Photo ID: 112152 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, with the Denver skyline in the distance, is coming around the south edge of Big Ten. On this particular morning, the FRA has one of their inspection cars, DOTX 221 on the train behind the power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112153 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr has come to a stop, facing a double red signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). There is a track occupancy on the main track between switches at Eisele, so DS-380 is going to need to flag the Zephyr by signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112154 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 11 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Grabbing a quick roster shot of AMTK 179 as the paint scheme actually looks quite good (and quite clean). In the distance, a BNSF oil train is tied down in the siding at Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112155 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) DOTX A look at one of the Federal Railroad Administration's inspection cars, DOTX 221, as it sits behind the power and ahead of the baggage car on the westbound California Zephyr. The FRA has a couple of inspection cars that are often sent out to inspect the rails all across the United States. These cars are sometimes on Amtrak, and sometimes just on freight trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112156 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 199, leading the California Zephyr, has come to a stop just east of Eisele (Clay). As you can see in this shot, the Zephyr is looking at a double red signal at the east end. There is an erroneous track occupancy between switches on the main ahead, and DS-380 is going to give the Zephyr authority to pass the red signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112157 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After receiving authority, via PTC, to proceed past a red signal, AMTK 199 is throttling up so the train can continue at restricted speed on the main. Note the FRA inspection car (DOTX 221), directly behind the power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112158 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is slowly making its way west at restricted speed on the main at Eisele (Clay), after getting flagged by a red signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112159 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After proceeding through Eisele (Clay) on the main at restricted speed, due to an erroneous track occupancy, the Zephyr is accelerating now that it is back on a green signal. FRA inspection car DOTX 221 is in tow this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112160 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On an overcast and rather gloomy morning, the westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The FRA has an inspection car (DOTX 221) on the train this morning, checking out the rails as the train proceeds on its way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112161 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of units lead an eastbound BNSF oil train. The train arrived Rocky roughly 12 hours ago. It was tied down and the train has been waiting for a fresh crew since then. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112162 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Whenever a train is tied down in a siding along the mainline, a derail is always set. As you can see here, a derail does exactly what it sounds like. It is intentionally causes the train to derail. Should something fail, resulting in the train rolling without a crew, it will derail here, on the siding, before it can roll out onto the main, possibly striking another train, or derailing in a populated area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112163 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is one of the more interesting covered hoppers you might come across. It looks like a box car that was modified to be a covered hopper. Regardless, on this particular day, it is serving as a buffer car between the head end power and the loaded oil train behind it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112164 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After six months of being tied down in the siding at Leyden, 41 gondolas are about to be taken back to Denver by the West Local. The conductor is adding the EOT (End Of Train) device to the end of the string of gondolas. The power for the local is waiting on the main. Note the rust that has gathered on the siding after six months of not being used. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112165 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A GP40N and a GP38N are power on the West Local. This is the first time the West Local has been called in months, save for about a week ago when it came out and picked up half the gondolas being stored at Leyden. Today, it has again been called to come out to Leyden and pick up the 41 remaining gondolas still tied down in storage at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112166 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The crew on the West Local is waiting patiently for DS-378 to throw the switch and flag them past a red signal into the siding at Leyden, against a strand of 41 gondolas in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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