Photo ID: 108458 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Carr, CO 1628 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr crosses over Lone Tree Creek and is coming up to an Approach (yellow over red) signal at the north end of Carr. The westbound Zephyr is just entering the siding of Carr at the south end. Both Zephyrs are being rerouted through Wyoming due to a wildfire that has the tracks through Glenwood Canyon closed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108457 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1022 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Having just passed underneath I-25, the California Zephyr is now rolling south on the Greeley Sub. In a moment, it will pass underneath Terry Ranch Road on its journey south toward Colorado and Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108456 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Speer Jct Laramie County, WY 1101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Just around the corner from Speer Jct, AMTK 15 and AMTK 134 lead a rerouted California Zephyr south on the Greeley Sub toward Denver. The famous old water tower at Speer Jct is visible in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108455 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W098 (Speer Junction) Laramie County, WY 1044 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak At the very north end of the Greeley Sub (at Speer Jct), the eastbound California Zephyr crosses over BNSF's Front Range Subdivision as the Zephyr begins the final leg of its detour route between Salt Lake City and Denver. Both UP and BNSF have lines between Denver and Cheyenne. Here at Speer Jct is where they happen to cross one another at a grade separation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108454 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Speer Laramie County, WY 979 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Amtrak Just west of Speer Jct, a rerouted eastbound California Zephyr sits stopped, waiting on Main 3. A new UP engineer just got on board the train and are preparing to depart for the Greeley Sub south to Denver. There is an Amtrak crew on board, but a UP "pilot" engineer is needed to ride with the Amtrak engineers as they are not as familiar with the route. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108453 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Granite Laramie County, WY 950 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Amtrak The crew on this westbound UP intermodal train get to see something they likely are not particularly used to see, and quite possibly were not expecting as a rerouted California Zephyr comes toward them on Main 2. The Zephyr is being detoured through Wyoming due to a wildfire in Colorado that has the tracks closed near Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108451 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Laramie Albany County, WY 1080 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr crosses over Laramie River on Main 2 just west (geographically north) of Laramie, WY. The Grizzly Creek wildfire in Glenwood Canyon has closed UP's Glenwood Springs Sub and, as a result, the Zephyr is being detoured through Wyoming between Salt Lake City and Denver. Interestingly, this is the same train set that I rode in just six days early on a return trip from Glenwood Springs to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108450 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) Evans, CO 998 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak Most Friday afternoon commuters on US-85 are likely unaware and indifferent to the rather unique occurrence of the California Zephyr cruising north on the Greeley Sub through Evans and toward Greeley. A bit of a rare treat for passengers aboard the Zephyr as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108449 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Evans (MP 48.3) Evans, CO 1471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak This might just turn out to be one of my favorite shots of 2020! An opportunity to get a shot like this does not happen often for a few reasons. First, the Zephyr is detouring through Wyoming and is crossing the South Platte River along US-85 on the south edge of Evans, CO. That alone is rare enough. Adding to that, however, is the fact that the Zephyr departed Denver at 3:30pm rather than its normal time of 8:05am, setting up for the great evening light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108448 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of La Salle La Salle, CO 1023 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak If you are familiar with the California Zephyr and Colorado, that still may not help you in trying to determine the location of this shot! The Zephyr is just north of La Salle on UP's Greeley Sub. The train is detouring through Wyoming due to the closure of UP's Glenwood Springs Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108447 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 1096 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak East meets west...actually, make that north meets south as we are in Platteville, CO for a very rare meeting location of the two California Zephyrs. The Grizzly Creek wildfire in Glenwood Canyon has the tracks closed, so the Zephyrs are detouring through Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108446 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 1130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has come to a stop in the siding at Platteville while waiting for the eastbound Zephyr. Amtrak has run regularly on the Greeley Sub at varying points in history. The San Francisco Zephyr ran here from 1971 to 1983 until Rio Grande stopped the Rio Grande Zephyr. Then, the California Zephyr started again and Amtrak left the (now) Greeley Sub. However, it returned in 1991 when Amtrak's Pioneer terminus was changed from Salt Lake City to Denver. Another change came two years later in 1993 when the Pioneer was reduced to a thrice-weekly train. Then, in 1997, the Pioneer was eliminated entirely, ending regular Amtrak train on the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108445 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 1275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is currently northbound in the siding at Platteville, passing by some Swift trailers parked nearby. A wildfire in Glenwood Canyon has closed the tracks and, consequently, the Zephyr is being rerouted through Wyoming between Denver and Salt Lake City. The train will meet its counterpart here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108436 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 189 has been the trailing unit on the Zephyr for the past few weeks, but it looks like Amtrak did some shuffling around in Chicago as the "Big Game" unti is now on the point, leading the train west. Engines seem to stay on the same long distance train, in general, for 4-6 round trips before being rotated off. That's not any kind of hard-and-fast rule, just seems to be the normal based on general observation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108435 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 992 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr...which is currently the late morning Zephyr, running as #1105 instead of #5, wraps around 180°+ turn of Big Ten Curve. Alas, all of the hoppers on the inside of the curve, which serve as a wind break, are covered in graffiti. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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