Photo ID: 103526 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 2001 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr works its way down in elevation toward Little Ten Curve on the approach to Rocky. The east end of the siding of Clay can be seen in the foreground, now more than a mile behind the Zephyr (by rail). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103525 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 2027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr is running about 45 minutes early (yes, early) as it rounds Big Ten Curve on its journey east. It will meet westbounds at Rocky and Leyden (both of which are already waiting for the Zephyr). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103503 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 2025 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak An Amtrak F59PH, which typically lives in California, is being sent to Chicago on the California Zephyr. I never did hear exactly why it was making the trip back to Chicago, but it made for a nice (and unexpected!) addition to the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103502 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 2128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound (geographic southbound) Zephyr is accelerating on the main at Carr. The train is meeting a coal load on the siding behind the photographer. The Zephyr will shortly reached speeds near 75 MPH on its trip south to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103501 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Carr, CO 2076 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific A problem with a bridge in between Provo and Salt Lake City, UT has resulted in Amtrak being rerouted through Wyoming for a few days. Here, the Zephyr is headed south on UP's Greeley Sub at Carr. The lead P42DC does not have cab signals, so UP 4473 was added as a pilot for the trip from Salt Lake to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103491 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2520 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After returning to Denver due to a major rock slide on the Moffat, the westbound Zephyr is going to be turned into the eastbound Zephyr. The spare P42 is taken out of the stub track and added to the front of the train. On the west side of the divide, the eastbound Zephyr was wyed at Tabernash and turned into the westbound Zephyr. Passengers from that train were bussed to Denver and placed on this train to continue east to Chicago. Likewise, passengers from this train were bussed to Fraser and placed on the new westbound Zephyr. When all was said and done, #5 was 10 hours late heading west and #6 was just under 3 hours late heading east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103490 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2431 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After leaving Denver and then getting pulled back to Denver, the California Zephyr sits in track 1, the only remaining track at Union Station. The train was pulled back to town by the P42 on the rear end after a derailment on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103489 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Well, after traveling almost 30 miles west of Denver, the westbound Zephyr has returned to Denver! A rock slide on the Moffat kept the train from making it west. The head end P42 was pulled off the train at Clay, run around the train, and tacked on the tail end. It then pulled the train back to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103488 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Arvada, CO 2934 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is now the eastbound California Zephyr as it is being dragged back to Denver! Note the red class lights on AMTK 132, indicating this is the back of the train. The Zephyr has a double yellow in the distance at Arvada. It is lined down Main 3 and back into the station in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103487 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr Street Arvada, CO 3980 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is something you don't see every day! P42DC #67 is actually pulling Amtrak backwards through Arvada eastbound toward Denver. A rock slide in the Tunnel District made this necessary. The conductor stood in the back of the P42 and spotted the reverse movement for the engineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103486 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 15, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 2436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Have you ever seen the California Zephyr running in what appears to be a distributed power formation with one P42 on the point and a second on the end? Turns out, in this case, the Zephyr is being taken back to Denver. A major rock slide required it be pulled back to town. The P42 on the left side of the shot is providing HEP and the P42 on the right is pulling the train eastbound around Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103478 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 1, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2814 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Time marches forward! In preparation for the major construction project that is up and coming at Union Station, tracks 2 through 5 have been ripped out. Once a temporary depot has been setup for Amtrak, track 1 will be gone too. Once construction is complete in several years, the tracks will be put back in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103456 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 25, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Crescent, CO 1928 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak While the tail end of the California Zephyr is bathed in morning sunlight, the train is heading for a major change in weather! On the other side of the Continental Divide in Winter Park (about 25 miles west of this location), there is over a foot of fresh snow on the ground and it is still coming down! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103455 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 25, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Crescent, CO 2101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just because May is less than a week away doesn't mean you can't find snow on the ground in the Rockies! The westbound Zephyr is making good time as it heads west through Crescent on a clear signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103454 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 25, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Crescent, CO 2236 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Never let it be said that UP dispatchers don't do their best to keep Amtrak running on time! Here, the westbound Zephyr is overtaking (passing) a manifest at Crescent. The manifest is headed for Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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