Photo ID: 113701 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 19 (MP 32.1, 1,059 ft) Boulder County, CO 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 82, sporting the Phase 7 paint scheme, leads the westbound Zephyr as it enters the Upper Tunnel District. The train has left Crescent behind, and is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 19. In the distance, the main part of the construction on the increasing height of the dam at Gross Reservoir is nearly complete. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has not run on the Rocky Spur in weeks (if not months) at this point. The old stop light that protects the grade crossing on Colorado Highway 72 is going to need to be widened as the highway is being widened to twice its previous width here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113703 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific As you can see, CO-72 is being widened here just east of the CO-93 intersection. The new asphalt has been laid on either siding of the grade crossing. But, as you can also see, the existing grade crossing (stop lights) are going to need to be widened in order to complete the widening. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113704 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-93 Arvada, CO 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A week before this shot was taken, CO-93 was closed right here for three days so crews could rebuild the grade crossing. This is the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead just up the grade a bit from Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113705 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A lot of construction has happened southeast of the CO-93/CO-72 intersection. The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead passes right through the middle of construction. The construction done to date has dealt with a retaining pond and leveling of the ground. Two new roads have also been built through the area. 92nd Lane has not yet had a grade crossing built across the lead, as seen in this shot, just south of CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113706 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 92nd Lane Arvada, CO 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The City of Arvada has built a new road, 92nd Lane, connecting CO-93 and CO-72 through a new area southeast of the actual intersection of the highways. As you can see, the grade crossing itself of 92nd Lane has not yet been built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113707 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 11 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Ironically enough, after getting a shot of the Zephyr this morning, I had planned to head back home as I didn't expect there to be anything else running on the Moffat. Much to my surprise, a westbound highballed Leyden, and I set up for a shot of this westbound BNSF oil empty with the standard six units on the head end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113708 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty has actually come to a stop on the main at the west end of Eisele (Clay). Union Pacific has some maintenance of way between Eisele (Clay) and Crescent, and the dispatcher has promised them time until 12:15pm. Consequently, the oil train will be stuck here for the next 45 minutes or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113709 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF oil train is pulling on the main between Tolland and East Portal after leaving the siding at Tolland. The train took the siding at Rollins, then continued to the siding at Tolland, and is finally going to head through the Moffat Tunnel after meeting zero trains! DS-378 put the train in at Rollins, expecting to meet the Canyon Spirit there. However, the Spirit was having mechanical issues, so the train moved up to Tolland. With the Spirit still having issues, the oil train got the signal to head through the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113710 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 11 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Every BNSF oil train that I can recall seeing on the Moffat runs with six units. Typically, six on the point for the westbound empty, and 3x3 (three on the point, three DPUs on the end). Today is no exception, with six units leading this westbound empty at East Portal, running along South Boulder Creek. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113711 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer This is one reason why it is worth riding the Canyon Spirit at some point! Hard to beat views like this. The Canyon Spirit just came through the Moffat Tunnel, under the Continental Divide. The train is returning to Denver after its second round trip run between Denver and Salt Lake City and back. The train is on the main track at East Portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113712 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS049 (East East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Canyon Spirit (Rocky Mountaineer) has both of its GP40-3s on the point of the of the eastbound train as it passes through by the east switch of East Portal, just over a mile east of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113713 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Gilpin County, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Canyon Spirit is not an "overnight train". That is to say, it does not include any sleeping cars. It is all coaches and a lounge car. Five of the cars have panoramic windows to run up to the roof. These are the coach cars where passengers spend their time. Of the four other passenger cars, one is the lounge car (available only with an upgrade), and the other three are crew cars, including kitchens for food prep, etc. Here, the train rolls east on the main track at Rollins. One final car...the very last car in this shot...is the "power car". It provide electrical power to the train as the GP40-3s do not have HEP (Head End Power). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113714 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 11 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Two gondolas sit in the house track at Cliff, possibly being used for the collection of used ties along the right-of-way after the months-long tie and ballast project from late 2025. It is also great seeing EMD spartan cabs on the main, with the Canyon Spirit rolling east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113715 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Boulder County, CO 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer I could not have asked for a better day for getting some shots along the Moffat. Barely a cloud in the sky and temperatures right around 55°F (13°C) as the Canyon Spirit rolls by on the main at Cliff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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