Photo ID: 109546 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 2, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Five minutes before 7am finds a westbound BNSF coal load, headed for Valmy, NV, slowly climbing the grade in the canyon between Rollins and Tolland. The sun has technically broken the horizon, but has not yet peeked over the mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109517 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific East of Tolland along South Boulder Creek, an eastbound UP oil train snakes along the river amidst a lot of coniferous pine trees and a handful of bright yellow deciduous trees, well on their way to shedding their leaves for winter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109227 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland Gilpin County, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Continental Divide still sports quite a bit of snow on the top of it and it lies dead ahead for the westbound Zephyr. Just east of the east switch of Tolland, the Zephyr is clear (green) signals all the way up to and through the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109226 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland Gilpin County, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak About 46 miles west of Denver, the westbound Zephyr is right on time as it crosses over South Boulder Creek. You could not ask for a more beautiful Memorial Day morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108687 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 10, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 561 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The landscape opens up a bit at (and just west of) Tolland. The westbound Zephyr passes underneath the "shifted load" detector - also sometimes referred to as a "high/wide" detector - just west of Tolland at MP 48. The Zephyr is currently under one of many slow orders, keeping its speed down to about 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108315 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 744 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is getting low and is getting somewhat obscured by clouds, casting some crazy shadows as the Zephyr rolls east across South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107900 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 16, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 875 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Tolland Road and the track both follow South Boulder Creek in between Rollins and Tolland. The road is on the south side of the creek and the track are on the north side. The Zephyr is moving at track speed, running on clear signals as it heads west. The first train it will see is a BNSF manifest currently at Yarmony! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107899 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 16, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 985 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about two hours late, the westbound Zephyr is trying to make up some time as it follows South Boulder Creek between Rollins and Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107388 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Somebody grab a rag and a bottle of soap! Most engines these days don't generally get super dirty, largely thanks to cleaner emissions. However, that certainly doesn't mean they never get dirty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107387 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1091 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe that has seen a bit of exhaust is second out on this westbound BNSF unit sand train just east of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107386 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The skies to the west were mostly cloud-covered (over the divide), but a few pockets of blue sky were floating around. I was lucky enough to have one hit just as this westbound BNSF sand train came rolling by on the approach to a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at East Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107385 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Three SD70ACes lead this westbound loaded sand train through the canyon between Rollins and Tolland. The second and third units are so dirty, they are great 21st century representatives of Grande and Espee units from 40 years ago! That'll happen when you are only making 7-10 MPH through the tunnels in the Tunnel District! For those interested, note that I recorded some sound of these guys pulling...you can listen to them from this page. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106912 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ferromex Every once in awhile, a visitor from south of the border makes its way up north for a little power sharing. Such is the case here as a Ferromex ES44AC rolls west on the Moffat just east of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106911 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern A Kansas City Southern SD70ACe was on the Denver-Provo for the trip west over the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106910 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 28, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A colorful consist (including a standard BNSF ES44DC, KCS Belle SD70ACe, and Ferromex ES44AC) moves quickly at track speed as it runs alongside a frozen over South Boulder Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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