Photo ID: 102647 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 20 Arvada, CO 2182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train On a partly cloudy February morning, the Ski Train leaves Big Ten behind and rounds the curve into Clay. Note the tracks leading into Big Ten from Rocky in the lower left had corning of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102648 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 21 Arvada, CO 2785 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train At the west end of Clay, the Ski Train has nothing but clear tracks ahead. I am standing in the middle of Jefferson County Open Space for this shot. Can't drive here, but hiking is A-OK. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102649 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 23 Arvada, CO 2943 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Figured I throw this shot into the mix because it is kind of a different perspective on a common location. The westbound Ski Train is just about to duck into Tunnel 1. This is the shot as seen from Jefferson County Open Space between CO-72 and West Clay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102650 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 37 Pinecliff, CO 1755 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Got some time on your hands? I think the crew of this eastbound Stockton to Denver trackage rights train can probably relate! The train is in the hole at Cliff waiting for the Ski Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102651 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 37 Pinecliff, CO 1722 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An interesting set of power on the Stockton to Denver train stopped at Cliff. A shabby-looking Warbonnet C40-8W - sandwiched by a pair of ES44DCs - are patiently waiting for the arrival of the Ski Train. The third unit, BNSF 7200, looks fresh out of the shop! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102652 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 46 Tolland, CO 2649 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Despite a little bit of dirt on the outside of the Ski Train, it still looks spectacular on the Moffat main with the Continental Divide as a back drop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102653 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 46 Tolland, CO 2257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train Amazing to think that this train, in one form or another, has been running on these rails for nearly 70 years! The last two cars here (Utah and Kansas) were business cars on the Rio Grande and were often seen on the back of Amtrak between Denver and Salt Lake. Now, they have a home on the Ski Train. It should be noted that back then, the Kansas was named the Wilson McCarthy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102654 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Tolland, CO 1908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The familiar face of a P42DC shows itself as it comes around the corning on the main between Tolland and East Portal. On the western slope, the Ski Train has unloaded its passengers and is in the clear, allowing Amtrak to continue running right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102655 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Tolland, CO 2286 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is quite possible that you have seen pictures from this location before (although not on my site until today!) ... One of those locations that I have always said "I'll get to it one of these days". Well, the day finally came! The westbound California Zephyr crosses over the road to East Portal as it makes its way toward the Moffat Tunnel. Note how difficult it would be to add a second track through here (if Tolland and East Portal were ever connected, as has been proposed in the past). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102656 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Tolland, CO 1917 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A few trees are preventing this view from being really fantastic. The curve that the Zephyr is approaching in the distance leads into East Portal. In another mile, the Zephyr will be in the Moffat Tunnel under the Continental Divide, towering in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102657 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Crescent, CO 1923 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific What do you do when you need to transport a lot of light power from Denver to Glenwood Springs? Throw it on any train you can find going that direction! Eight units (six of which will be dropped off for swing power in Glenwood Springs) lead up the MNYRO-08 at Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102658 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 20 Arvada, CO 1695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An interesting view of a westbound making its way around Big Ten on the approach to Clay. In this single shot, you can see portions of track than spans three miles. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102659 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Arvada, CO 1627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Nearly two miles of the track visible in the distance, this westbound coal empty is coming out of Clay and is on the approach to the Blue Mountain grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102660 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 23 Arvada, CO 1712 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Peekaboo! A westbound coal empty pops out of the west portal of Tunnel 1. If that tunnel portal - now just over 50 years old - could only talk... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102661 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 23 Arvada, CO 1706 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look westbound from near the west portal of Tunnel 1. I was planning on doing this shot with the end DPU from this coal empty, but there was only one unit....and it was facing the "wrong way"! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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