Photo ID: 104172 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 1761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Now running only 20 minutes late (the train picked up 15 minutes since departing Granby), the Zephyr passes the east switch at Rocky. If you noticed the signal at Rocky is dark, it is because the approach lit circuit has quite kicked in yet to activate the signal! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104171 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby, CO 1869 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak approaches the (extremely nice) depot in Granby and prepares for a brief station stop. How brief? Long enough to get the two passengers on that are waiting to board the train. The entire stop lasted less than 90 seconds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104170 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby, CO 1955 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A 35-minute-late Zephyr slows on the main at Granby in preparation for it scheduled station stop at the depot. An eastbound BNSF manifest cleared up in the siding to allow the Zephyr to pass it without being further delayed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104157 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Flat Parshall, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a fairly typical consist for the Zephyr these days. Two P42DCs, a baggage car and eight Superliners. Depending on the numbers of bookings, the only real variance is that the Zephyr may have only seven Superliners or may in fact have nine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104156 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat Parshall, CO 1855 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting the eastbound MRONY at Flat, the westbound Zephyr has a clear signal out the west end. The DPU on the end of the MRONY can be seen here as the manifest starts to pull east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104121 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 2002 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The westbound Zephyr has two bonus cars on the tail end today. UP's Sunset and Stanford were added to the train in Omaha and are getting a ride to the west coast. The Zephyr is running about 90 minutes late this morning as it makes its way through the siding at Rollins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104120 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 2289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When the loaded coal train in this shot arrived at Rollins, maintenance on the siding meant the coal train had to hold the main line. With the maintenance now in the clear, the westbound Zephyr is coming through on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104119 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 7 to MP 8) Arvada, CO 1700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific Despite a bit of dust, these heavy weight Union Pacific passenger cars (the Sunset and the Stanford) look pretty good. These were once Espee cars so they probably don't look as good as they once did, but yellow is better than the torch! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104118 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 1837 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It's not uncommon in winter for trains to kick up some snow...but dust? This is due to all the work being done by UP in the effort to construct the new main track (Main 2) between Tennyson Street and Pierce Street. The old Arvada Siding has been completely taken out and grading is now being done in preparation for the welded rail that will become Main 2. The new Arvada Siding is visible...buried in ballast, toward the bottom and right of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104108 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 2, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 2392 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A few minutes after the previous photo was taken, the westbound Zephyr crosses over Indiana Street. The Zephyr was holding in the siding at Leyden awaiting the arrival of the coal load. With trains at Plain and Rocky, the dispatcher had little choice but to run the coal train all the way to Leyden and briefly (less than five minutes) hold up the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104101 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1660 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After arriving in Denver an hour late, the Amtrak crews worked fast and got the Zephyr out of town only 15 minutes late. Here, the train is knocking down a clear signal at the east end of Leyden on its journey west. The signal here at east Leyden is one of only three sets of signals between Utah Junction and East Portal that have not been replaced by UP yet. The other two being Utah Junction itself (on the signal bridge) and the intermediates at Kipling. The intermediate's days are numbered too as a new signal is already in place once the new two main track project is completed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1727 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Several minutes after passing the MNYGJ at Rocky, the Zephyr has now made a 180° turn and is headed north through Clay. This is the final picture in a series of four. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104093 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 2034 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr passes the power of the MNYGJ at the west end of Rocky as the Zephyr continues west. This is the third picture in a series of four. Here is the fourth picture in the series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104092 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1972 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr proceeds west on the mainline at Rocky, running around the MNYGJ which is stopped on the siding. This is the second picture in a series of four. Here is the third picture in the series. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104091 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 26, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 1812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak DS-82 has put the MNYGJ in the siding at Rocky to allow a late (by 2 1/2 hours) California Zephyr to run around on the mainline. Here, the manifest is stopped on the siding and Amtrak is proceeding west on clear signals. This is the first picture in a series of four. Here is the second picture in the series. 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