Photo ID: 110607 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is coming through Little Ten Curve toward the west end of Rocky. Until the mid-1980s, the west end of Rocky was actually located right near the end of the Zephyr in this shot. Rio Grande extended the siding west through Little Ten Curve to accommodate longer trains...mainly coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110608 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Climbing out of the west end of Rocky, the Zephyr has a private car on the tail end. The private car Bella Vista is catching a ride on the train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110609 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 18 and AMKT 157 are the power on the westbound Zephyr this morning. The train is running on time, although losing a little bit of time as UP has a 10 MPH slow order out and around Big Ten. So the train is slowly making its way up and around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110610 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is shining and it is a beautiful morning as the Zephyr makes its way around Big Ten Curve. The train is passing by the open hoppers serving as a wind break on the inside the curve. Those hoppers have endured a lot of graffiti over the last few decades. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110611 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr heads along the straight south edge of Big Ten Curve, we observe the private car Bella Vista, catching a ride on the back of Amtrak this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110612 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The south edge of Big Ten Curve is not actually a curve at all! There is a straight stretch of track that is about 1,500 feet long between the east edge of Big Ten (by the wind break hoppers) and the curve that heads in to Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110613 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There are a lot of bushes and trees near the west end of Eisele (Clay), which means this spot always make for a really nice picture. Here, the westbound Zephyr just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the west end and is continuing west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110614 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the hotbox detector at MP 22.6, we find the Bella Vista a private dome car, hitching a ride on the tail end of the westbound Zephyr. Coal Creek Canyon runs up through the mountains in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110615 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr just emerged from the first of the 28 tunnels between Denver and the Moffat Tunnel. Amtrak has increased the pricing for hauling private cars and also reduced the number of stations from which they are willing to pick up or drop off the cars. As a result, private cars have become something of a rarity on the Zephyr. This morning, however, the Bella Vista dome car did indeed show up on the journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110616 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Arvada, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers on the Zephyr, and on the private car Bella Vista, can look out and observe major construction project on the Gross Reservoir dam. The dam is being raised by nearly 200 feet, and will triple the capacity of the reservoir. The reservoir is one of the primary sources of drinking water for Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.