Photo ID: 108319 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS058 (West Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 1023 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 184, the Phase IV Heritage Unit, leads the westbound Zephyr out of the west switch of Winter Park on a crystal clear morning in the Colorado Rockies. US-40 is the highway to the left, which comes over the Continental Divide via Berthoud Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108318 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1002 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Seconds before the sun completely dips behind the Rockies to the west, the eastbound Zephyr knocks down an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at the east end of Leyden. After a two hour delay at East Portal, the crew is doing what they can to make up time and get passenger in to Denver and points east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108315 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Tolland Gilpin County, CO 1020 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is getting low and is getting somewhat obscured by clouds, casting some crazy shadows as the Zephyr rolls east across South Boulder Creek just east of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108314 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 951 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rolls slowly through the siding at East Portal (to the left) as the eastbound Zephyr sits waiting on the main (to the right). The westbound Zephyr will stop very briefly to hand something off to the conductor on the eastbound Zephyr. Meanwhile, DS-78 is working on getting a clear signal for the Zephyr east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108313 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 1020 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is a shot that you don't come across too often! The Zephyrs are meeting at East Portal, just a mile or so east of the Moffat Tunnel. Typically, the Zephyrs meet about 100 miles to the west. However, a broken UP coal train delayed the westbound Zephyr by about 9 hours and the eastbound Zephyr by about 2 hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108312 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr sits idle on the mainline at East Portal two minutes after its scheduled arrival time in Denver. The train has been stuck here for nearly two hours due to a coal train that broke down at Rollins 13 hours earlier. It took a long time to get the coal train back together. That has finally happened, however, and the Zephyr is now waiting for its counterpart, making its way west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108304 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Clouds are building and a storm is starting to form on the evening of the 4th of July. The eastbound Zephyr is about to knock down a clear signal at the west end of Leyden, crossing over Indiana Street. The skyline of downtown Denver is visible above the train, now about 13 miles away to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108303 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1089 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is approaching a 40 MPH slow order near Leyden underneath some stormy skies and clouds with Rocky Mountains basking in the light of a still-clear sky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108302 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1526 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A major afternoon storm is developing over the eastern plains on the 4th of July as the eastbound Zephyr wraps around the base of Coal Creek Canyon, crossing over CO-72 between Tunnel 1 and the Blue Mountain Road grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108301 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Gilpin County, CO 1157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr passes by the seldom-used wye that still exists at East Portal just east of the Moffat Tunnel. The east leg of the wye (right side of the wye) used to be part of the mainline that ran up and over Rollins Pass. Once the Moffat Tunnel was completed and opened, the old mainline was torn out and just this leg of the wye remains from the portion that ran over Rollins Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108300 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS050 (West East Portal) Gilpin County, CO 1318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr emerges from the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and heads down the main track at East Portal, which is the name of the block (and siding). We are close to 9,200 feet above sea level here, the highest mainline on any Class 1 railroad, the highest elevation Amtrak reaches anywhere in the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108299 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 954 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From above the tracks, we look at the Zephyr rounding the bend toward Plain. The first half of Plain is straight as an arrow, stretching from the east switch to Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108298 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 947 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr climbs west out of Tunnel 1 and toward the east switch of Plain. The Zephyr has seven Superliners on it today, which has become the normal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At least, for now, Amtrak is still running. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108297 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 1160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr passes through the first of many tunnels both in the Tunnel District, and overall in Colorado and points west. Tunnel 1 is about 366 feet long, so the head end easily emerges out of the west portal while the tail end Superliners have yet to enter the east portal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108296 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 4, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 916 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr climbs its way up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon, getting ready to enter in to the east portal of Tunnel 1. You can see where CO-72 passes underneath the track and heads west up Coal Creek Canyon. 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