Photo ID: 112565 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr heads out of Union Station, three RTD commuter rail trains are on the roll. On the far left, an A-Line train from Denver International Airport approaches Union Station. It is meeting an N-Line train that is headed out toward Thornton. On the right, above the Zephyr, a G-Line train is arriving from Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112564 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Denver Union Station is just a couple blocks away from Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. In this shot, as the westbound Zephyr is departing from Track 4, the train passes by the stadium. From this vantage point, you can see the grounds crew working on the infield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112563 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Starting this season, the Rocky Mountaineer is actually loading and unloading passengers on Track 5 at Union Station. Here, the westbound Zephyr is on Track 4, nearly ready to depart. The Rocky Mountaineer is running a few minutes late, but is getting ready to depart as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112562 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Tunnel 1, the morning Zephyr is running about 45 minutes late. You can see Canyon Pines Drive, the road that accesses the new Arvada neighborhood of Canyon Pines. The neighborhood will have custom home builds, but several years into the project, no houses have actually popped up just yet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112561 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal Tunnel 1 above CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. When the Denver and Salt Lake (or, at the time, the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific) first started investigating routes to head west through The Rockies, Coal Creek Canyon was one of the routes surveyed. The route would have necessitated a 2-3 mile long tunnel. As such, the route along the Front Range and South Boulder Canyon, through the Tunnel District, was chosen instead. Today, of course, CO-72 heads west up Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112560 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This spring has been quite a bit cooler in the Denver area than the average area, and it certainly has been a wetter spring than on average. In May, 3.9" of rain fell in Arvada, nearly double the average of 2.2" for the month. The result has been the greening up of the area. The valley here at Blue Mountain Drive looks fantastic and alive as the morning Zephyr heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112559 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since COVID in 2020, the Zephyr has pretty consistently been running with a baggage car and seven Superliners. A few weeks ago, a third coach started appearing on the Zephyr, increasing the length of the train to eight Superliners. On this particular morning, as the Zephyr heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay), the train is a bit longer with nine Superliners in tow. Granted, the very last car is a sleeper that is just deadheading out to California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112558 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 51 and AMTK 14 lead the westbound Zephyr by the recent construction site on Big Ten, where Union Pacific spent a few weeks putting new rock down to reinforce the grade here on the north end of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112557 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After several weeks of overcast, gloomy morning, there isn't a cloud in the sky as the Zephyr departs the west end of Rocky, starting the climb up Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112545 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is on the main at the south end of North Yard, alongside a lot of double stack containers in BNSF's Rennicks Yard. One of several thunderstorms has moved east and is continuing to drop a lot of rain on the eastern plains. The train is approaching an approach signal at Fox Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112544 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A massive summer thunderstorm has passed through the area and is moving out onto the eastern plains. The sun is breaking through the clouds to the left, offering some great storm lighting as the eastbound Zephyr passes alongside North Yard and Rennicks, just about 15 minutes away from its station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112543 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr departed Fraser almost an hour late, but made up about 45 minutes on the trip down the Moffat. Here, it is on the main, coming by North Yard (UP) and Rennicks (BNSF). Tracks 1-5 are all empty of cars this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112524 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the increased costs of transporting private passenger cars on Amtrak trains, it has become far less common for private cars to appear on the end of the Zephyr. However, on this evening, private cars "Colonial Crafts" and "NYC-3", the first in a Pennsylvania railroad scheme, and the second in a New York Central scheme, ride along on the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112523 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The privately owned Pullman-built Pennsylvania car "Colonial Crafts" and Budd-built New York Central car "NYC-3" are both hitching a ride on the end of the eastbound California Zephyr as the train passes near the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr passes by at Blue Mountain Drive, the engineer opens the window and gives a friendly wave to the camera as it passes on by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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