Photo ID: 106838 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 11, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1094 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Highball Leyden! Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr is about to cross the 80th Avenue grade crossing before knocking down a clear signal at east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106827 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is not uncommon to see privately owned passenger cars catching a lift on the back of the Zephyr. Anyone that owns a private car can, for a fee, get pulled around virtually anywhere on Amtrak's system. This Pullman-built coach is named the "Pacific Sunset". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106826 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Prior to ordering their 200+ P42DCs to replace their F40PH fleet at the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, Amtrak first ordered 44 P40DCs from GE in 1993. These ended up spending several years in storage before being upgraded to P42DCs. They do retain their original P40DC numbers, however, which is why this unit wears 817 instead of a number between 1 and 207 as its "true" P42DC cousins do. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106825 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Typically, the westbound Zephyr would be shot from the opposite side of the bridge at the base of Coal Creek Canyon in order to have favorable light. However, running nearly four hours late has resulted in the sun swinging far enough around to the west that this side of the bridge is better for lighting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106824 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr had a extra rider on the tail end on this particular day! Privately owned, Pullman-built coach "Pacific Sunset" was catching a ride west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106823 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr arrived in Denver about 45 minutes late, but departed close to 4 hours late! Apparently, the lead P42 was giving the crew some issues. They attempted to depart at 10:30am, only to stop near Fox Junction with the same problem. For awhile, they were going to back in to the station, but fortunately the Amtrak mechanical department was able to troubleshoot the issue with the crew and, just before noon, they started rolling west. Here, the train is moving on a clear signal at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106799 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 1286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Amtrak There is a lot of "clutter" in this shot as power lines are very prevalent around Barbara's Gulch. However, I felt I had to include the shot as it has the eastbound Provo-Lincoln in Barbara's Gulch and the westbound Zephyr emerging from Tunnel One, both in the same shot! The two trains are both moving left-to-right in the frame, but are actually moving away from each other. They are separated by roughly six (rail) miles! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106797 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Denver skyline emerges out of the cold morning mist as the on-time Zephyr heads west out of Leyden. The train, moving at track speed, will have to slow soon as it is following on the heels of a coal empty and will encounter a few yellows. The empty will take the siding at Plain, however, and the Zephyr will be able to get around and get back on some clear signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106776 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A number of trails have been built for the residents of Leyden Rock and Leyden Ranch. These are two (relatively) new neighborhoods in western Arvada, on the south side of the tracks near Barbara's Gulch. The trail (named "Single Track Trail") has a couple of nice views of the tracks. Here, a four-hour-late Zephyr charges west at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106775 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1037 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I've come to really enjoy this vantage point of the tracks in the last week or two. It offers a good view of westbounds coming out of Leyden. Here is a medium zoom shot of the westbound Zephyr, running about four hours late. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106774 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 1188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is running about four hours late on this December morning. No complaints here from a chasing standpoint as the lighting is much more favorable at noon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106667 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Last Saturday, the westbound Zephyr had to stop at Rocky and inspect one of the Superliners. Upon inspection, major flat spots were discovered on the wheels. Major enough that the Superliner had to be set out at Rocky. As of this morning, three days later, the Superliner was still sitting at Rocky. It will likely remain here until the car shop can get a crew out and change the wheels out on site. The car shouldn't roll on the rails and it could damage the track and/or possibly derail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106666 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The trees in the Denver-Metro area pretty reliably go through their fall color transitions in mid-October. 2017 is no exception as the Zephyr races by a changing Cottonwood tree at the east switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106665 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr crosses the 80th Avenue grade crossing just east of Leyden. The Zephyr is following a line of high level morning clouds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106664 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 16, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Leyden Arvada, CO 1335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the first time in roughly six weeks, the westbound Zephyr is once again departing Denver in the morning. Due to maintenance on the Moffat, the train has either be running through Wyoming, or running over the Moffat but departing Denver at 12:35pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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