Photo ID: 106555 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS002 (North Yard) Denver, CO 1445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While touring BNSF's Rennicks Intermodal Yard, the westbound California Zephyr glides by on the UP Main in North Yard at CP DS002. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106494 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 24, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is something you don't see everyday! A Lounge car on the end of the Zephyr. The consist of the Zephyr isn't scrabbled per se...there are actually two Lounge cars on the Zephyr on this morning. The entire train was booked by someone on this day and Amtrak added a second Lounge car for the party. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106493 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 24, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 1729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I love getting shots of train in blizzard conditions! You'd think there'd be more opportunities for such shots in the Denver area...and some winters you'd be correct. This has not been one of those winters though. It has been very warm and dry. This is the first really snowy morning of February as the westbound Zephyr approaches the crossing at Blue Mountain Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106492 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 24, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An early California Zephyr kicks up a lot of snow along the main at Leyden as it heads west. The entire train has been booked by a single person or entity, so the train can actually run ahead of schedule without any problem. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106491 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 24, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Finally! A wintery February morning. The first one Colorado has had the entire month this year. The westbound Zephyr passes by the siding at Leyden running roughly 35 minutes early. How can the Zephyr depart a station early? Because someone (a company, perhaps?) booked the entire train. With nobody getting on or off, the train made a quick stop in Denver for a crew change. It skipped the stops at Fraser and Granby entirely. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106484 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1668 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running nearly 20 hours late, the eastbound Zephyr makes a very rare mid-afternoon run past milepost 13 down the main at Leyden. Mother Nature is to blame for the extreme tardiness. Snow over Donner Pass and flooding in Nevada have caused UP's tracks to be closed a lot with piled up snow or washouts. The Zephyr terminated at Salt Lake (and turned around there for a return trip east) for 10 days or so recently. Seems like perhaps they should still be doing that! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106483 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 1826 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Taking advantage of the overcast skies, I shot the eastbound Zephyr from the north side of the tracks at West Leyden. Prior to this winter storm, it had been 39 days since the Denver-Metro area got more than a "trace" of snow. We've seen temperatures in the low-to-mid 70s (°F) in February! A little snow and a high of 36°F is a welcome change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106482 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 23, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 1667 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr at 2pm...5 hours early? Alas, no...the Zephyr is running just over 20 hours late as it approaches the west switch of Leyden. The delay was entirely out of Amtrak's hands. Weather in California and Nevada has been making it difficult in the extreme for UP to keep trains moving. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106458 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1513 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, glides west down the main at Crescent. It is a slow day on the Moffat and the first eastbound the Zephyr will meet will be its counterpart, the eastbound Zephyr, at Dotsero. Right now, the Zephyr is only running between Chicago and Salt Lake City. This is due to major flooding in Nevada that has caused a lot of washouts for Union Pacific. Until the tracks are repaired, the Zephyr has been truncated to help keep it running on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106457 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I enjoy the leafless Aspen in the background of this shot, and the clearly jointed rail of the siding of Crescent in the foreground. Crescent, coming in at "only" 5,550 feet long, which is not long enough for most of the coal train on the Moffat. But even manifest don't typically meet at Crescent due to the grade crossing located two thirds of the way through the siding (from the east end). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106456 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 18, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Jefferson County, CO 1287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running right on time, peeks around the curve on the main about halfway through Crescent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106455 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 17, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 1447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting some shots of a BNSF manifest in the siding at Rollins, I decided to come west to Tolland as I knew the Zephyr was on time and was headed up the hill. While it had been mostly overcast so far that morning, the sun broke through a bit to add some nice light to this shot of #5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106422 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After departing Denver about 10 minutes late and meeting a 14 hour late Zephyr at the Pecos Street crossover, the westbound Zephyr heads west toward Arvada on Main 2. The train is crossing over Tennyson Street. The temperature for this picture was already 65°F! Incredibly warm for Denver in the middle of February. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106421 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1549 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is not too often you get the chance to shoot the eastbound Zephyr in morning sunlight in the Denver area! Due to extreme weather in California this winter, I have had that chance twice in the past two weeks! The Zephyr that should have arrived Denver the night before is 14 hours late here as it charges east on Main 1. It will meet #5 at Pecos...DS-86 has already lined #5 west on Main 2 here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106420 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 10, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1632 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 10 years ago, this shot looked quite different! There were only two tracks (one of which was the Arvada siding) and the commuter rail bridge was nowhere near even being started yet. Now finished, the commuter rail line still awaits traffic as testing continues. Meanwhile, a very tardy #6 heads east on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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