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Photo ID: 108200
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS032 (West Crescent)
Boulder County, CO
734
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it leaves Crescent behind and gets ready to duck in to Tunnel 19. One of the more well-known landmarks that passengers on the Zephyr watch for is Gross Reservoir. The dam is one of the primary water supplies for Denver and currently holds roughly 14 billion gallons of water. As Denver is growing though, there is a project to also raise Gross Reservoir another 131 feet by 2025. This will nearly triple the amount of water in Gross Reservoir, adding 25 billion gallons of capacity, allowing a total of roughly 39 billion gallons of water to be stored.
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Photo ID: 108201
Date Shot
Photo By
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 20 (MP 32.5, 458 ft)
Boulder County, CO
636
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
Just a few days before the official start of summer, the westbound Zephyr is briefly visible in the Tunnel District as it moves between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20.
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Photo ID: 108202
Date Shot
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Kevin Morgan
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Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2)
Arvada, CO
717
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific
UP is running their EC-4 test car west over the Moffat today. The test car has a lot of equipment onboard for monitoring and measuring the track. It can detect defects that need to be repaired, among other things. Several years ago, the EC-4 was self-propelled. When it broke down, rather than bother to repair it, UP now simply hauls around the system behind a unit and a flat car! On this trip, the test car is running through every single siding between Denver and Phippsburg on the Craig Branch.
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