Photo ID: 108845 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is just a few minutes late as it passes by an Approach (yellow over red) signal at the east end of Eisele (Clay). The train, which has pretty consistently been seven Superliners since Amtrak went back to its daily schedule, will meet an eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver here and then pass a BNSF Denver-Provo at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108844 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 710 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After climbing up and around Big Ten Loop, the Zephyr is now moving northwest (geographically) after having been moving southeast just minute earlier. The train is looking at an Approach (yellow) signal at east Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108843 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 756 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Rocky, the westbound Zephyr is climbing up toward Big Ten Loop. Within just a few minutes, the train will be headed the opposite direction on the track higher up in the shot. The Zephyr is also rolling very slow at 10 MPH as there is a slow order around Big Ten Loop due to high winds on this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108838 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Winter Park, CO 776 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Barely five miles east of Fraser and the scenery has changed from wet to snow! The eastbound Zephyr is about to plunge in to the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel. While the snow at Winter Park is not deep enough to accommodate skiers just yet, more snow is definitely in the forecast and it shouldn't be long before a new ski season kicks off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108837 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With its stop at Fraser nearly complete, passengers on the platform make their way back toward their cars to load up and continue the journey. Next stop to the east will be Denver Union Station! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108836 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 833 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While stop at the station in Fraser, a few passengers briefly pop off the train to stretch their legs and enjoy the cool (and damp) scenery 8,500 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108835 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr slows to a stop on the main at Fraser for its scheduled station stop. The Zephyr often will hold here for 10-15 minutes to give passengers a chance to stretch their legs. However, running a bit behind schedule, the train will keep its stop to just five minutes this evening. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108834 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Granby Grand County, CO 838 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting a few shots of the Zephyr going in to Gore Canyon, it was a bit tricky catching up with him again! I could have gotten a shot in Byers Canyon, but it was raining pretty hard there and, after shooting the westbound Zephyr there earlier in the day, I opted to just get ahead and get a shot here, west of Granby. Definitely need to come up a little earlier in the season next year and get a shot of those fall colors! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108833 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 705 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr rolls east through what is arguably the most amazing canyon between Denver and Glenwood Springs: Gore Canyon. The canyon is inaccessible by car and shots from inside the canyon are rare. Drone technology does help out a bit though, as we can see Tunnels 37 and 36 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108832 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Even if you are experienced with the Moffat Tunnel Sub, it may take a second to recognize the location of this shot as it is from a different perspective. The eastbound Zephyr is just entering the west end of Gore Canyon. Just barely visible at the back end of the S-Curve is Tunnel 38. The slope on the other side of the Colorado River in the background leads up to Inspiration Point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108831 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Azure Grand County, CO 681 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the east switch of Azure, the eastbound Zephyr has seven Superliners in tow as it tries to make up a little bit of lost time, currently running about 90 minutes behind schedule. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108830 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 803 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak When both Zephyrs are running on time, it is quite common for them to meet at the siding of Range on the Dotsero Cutoff. On this November day, both Zephyrs were actually running about 90 minutes late, leading to the same result of a meet at Range. The meet was very well timed and turned out to be a "rolling meet". Neither Zephyr had to come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108829 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 149.6 Eagle County, CO 790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I have wanted to get a shot of a westbound crossing this bridge here between Dell and Range for quite some time. Alas, Amtrak was close enough to me that I did not have time to set up for the perspective I wanted. However, still a great location amongst the red rocks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108828 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony Eagle County, CO 808 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Rolling west on the main at Yarmony, passengers on the Zephyr likely are enjoying the colorful shrubs along the banks of the Colorado River. The siding of Yarmony has changed a lot in the last two decades. It used to be one of the shortest sidings between Denver and Bond. A derailment in the early 2000s took out the west switch of the siding. And UP left the west switch out of service for years afterward, until finally extending the siding to the west and moving the east switch to the west as well. The result is now one of the longer siding with concrete ties throughout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108827 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 38 Grand County, CO 738 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr emerges from the 100-foot-long Tunnel 38 as seen from "Inspiration Point". Just around the bend, the Zephyr has a clear signal at the east switch of Azure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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