Photo ID: 104799 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After finishing up our pictures on the platform, my daughter Bella and I hop in the elevator to descend down to the bus platform and head back to the car, parked on Wewatta Street. The Zephyr has not yet gotten clearance to depart from BNSF's 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104798 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1809 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak's on train conductor walks the platform toward the rear of the train, making sure all cars ready to depart as an assistant conductor double checks his manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1677 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak One of the Zephyr's Sleeping Car attendants looks out towards Union Station, the door shut and ready to depart. Parents with a young child stand by on the platform, ready to watch the Zephyr pull out when they get clearance from BNSF's 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1951 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Over four hours late, the westbound Zephyr is preparing to depart Denver. Denver is a crew change point for Amtrak, meaning a new engineer and head-end conductor hop on for the journey west to Grand Junction (or, in the evening, east to Lincoln, NE on #6). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104795 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2159 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak My daughters have accompanied me trackside since they were babies. I feel very blessed that, at 11 and 8 (almost 12 and 9), they still enjoy hitting the tracks with dad from time to time. In fact, they are even starting to get into photography a bit themselves! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2021 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When Amtrak returned to Union Station, it permanently moved from Track 1 to Track 4. The platform is very nice, with easy access to the Superliners (generally without a step stool). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104788 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1759 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A look out the back doors of Union Station toward the eight tracks. Only two of the tracks are currently used. Track 4 and 5 are reserved for Amtrak or other non-commuter rail trains. You can see the California Zephyr sitting on Track 4 in the background in this shot. I'm grateful that Union Station still has tracks behind it and will continue to be used as a transportation hub. Both the Union Pacific and Rio Grande depots in Salt Lake City have been preserved, but have no rails of any kind anywhere close to them anymore. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104784 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1881 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The Zephyr backs toward Train Hall at Union Station, passing Coors Field as well as the location of the temporary station, used until Train Hall at Union Station was completed. The concrete platform for the temp station has been torn up and the track all the way to the right now lays where it used to. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104783 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1747 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Amtrak is backing down toward the newly built "Train Hall" at Union Station. Note the track that comes to a sudden end to the left. This track will be part of the commuter rail line being constructed from Denver to Arvada and Wheat Ridge (the "Gold Line"). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1724 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The conductor for the westbound California Zephyr is on the ground, replacing the pad lock on this switch after throwing it. The switch had been aligned for the passenger lead after the eastbound Zephyr departed the night before. With the switch thrown, the arriving Zephyr can back down in to the station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104781 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1970 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak To say the performance of the westbound California Zephyr has been dismal lately would be something of an understatement! As of this shot, the last time the westbound Zephyr left Denver on time was on May 1...more than three months earlier! On this day, the Zephyr is a little over four hours late as it pulls through BNSF's yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104745 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 7, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Henderson, CO 1980 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak It is rather humid, at least for Colorado, on this Saturday morning as the westbound Zephyr charges toward a green signal at the east end of Irondale. BNSF's ZDENCHI (Z-Train, Denver to Chicago) waits patiently in the siding for the late Zephyr to pass. The Zephyr has nothing but clear signals (and one 25 MPH slow order) standing between it and the station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104744 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 7, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Irondale Henderson, CO 1851 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak Running about two hours late, the westbound Zephyr throttles up after clearing a 60 MPH slow order. The train also just crossed the "Quiet Zone" grade crossing at 104th Avenue, visible in the background. Note the "W" and "QZ" signs track side. The "W" indicating a grade crossing is coming up. the "QZ" indicating it is indeed a Quiet Zone and that no horn is necessary. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104715 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 1981 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's "Bloody Nose" heritage unit, AMTK 156, leads the westbound Zephyr up the (roughly) 2% grade toward Tunnel 1. This is the second consecutive trip on the Zephyr for the Phase I unit. No complaints from me as I hadn't seen it since 2011 prior to this. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104714 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 24, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 2084 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Amtrak was formed in 1972, the first official logo used was the "Pointless Arrow". It, along with the bright red "Bloody Nose", were the two main staples of the first scheme. To celebrate 40 years, here a reinterpretation of the scheme as applied to a P42DC. Personally, I think it looks pretty sharp! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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