Photo ID: 104090 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1527 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Increasingly, UP is running manifest on the Moffat with DPUs. This Sunday was no exception as a sole C44AC-CTE brings up the rear of the eastbound Roper to Moffat manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1548 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The third train of the morning on the Moffat and not one of them has been a coal train! The eastbound MRONY-25 is heading for the west switch of Leyden. It will run through the siding and continue on to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104073 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the Zephyr at Rocky, this eastbound coal load is now headed east on an extremely windy morning. Gusts of wind were exceeding 60 MPH! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104042 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1413 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr heads west, you can see the Denver skyline in the distance. If you look closely, you can also see the Arvada water tower a bit below the skyline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104041 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The kids' grandparents decided to take a trip to Glenwood Springs on Amtrak. After dropping them off at the station, the girls and I chased the Zephyr west. Here is the first shot along CO-72 just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104040 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1815 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Back in April, the Zephyr came through Denver a couple times with AMTK 66 - the Phase II Heritage Unit - as the second unit on the train. However, it was nice to see the unit on the point of the Zephyr on this particular morning. The train is only a few minutes late as it charges west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104028 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 20, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1983 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is pretty much the definition of a perfect morning in Colorado (at least in my book)! Clear blue skies and temperatures right around 60ºF. A very long MRONY has an approach diverging (yellow-over-yellow) signal at Chemical. The train will be taking the siding at Leyden to meet its counterpart. These manifests used to be a good source for DC power (SD70Ms, SD60Ms, C44-9Ws, etc), but these days, they seem to almost always just carry the same AC power that coal trains have. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104025 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 14, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Unlike all the previous Heritage schemes, the Phase IV scheme was first worn by the P42's, so this scheme wasn't tweaked much from when the P42's previously wore the scheme. However, the gray above the red and white lines is in fact darker than when the P42's wore the scheme a decade ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 14, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2210 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With this shot, I have now managed to shoot three of the four Amtrak 40th Anniversary Heritage Units. This is the Phase IV unit, which was never one of my favorite schemes. But, any of the previous schemes is better than the current scheme, in my opinion! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103915 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 16, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1697 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Weather conditions in Denver were very interesting on the morning of September 16th. As you can see, the city was pretty well fogged in, but as you gained a little elevation to the west, you escaped the fog. Here, the Zephyr is running on clear signals above the fog level, the top of Denver's skyline just clearing the fog. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103842 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 29, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 1970 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about an hour late, the eastbound California Zephyr is moving at track speed between Rocky and Leyden. The train has nine Superliners, which isn't too uncommon during summer months when passenger traffic is a bit busier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103594 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1592 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr heads west through a cloud of snow about 14 miles west of Denver. Quite a different scene from 48 hours earlier, at this same location, when the sun was shining and the ground was dry. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103593 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1813 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The first snow of the winter season (that resulted in any accumulation) hit on Veteran's Day! And on this day, the California Zephyr is running about 20 minutes late as it charges west through the white stuff just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103580 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 2006 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite the fantastic sunshine right now, those dark looking clouds indicate the future of the weather in the metro area! The first snow fall of the 2010-2011 winter season in Denver would come later in the afternoon. The westbound Zephyr will get to the snow a lot sooner though as it journeys west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103579 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is right around 8:30am and the Zephyr is running right on time this morning as it heads west out of Leyden in the early sunlight. The Zephyr has its standard trio of coaches, sightseer lounge, diner and pair of sleepers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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