Photo ID: 104325 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Inspiration Point (Gore Canyon) Kremmling, CO 1899 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is pretty insignificant compares to the massive canyon walls of Gore Canyon. The canyon is inaccessible unless you are on a train, know how to ride the rapids, or want to do some serious hiking! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Inspiration Point (Gore Canyon) Kremmling, CO 1650 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From Inspiration Point, the Zephyr looks more like a model as it works its way east past the east switch of Azure. The train is about to head straight in to one of the most magnificent canyons on its journey: Gore Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104166 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2098 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Ewww...I'm not exactly sure what that is in the water and I'm not sure I want to know! The MNYRO follows the head water of the Colorado River west through Byers Canyon with a lot of the water's top still frozen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104163 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific You can see numerous skiers still hitting the slopes of Winter Park in the background as the tail end DPU on this MNYRO emerges from the Moffat Tunnel and passes the repeater signal at MP 56.5. This signal displays the same aspect as the east switch of Winter Park, which can be see in the distance toward the right side of the photo. The signal allows westbound trains to know what to expect at the east switch of Winter Park. If this repeater is red, trains may pass the signal, prepared to stop at east Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104162 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Not too hard to determine where this was taken! The winter ski season is getting close to an end as this westbound MNYRO pops out of the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel and passes by a still-busy Winter Park ski resort. This former Espee AC4400CW is one of a handful that got double UP shields on the nose when it was patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104160 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1955 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande You may not know it just from this picture, but this is a rather special GP40-2 on UP's roster. You may have guessed at this point that this is a former Rio Grande GP40-2...and you'd be correct. However, this was the first Rio Grande unit to be assimilated in to (and painted in) Union Pacific yellow. In mid-1997, DRGW 3122 had the "honor" of receiving the first repaint on Rio Grande's roster. The unit has somehow managed to keep it's original UP number (5245) and has also managed to stay in Colorado working on locals for the past 15 years, working out of Colorado Springs, North Yard (in Denver) and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104159 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2048 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Wheel flanges were whining as the MRONY winds its way through Byers Canyon. You may notice the train has a special visitor. The third unit is a GP40-2 that was picked up at Grand Junction. It has been switching on locals and is headed to Denver for an routine inspection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104158 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1935 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A few miles west of Hot Sulphur Springs and this Roper to North Yard manifest is charging up the grade along the head waters of the Colorado River in Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Several minutes after passing the MNYGJ at Rocky, the Zephyr has now made a 180° turn and is headed north through Clay. This is the final picture in a series of four. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104093 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr passes the power of the MNYGJ at the west end of Rocky as the Zephyr continues west. This is the third picture in a series of four. Here is the fourth picture in the series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104092 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr proceeds west on the mainline at Rocky, running around the MNYGJ which is stopped on the siding. This is the second picture in a series of four. Here is the third picture in the series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104091 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak DS-82 has put the MNYGJ in the siding at Rocky to allow a late (by 2 1/2 hours) California Zephyr to run around on the mainline. Here, the manifest is stopped on the siding and Amtrak is proceeding west on clear signals. This is the first picture in a series of four. Here is the second picture in the series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104088 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1667 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MNYGJ on the main was originally set to go west at Leyden but DS-86 asked if they could stop before reaching the west signal at Leyden. The crew said they could and DS-86 took the signal down. Slide fences was the reason for doing so. Slide fences had DS-82's territory a bit messed up so a few eastbounds needed to run before the manifest could continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104087 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1806 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Leyden, an eastbound (empty) ballast train enters the siding. It was so fantastic seeing a trio of SD70Ms...my personal favorite model EMD has released since the SD40-2. This particular ballast train came from the area around Tunnel, CO (near Grand Junction) and is headed for Cheyenne, probably for a refill! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104082 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 1656 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After months of no apparent progress on the second main track west of C&S Junction, UP has gotten its tail in gear in the past few weeks. In this shot, the MNYGJ is heading west on the existing Main (future Main 1) as a tamper sits on future Main 2. BNSF's Golden Sub is on the right side of the picture. You can also see the new signals (turned to the side and not yet activated) for C&S Junction. 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