Photo ID: 108283 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MGJNY makes a very early morning descent around Big Ten. The train was traditionally being called at 10pm in Grand Junction. However, UP has changed that and now the train is called as soon as the MNYGJ arrives. This means its arrival in Denver will likely be early morning or even pre-sunrise. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108284 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 712 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A monster MGJNY wraps around Big Ten Loop on the approach to Rocky. A ton of center beams were pulled out of storage and are being moved back to Denver. The empty center beams are clearly visible coming through Eisele (Clay) and heading toward Big Ten. All of the center beams were on the rear of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108285 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 703 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This is one of the longest trains you're likely to see on the Moffat. The MGJNY has 134 cars and is 9,188 feet long. It is long enough that the head of the train has knocked down the signal at west Rocky while the tail end of the train has not yet left the block at Eisele (Clay)! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108286 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 895 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The head end of the MGJNY is nearly halfway through Rocky as the tail end of the train still coming around Big Ten Loop. The train is 9,188 feet long and has 134 cars. 114 of the cars on the train are empty, so the train is relatively light. Three units on the point and a single mid-train DPU are sufficient power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108287 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 714 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun is ducking behind some early morning clouds as the MGJNY heads east at Arvada. The train is on Main 2 and is actually long enough that it is currently blocking Lamar Street, Pierce Street, (crossing) Wadsworth Bypass, Olde Wadsworth Blvd, and Carr Street. Fortunately for motorists, the train is still on the move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108288 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 728 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The MGJNY passes by the old water tower on the North Yard Siding, making its final approach in to North Yard. If you follow the train back through the frame, you can see just how far it extends to the west as the train is over 9,100 feet in length today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108289 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 721 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MGJNY passes underneath on of the few-remaining Rio Grande signal bridges to be found in 2020. This is right at Utah Junction and the train is entering in to North Yard off of the North Yard Siding. The overnight trip from Grand Junction is almost complete. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108290 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 774 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This shot really shows the interesting layout of the track at Utah Junction. This MGJNY is coming in to the yard from the North Yard siding. Alongside the train is the Moffat mainline that continues down to Fox Jct and Prospect Jct. The Belt Industrial Lead crosses the main and also the BNSF main to the right side of the image. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108291 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look from above the MGJNY as it stops to align some switches in the yard at North Yard. The train is sitting on the North Yard siding, underneath one of the last-remaining Rio Grande signal bridges. If you are wondering why there are only two sets of signals, yet three tracks crossing under the bridge, it is because the track to the right of the train is not signaled. It is the North Yard Lead and the dispatcher cannot see that track on his or her display. Only the track the train is on (the siding) and the track to the left (the main) are visible to the dispatcher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108292 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is currently stopped on Track 4 at Union Station, making its morning stop. It is just waiting on a signal from the RTD dispatcher in order to depart and head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108293 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 857 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak With its station stop at Denver complete, the Zephyr starts to pull away from the station in Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) on Track 4. The tracks to the left of the train are RTD commuter rail tracks out to Denver International Airport (the A-Line) and the north line (the N-Line). The tracks to the right are RTD commuter rail tracks out to Arvada and Westminster (the B-Line and G-Line). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108294 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak As the Zephyr pulls out of Denver Union Station to leave the urban setting behind, it passes by the player parking lot of Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies play when at home. This is a scene that has changed drastically in the last two decades. Most of the buildings visible in the immediate area behind the train did not exist in 2000. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108295 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada CO 729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Barbara's Gulch, the Zephyr approaches a clear signal at the east end of Rocky. The train got briefly delayed at Utah Junction as UP has a train coming out on the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108296 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr climbs its way up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon, getting ready to enter in to the east portal of Tunnel 1. You can see where CO-72 passes underneath the track and heads west up Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108297 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 872 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr passes through the first of many tunnels both in the Tunnel District, and overall in Colorado and points west. Tunnel 1 is about 366 feet long, so the head end easily emerges out of the west portal while the tail end Superliners have yet to enter the east portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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