Photo ID: 113448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak This morning, the westbound California Zephyr showed up in Denver with equipment for the Winter Park Express! The train backed into Track 4 and dropped off the passenger cars (and baggage car) of the Zephyr. Here, the first two P42DCs are the power for the Zephyr. The second two and the five Superliners behind are the Winter Park Express. The Winter Park Express will be set out on Track 5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113449 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When pulling out of Track 4 to move the Winter Park Express equipment over to Track 5, the derail out of Union Station was not aligned. One of the engineer's from AMTK 199 is on the ground and will hand-throw the derail. An RTD N-Line train is arriving Union Station to the left as a G-Line train is arriving to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113450 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak It's not too often you see a quartet of P42DCs on the Zephyr! In truth, only the first two P42s here are the power for the Zephyr. The train departed Chicago yesterday with the equipment for the Winter Park Express. The last two P42s and the five Superliner beyond are all equipment for the Winter Park Express, which starts running next Friday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Crew on the inbound California Zephyr make a reverse move to position the Winter Park Equipment on Track 5 here at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113452 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak is spotting the Winter Park Express on Track 5 here at Union Station. The train starts running next Friday on December 19th. After positioning the equipment on Track 5, the lead two P42DCs will move back over to Track 4 to pick up the Zephyr to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113453 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A few Amtrak crew members watch as the Winter Park Express equipment is set out on Track 5. The train will start running on December 19th with five Superliners (four coaches with a lounge car in the middle). In January, two more coaches will be added to the train. You can see the westbound Zephyr sitting on Track 4 to the left. After positioning the Winter Park Express on Track 5, the two lead P42DCs will move back over to Track 4 to pick up the Zephyr for the trip west to California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113454 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific An unexpected train came west on the Limon Sub on this Sunday morning. Two nuclear casks were being moved by a single CSX ES44AH, seen here crossing Kiowa Creek near Bennett. The nuclear casks are used to transport radioactive material safely by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113455 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) DODX A Department of Defense caboose, which is really a bit of a mobile command center, is on the back of a train transporting used nuclear material. The crew aboard monitors as well as safeguards the nuclear material during transport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113456 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Mesa Adams County, CO 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 798 rolls west on the main track between Bennett and Watkins. This special train is limited to a max speed of 45 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113457 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers to Mesa Adams County, CO 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Just west of the small town of Watkins, this special westbound (with a sole CSX leader) crosses a short trestle on the trip. Once arriving Denver, the crew will be relieved and a new crew will take the train north on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113458 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Ulster Street Denver, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific CSX 798 has slowed to a stop on Main 2 just shy of Ulster Street. Shortly, the train will continue west and then head north on the Greeley Sub, where it will stop near Sand Creek to wait for a fresh crew to continue north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113459 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific The final Limon Local to run on a Sunday is being put together in the Stapleton Yard. 21 cars are ready to head east to Limon to be set out for the KYLE. Moving forward, the Limon Local will still run on Wednesdays. But the MNYSG will handle setting out cars in Limon as well, reducing the need for the local to run as frequently. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113460 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific At this time of year, when the sun is far to the south, there is some nice lighting along the KP, including here at the Stapleton Yard where the Limon Local is getting ready to head east. Off in the distance, there is very little snow on the peaks of the Colorado Rockies as the fall has been very temperate this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113461 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine to Brighton Adams County, CO 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CSX, Union Pacific Just south of the E-470 overpass, a sole CSX ES44AH leads a special train north on the Greeley Sub. The two curious looking cars on this train are carrying radioactive nuclear material. The casks allow the material to be safely transported by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113462 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley La Salle, CO 30 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) CSX, Union Pacific We are only a week away from the shortest day of the year, so the sun is setting mighty early! With roughly 30 minutes left before the sun dips behind the Rocky Mountains, a northbound special crosses the South Platte River between La Salle and Greeley. The UP train, with a CSX visitor from the east, is a special nuclear cask train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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