Photo ID: 107427 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As soon as they emerge from Byers Canyon, westbound trains can immediately start accelerating. Freight trains can speed up to 60 MPH, while passenger trains such as the Zephyr are able to move up to 70 MPH. This stretch of track between Byers Canyon and Kremmling is the fastest the Zephyr goes between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107138 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Two veterans of the original California Zephyr roll by on the end of the modern California Zephyr. The first car is the Silver Rapids. The second car is the Silver Solarium, and it was owned by the CB&Q and made the journey on the end of the train many, many, times! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107137 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr has left 70 MPH track behind and is now slowing as it approaches a sharp curve at the west entrance to Byers Canyon. Due to the sudden speed change, UP has a detector set than, when an eastbound is detected, an automated voice comes on the radio reminding the train that they are approaching 20 MPH track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107133 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1091 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound coal empty just passed a clear signal after previously having a restricting signal in Byers Canyon. that means he can let off the brake a bit and start to accelerate back up to track speed. Here, the train passes a grade crossing that leads to a shooting range in the summer months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106173 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1402 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A good roster shot of a brand new (less than a month old) ET44AH. It is sometimes easy to forget just how sharp a freshly painted unit looks, especially when you are used to seeing 15-20 years old power, covered in coal, dust, dirt, oil, and grime! Note the interesting antennas on the top of UP 2696. I can only assume that these are somehow related to PTC (Positive Train Control), but I am not certain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106172 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After winding its way through Byers Canyon, this UP passenger special will now start accelerating toward the maximum track speed of 70 MPH! At this point in the journey, several UP vice presidents are sitting in the first dome car. Soon, they will move to the second dome car to enjoy dinner. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105192 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1428 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Perhaps you have seen buses in your town that have ads plastered on the side of them? Well, Amtrak has a Superliner with a similar ad for Cable Cars in San Francisco. Apparently, the car spent much of last year running on the Coast Starlight and has now moved to the California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105191 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Flat Grand County, CO 1487 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr has just exited from the west end of Byers Canyon. The engineer is now throttling up as track speed has increased from 20 MPH to 70 MPH! Despite Amtrak receiving a huge number of new baggage cars at the end of 2014, the new cars still haven't made an appearance on the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104157 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Flat Parshall, CO 1395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a fairly typical consist for the Zephyr these days. Two P42DCs, a baggage car and eight Superliners. Depending on the numbers of bookings, the only real variance is that the Zephyr may have only seven Superliners or may in fact have nine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104156 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat Parshall, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting the eastbound MRONY at Flat, the westbound Zephyr has a clear signal out the west end. The DPU on the end of the MRONY can be seen here as the manifest starts to pull east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103156 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 92 (CP DS092) East Flat Parshall, CO 1655 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four years ago, the MNYRO and MRONY almost always had SD70Ms for power. However, the economic downturn of late has resulted in a lot of AC power available. UP typically runs AC power on the MNYRO, shuttling several units to Glenwood Springs where they will be used as mid-train swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103128 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 (Rocky Flats Industrial Lead) Arvada, CO 1877 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After pulling a string of covered hoppers from TXI Aggregates, the West Local backs across Colorado Highway 93 on its way back down to the mainline at Rocky. The last unit in the consist in a former Rio Grande GP40-2! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103126 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 (Rocky Flat Industrial Lead) Jefferson County, CO 2203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Looks somebody has spent some time to try to "unpatch" this former Espee GP40M-2! You can clearly see the outline of a UP shield that has been painted over on the nose!! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103125 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 29, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 (Rocky Flat Industrial Lead) Jefferson County, CO 2110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The Rocky Local (now referred to as the West Local) makes a rare Saturday appearance on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead. The local is switching out hoppers at the TXI Aggregate plant, about four miles north of the Moffat mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Flat Parshall, CO 2532 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In between Flat and Kremmling, Amtrak can really move along. There are places where track speed allows Amtrak to reach 79 MPH! This picture was taken from my passenger window (while Damian was driving) on US-40 parallel to the tracks, just west of Flat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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