it is loaded is coming along for the ride. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107127 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 1524 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Most of the canyons on the Moffat (South Boulder, Fraser, Gore, etc) are not accessible unless you have a drone or go on a very long hike! It is lucky that US-40 runs through Byers Canyon on the opposite side of the Colorado River from the tracks. It offers nice views like this one, in which an eastbound coal load is pulling through the sharp curves of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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