Photo ID: 110509 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it heads west on the main at Rocky. BNSF's Provo-Denver is in the siding and the crew just finished tying down the train. Handbrakes have been set on 25 cars, and the crew is now waiting for a crew van to pick them up. Not the Rocky Spur, climbing up an 8% grade, to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110510 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is climbing it way west out of Rocky. The trees have brand new leaves and the area has really greened up here at the midway point in May. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110511 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 180 throttles up and kicks up some exhaust as the train makes its way up the 2% grade on the north edge of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110512 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Partly cloudy skies have shadows floating across the landscape as the westbound Zephyr climbs up toward Big Ten Curve. It has been a bit of a chilly spring, but things are warming up. It is a very pleasant 55°F this mid-May morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110513 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The hoppers on the inside of Big Ten Curve, that serve as a wind break, have definitely become the victim of graffiti in recent years. Passengers on the westbound Zephyr will be able to look out to the hoppers on the right side, or over to the great plains out the left side. You can see the west end of Eisele (Clay), as well as Tunnel 1, in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110514 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A very long (roughly 6,400 feet) BNSF Provo-Denver has just tied down in the siding. The train was originally going to tie down at Cliff, but was too long for the siding. So it continued down to Rocky. Unfortunately, the crew van was not notified of the change and is waiting up at Cliff. The van has now been informed and is on its way to Rocky. Meanwhile, the Zephyr heads north on the main at Eisele (Clay) in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110515 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer makes its way around Big Ten Curve, rolling slow due to a 10 MPH slow order. In the background, you can see an eastbound BNSF manifest (with a KCSM unit third out) tied down in the siding in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110516 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer It seems that the issues that have plagued the Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s the last two seasons have largely been resolved. It is great to see them running on the point of the train, paint schemes nicely matched to the cars. The train is westbound on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110517 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8021 and RMRX 8020, leading the westbound Rocky Mountaineer "Rockies to the Red Rocks", throttle up on the climb up the roughly 2% grade from the base of Coal Creek Canyon to Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.