Photo ID: 107105 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Power for Amtrak Superliner is provided through "Head End Power", or "HEP". The trailing P42DC will throttle up and donate a portion of the electricity generated to power the train. After running around the train at Fraser, the conductor on the Winter Park Express is now hooking up the cables for the Head End Power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107104 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak That'll do! Amtrak P42DC #193, which led the Winter Park Express west, has now hooked on to the train and will be the trailing unit for the journey east today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107103 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1468 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Two conductors, one on the ground and one in the back door of the Superliner, watch as the engineer on the Winter Park Express slows to hook on to the east end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107102 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1469 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The power for the Winter Park Express has been flagged past a red signal at the east end of Fraser and is now (slowly) making it way back toward the eight Superliners of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107101 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1612 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The power for the Winter Park Express is next to the Winter Park Express! Since the wye at Tabernash is out of service, the crew has to take the power off the west end of the train in the siding, run around the train, and attach the power to the east end of the train. AMTK 156, the Heritage 1 "Bloody Nose" P42DC will be leading for the trip east back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107100 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The partly cloudy skies won't last much longer and clouds start to blow in from the west. If you look in the distance, you'll notice the red "bloody" nose of AMTK 156 as it runs around the Winter Park Express at Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107099 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eight Superliners of the Winter Park Express sit alone in the siding at Fraser. Where is the power? It is at the west end of Fraser, getting ready to head back east on the main to run around the train. Handbrakes have been set on four of the eight cars to ensure they don't go anywhere. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107098 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One of the conductors for the Winter Park Express works to open the knuckle of the coupler on what had been the trailing car on the trip west. However, this will soon become the first car for the trip east. The crew is working on running the power around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107097 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 1517 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After arriving in Fraser, the power for the Winter Park Express has cut away from the train and is headed for the west switch so it can run around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107074 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Winds are changing rapidly on this morning, blowing low-laying clouds in and out around the tracks at Plain. Two minutes before the Zephyr showed up, I couldn't see the trees on the far side of the tracks! But the wind actually blew out just enough of the clouds to create a great atmosphere for the on-time Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107073 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Zephyr in the Mist! It was an interesting weather morning in the Denver-Metro area and along the Front Range as the westbound Zephyr moves in and out of low-laying clouds at the east end of Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107058 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 29, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr has a clear signal at the west end of Leyden as it prepares to take on the Rocky Mountains. In the distance, to the left of the Zephyr, you can clearly see the hopper cars on Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107057 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 29, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Seven Superliners is a pretty typical consist for the Zephyr in the winter months as this time of year tends to see fewer bookings. The train is charging west at about 60 MPH (track speed) as it hustles through Leyden. The train has to take advantage of the higher track speed while it can, because in another four miles or so, it's time to slow to about 30 MPH! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107056 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 29, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 12 1/2 miles west of Denver Union Station, the standard pair of P42DCs have the westbound Zephyr running right on time on a clear January morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107055 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue Arvada, CO 1645 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a partly cloudy Sunday morning, the Winter Park Express approaches a clear signal at the east end of Leyden. Amtrak's "Bloody Nose" Heritage 1 unit is on the point, but will be trailing this evening after running around the train at Fraser. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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