Photo ID: 110406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's westbound Beer Run descends the grade toward the upper yard at Coors in Golden. The train is paralleling Farmer's Highline Canal. This canal branches off from Clear Creek not far behind the camera and runs all through Golden, Arvada, and Westminster. It actually crosses underneath UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub just east of Simms Street! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 8549 pulls into one of the storage tracks just east of the east yard in Golden. The train has about 20 cars in tow that will be dropped off in this track. The Golden Switch will handle switching them out and delivering them to their customers in the coming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about 10 minutes behind schedule, the eastbound Zephyr pops out of Tunnel 1, descending down the 2% grade toward the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the eastbound Zephyr crosses over CO-72, finding a pocket of sunlight in and area of building clouds that has the foreground entirely engulfed in shadow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Partly cloud skies result in a patchwork of shadows being cast around the area of Blue Mountain Drive. The head end of the eastbound Zephyr is in the sunlight while most of the rest of the train is still cast in shadows. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It's always great to get a bit deeper into Spring, it is always great to have late running later in the day, allowing for some daylight shots of the eastbound Zephyr as it descends toward Denver. Here, running almost exactly on time, the eastbound Zephyr rolls through the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110412 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 54 and AMTK 147 lead the eastbound Zephyr along the south edge of Big Ten Loop. The open hoppers that serve as a wind break are just out of the frame to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110413 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The terrain around Big Ten is really starting to green up here at the halfway point through April as we get a bit deeper in to Spring. The evening eastbound Zephyr descends down the grade from Big Ten Loop toward a clear (green) signal at the west end of Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110414 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west switch of Rocky, the eastbound Zephyr is reaching the end of a 15 MPH slow order that has been in effect (off and on) since Cliff. The train, moving in and out of partly cloudy shadows, is one has become the standard consist these days, including seven Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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