Photo ID: 110598 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Union Pacific has a daily slow order around Big Ten Curve between 10am and 6pm due to high heat and the concern of sun kinks. Since that 10 MPH slow order went in to effect 20 minutes earlier, the Zephyr is slow climbing up the north leg of Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110597 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As we move closer to July, the green in the landscape along the Front Range is starting to fade back toward the brownish color that it is most of the year. The Zephyr, with Phase 5 AMTK 76 and Phase 7 AMTK 174 has a baggage car and the standard seven Superliners in tow just west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110596 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr lost about an hour between Lincoln, NE and Hastings, NE. The train made up a bit of that time east of Denver, but was still about 50 minutes late departing west out of Denver. Here, the Denver skyline stands in the haze on this summer morning as the train departs west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110583 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A couple of unusual things to note about the westbound Zephyr in this shot on Father's Day morning. First, the lead unit is P40DC #824. Now, technically, this unit has been rebuilt to P42DC standards, but the number makes it a bit unusual as not many (ex) P40DCs are still running on Amtrak's roster. The second oddity is the lack of a baggage car. Interestingly, the is actually the norm for the Southwest Chief to run without a baggage car, but that is far less common with the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110582 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street (MP 11.16) Arvada, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is between Simms Street and 80th avenue, running right on time, on a beautiful Father's Day morning. The Denver skyline stands tall in the distance and you can see that the ditch lights are oscillating on the lead unit, horn blowing for the 80th Avenue crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110581 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr passes in and out of the relatively short (214-foot-long) Tunnel 7 in the Tunnel District. Just ahead at Tunnel 8, the train will make a sharp turn to the left, taking it into the Rocky Mountains on it journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110580 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Arvada, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has quite the colorful consist on it this morning, sporting the "Pepsi Can" scheme (a variant on Phase 3) and a Phase 7. The train is in the Tunnel District, though still able to see the front range as it heads geographically north, and moves between Tunnels 3 and 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110579 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has slowed down quite a bit as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Plain, ready to head into Tunnel 2 and the start of the Tunnel District. The west switch of Plain is also a check point for the Zephyr, and if you have your scanner with you, you can hear the crew call out "check point". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110578 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is an unusually humid morning along the Front Range with overcast skies and the threat of severe thunderstorms later on. Meanwhile, AMTK 160 and AMTK 174 lead the Zephyr west toward Rainbow Cut on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110577 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has quite the colorful consist this morning, with AMTK 160 in the Phase 3 variant often known as the "Pepsi Can" scheme and AMTK 174 in Phase 7 leading the train at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110570 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Patrick Henry Creative Production cars Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry bring up the tail end of the westbound Zephyr just east of the east end of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110569 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Evelyn Henry and Warren Henry private cars (part of the Patrick Henry collection) head west on the tail end of the Zephyr just west of the west portal of Tunnel 1. These same two cars actually made an appearance on the back of #5 on this same Thursday exactly one year ago (June 15, 2023). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110568 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of Patrick Henry private cars (the Evelyn A. Henry and Warren R. Henry) are bringing up the tail end of the westbound Zephyr this morning. These are probably the two most common private cars to appear on the Zephyr in recent years. Amtrak greatly increased their fees for hauling private cars, and imposed many restrictions on where they could be picked up or dropped off. That has led to a significant decrease in private cars making appearances on Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110567 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is rolling west through the S-Curves at Blue Mountain Drive, running right on time. There are two private cars on the end of the train that were added during the station stop in Denver. Picking up or dropping off private cars can often lead to a delay in departure, but not this morning! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110555 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 20 (MP 32.5, 458 ft) Boulder County, CO 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is in the Upper Tunnel District, currently between Tunnel 19 and Tunnel 20, climbing west toward the peak of the climb at the Moffat Tunnel, another (roughly) 17 miles to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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