Photo ID: 108505 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash Tabernash, CO 938 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A shortened westbound Zephyr, running without a baggage car or a transition sleeper, runs west on the main at Tabernash along the Fraser River. The Fraser River follows the tracks to Granby where it joins in with the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108504 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park Winter Park, CO 1007 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here at Winter Park, close to 9,000 feet above sea level, many of the trees have already shed their leaves for the winter. However, several are still hanging on and offer up a great a backdrop for the westbound Zephyr. This is the last Monday the Zephyr will run for the foreseeable future as Amtrak has chosen to change all long distance trains to run three days a week instead of daily! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108491 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1087 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr climbs up from Coal Creek Canyon toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. If Amtrak does not back off its plan to reduce service, then the Zephyr is going to go from a daily train to a thrice-weekly train starting in about two weeks. Time will tell if this is actually going to happen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108490 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 21, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1003 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Over the summer season, the Zephyr had been running with seven Superliners. That is 1-2 fewer than is typical in the summer season. Now, as we move in to the fall season, the Zephyr has been reduced to only six! The train had but a single coach car on it this morning, seen here climbing Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108486 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 962 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The tops of the mountains plow through some low hanging clouds as a fresh dusting of snow covers the ground and trees around Plainview. An early winter storm came through, putting down a few inches of snow on September 8 and 9! The coming forecasts shows ever flake of this snow will be gone within 48 hours as temperatures look to rise back in to the 80°Fs. Meanwhile, passengers on the Zephyr enjoy it all as they head west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108485 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1012 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Walking in a Winter Wonderland...in summer! Two weeks before the end of summer and the westbound Zephyr makes its way west through a few inches of snow after a very early winter storm the day before. The Zephyr is just about on time as today it is running as Train #1105 (instead of Train #5). It departed Denver two hours later than normal to accommodate UP maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108484 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1022 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a chilly, snowy....summer day!? Leave it Colorado to come up with crazy weather. In a 16 hour period earlier this week, the temperature dropped from 95°F to 32°F. Several inches of snow fell when there are still nearly two weeks left in summer. Not even fall yet and you get a unique scene like this. AMTK 145, the Phase III Heritage Unit, leads the Zephyr west out of Tunnel 1 toward Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108483 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1051 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is hard to believe that it is still technically summer! Winter blew in quite early this year, as several inches of snow fell the day before. It is still a chilly, overcast scene today as AMTK 145 leads the Zephyr west out of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108482 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Clay Arvada, CO 1103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I always try to get trackside when AMTK 145 is on the Zephyr! This heritage unit represents my personal favorite paint scheme of any Amtrak has had. This is the Phase III scheme which was used from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108466 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Fort Lupton Weld County, CO 1202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Less than an hour before sunset, the eastbound (rerouted) Zephyr is moving quickly at track speed on the Greeley Sub just north of Fort Lupton. A smoky atmosphere from wildfires burning to the west are adding to the colors during this "golden hour" before sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108465 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Fort Lupton Weld County, CO 1133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak As the sun sinks lower in the west sky, the shadows grow longer. A rerouted California Zephyr passes by fields of crops just north of Fort Lupton about 27 miles north of Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108462 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle (8,800ft) La Salle, CO 1078 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak This scene has something of an other worldly feel to it as a rerouted California Zephyr comes to a stop at the south end of La Salle in the siding. What you see in the sky obscuring a very red sun are not clouds, but rather smoke from one of three major wildfires currently burning in Colorado. This fire is the Cameron Peak fire which, as of this photos, has burned nearly 6,000 acres. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108461 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1052 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Now we are cooking! In true GE fashion, as the westbound Zephyr starts to accelerate, AMTK 180 belches out not only quite a bit of exhaust, but some pretty decent flames as well from the exhaust stack! GE units are notorious for doing this, although newer models seldom have this happen anymore. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108460 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1041 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak After the eastbound and westbound Zephyrs met here at Carr, the siding furthest to the north on UP's Greeley Subdivision, both trains continue on their way. In the distance is a trans-loading facility that was built within the last ten years or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108459 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 1306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak In the tiny town of Carr, CO, the dispatcher has set up a great meet between eastbound and westbound (rerouted) Zephyrs. It will prove to be a "rolling meet", meaning neither train will have to come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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