Photo ID: 103741 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 20, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 2176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Happy Birthday Amtrak! Phase I and Phase II Heritage P42DC's lead the Zephyr at Leyden. The Zephyr is running about 3 1/2 hours late this morning, about 90 minutes of that due to a Vice Presidential Motorcade. VP Biden was in town and his motorcade route traversed I-25 over the tracks. Consequently, the Secret Service wasn't allowing any trains under the bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103740 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 20, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 2705 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr has a special treat on this Friday as two of the four Heritage Units are on the point. AMTK 156 (Phase I) and AMTK 66 (Phase II) lead nine Superliners under partly cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103739 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 2514 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One last look at the Pointless Arrow on the Zephyr's eastward trip toward Denver. Personally, I would prefer any of the Heritage schemes to the current Phase V scheme...What do you think? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103738 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 3074 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr comes through Big Ten Curve and starts to descend toward Rocky where it will pass a manifest that it has been following since Cliff. Amtrak's Phase I Heritage Unit leads the Zephyr east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103737 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 3072 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After taking this picture, I started thinking about something. This might be the first time an Amtrak engine in the Phase I scheme (with the Bloody nose) has ever run over the Moffat. Amtrak ran through Wyoming until the Rio Grande Zephyr ended in 1983, which was long after the Phase I scheme had been discontinued. Here, the Pointless Arrow crossed the road at Blue Mountain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103736 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 2551 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The "Bloody Nose" Phase I Amtrak Heritage Unit leads the eastbound Zephyr down a snowy main track at Plain. Don't think that simply because it is May that the snow is over in Colorado! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103735 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 12, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS038 (West Cliff) Pinecliff, CO 3074 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Amtrak, four P42DC's were painted in heritage schemes. Each scheme was inspired by a scheme previously used by Amtrak. The first of the four units to visit Colorado on the Zephyr was AMTK 156, wearing a Phase I inspired scheme with a Bloody Nose at a Pointless Arrow. I missed its trip west, but caught it coming back east. Here it is at the west switch of Cliff, looking dang good in my opinion. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103729 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 7, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 1769 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Thanks to some track improvements in the last few years, the Zephyr can go 60 MPH starting just east of Rocky all the way into town. If you are at west Leyden when the Zephyr is passing Chemical, you'll be hard-pressed making it to east Leyden ahead of him! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103728 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 7, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Crescent, CO 1717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An extra P42DC has been added to the eastbound Zephyr as it comes around the corner and over the grade crossing at Crescent. The train had a standard Zephyr consist, so I'm not sure why the extra unit was there. My guess would be either that one of the two training units had a problem, or one of the three units is being transported to Chicago, perhaps for some maintenance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103726 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 7, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 2468 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak These signals are two of the last holdouts of classic Rio Grande signals on the Moffat. The only other location between Denver and the Moffat where you can find these target signals is at Utah Junction and east Leyden. Unfortunately, these are going to be coming down very soon. A few dozen feet west of this shot (behind me), a new signal mast has been erected. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103723 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Amshack Denver, CO 1791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After a fantastic trip east, the Zephyr arrived at the temporary "Amshack" in Denver 25 minutes early! And while "Amshack" tends to be a pejorative term used for crummy, tiny depots, that is not the case in Denver. The temporary depot is, in my opinion, nicer than a lot of permanent depots! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103722 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS057 (East Winter Park) Winter Park, CO 2086 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Since I got a shot of the Zephyr plunging into the Moffat Tunnel on the trip west, I was happy that I had the chance to also grab a shot as we were about to enter the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel on the journey back home. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103721 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 62 (Fraser) Fraser, CO 2328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak During at station stop at Fraser, the Conductor pauses briefly to speak with a passenger who is gathering their luggage in preparation for boarding. Note the clear signal in the distance, indicating DS-82 is ready for us once the stop is complete. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103720 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 90 Sulphur Springs, CO 2203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers look out the window of the Lounge car in the middle of Byers Canyon. Note the power for the train on one side of the frame and US-40 across the Colorado River on the other side of the frame! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103719 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 1977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Gone are the days when this view of the arriving Zephyr was dominated by F40PH's in Phase III paint! Now, it is Phase V P42DC's...but at least Amtrak is still around after 40 years. 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