Photo ID: 106330 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1255 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP's DS-86 set up great rolling meet at Leyden between the westbound Zephyr (on the main) and an eastbound coal load (on the siding). If you are unfamiliar with the term "rolling meet", this refers to two trains meeting at siding in which neither train actually has to come to a stop. By the time the coal train reached the east end of the siding, they had a clear signal. Same thing for the Zephyr at the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 13, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 1341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr sports an old baggage car and seven Superliners on this chilly morning. Seven Superliners are common in the winter months as that tends to be Amtrak's slow time of year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106323 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 1747 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 196 and 156 bring up the tail end of the Winter Park Express at Tolland. These units, being controlled by the F40PH (an NPCU) on the other end, are keeping the trains speed under control with their dynamic brakes. Note the red class lights on the nose of AMTK 196, indicated the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106322 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 2346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak You couldn't ask for better weather conditions when the subject of your picture is the Winter Park Express Ski Train! Amtrak F40PH #406 (now technically an NPCU) leads the eastbound train through blowing snow in the rapidly fading light at Tolland. If you are unfamiliar with the term NPCU, it refers to a Non-Powered Cab Unit. This F40PH no longer has a prime mover under the hood. The cab itself is still unaltered though, complete with a control stand. The control stand remotely controls the P42DCs on the other end of the train. So, when climbing a grade, the train is actually being pushed up the grade (when in this configuration), not pulled. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106321 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 2223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The nose of Amtrak F40PH #406 emerges from a huge snow cloud...a cloud that the F40PH itself created as it blasted through a snow bank at the grade crossing at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106320 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 2361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak High winds and snow plows worked together to pile up some snow on the right of way at the grade crossing at Tolland. Snow that the eastbound Winter Park Express has no problem bursting through! Amtrak F40PH #406 knocks the white stuff out of the way on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106319 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Tolland, CO 1712 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running roughly 20 minutes late, the eastbound Winter Park Express approaches the grade crossing at Tolland in relatively low light. The train was delayed a bit as it had to run through the Moffat Tunnel at 15 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106318 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 1595 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak To help advertise the Winter Park Express (the new Ski Train), Amtrak applied some wraps to three Superliners and the trailing F40PH. Hopefully, the wrap will help in attracting customers to the train, helping it to be successful. The train will run on weekends through March 26, 2017. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106317 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 1699 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This spot at the east end of Plain is one of my favorite places to shoot a morning westbound. Sadly, it will only be usable for another few years (at most) as a handful of pine trees are slowly growing up toward obstruction of the scene. For the time being, however, the westbound Winter Park Express (on its second run) heads down the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106316 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 2196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Winter Park Express knocks down the signal at the east end of Plain. High morning winds are causing a lot of snow to get whipped up and blown around. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106315 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Winter Park Express climbs the hill out of Rocky toward Big Ten Curve. A pair of P42DCs lead the train on the west end, while a single F40PH brings up the rear. That F40PH will be used to operate the train back east as the train is unable to be turned. The wye in Tabernash is out of service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106314 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Back when the old Ski Train was running, the train would be wyed (turned around) at Tabernash. Eight years later, however, finds the wye at Tabernash out of service. Amtrak's solution is to place AMTK 406 on the east end of the train. This former F40PH is now a NPCU, or Non-Powered Cab Unit. It still has a control stand in the cab, but no prime mover. Instead, when the engineer works the controls, the commands are sent to the P42DCs on the west end of the train. So the train will actually be pushed up the grade from Fraser to Winter Park, but the engineer will still be on the east end of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106313 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1859 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In order to ensure the Winter Park Express makes it up to Winter Park and back, Amtrak is using a pair of P42DCs in front of the eight Superliners. Just moments after the sun peeked over the horizon, the Ski Train approaches the Sheridan Blvd underpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106312 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 2111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is 8°F outside and there is plenty of snow on the ground. Excellent conditions for the first run of the new Ski Train! The old Ski Train was operated by Ansco (Phil Anschutz's company). The new Ski Train, known as the Winter Park Express, is operated by Amtrak directly. Here, the first run of the Ski Train heads west on Main 2 past the RTD Sheridan Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106311 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1601 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The first run of the Winter Park Express (the new Ski Train) charges quickly west on Main 2 just west of Tennyson Street. Snow dust is flying off the eight Superliners on the trip west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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