Photo ID: 102118 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 2144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about 45 minutes late, the eastbound California Zephyr is picking up some speed as it enters the west side of the Denver-Metro area at Leyden. Looks like the lead unit, AMTK 177, has been tapped on the nose a time or two! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102115 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 2152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak 14 miles west of Denver and the westbound California Zephyr is climbing out of the city in between Leyden and Rocky. The Denver skyline rises above some morning haze in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102114 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 30, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Denver, CO 2058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The last hint of light is about to disappear in the western sky as Amtrak 6 comes creeping by on the Brush Sub after departing Denver. Unfortunately, a freight train that departed on the Brush Sub ahead of Amtrak got stuck at a red signal, delaying Amtrak about 10 minutes. had the delay not occurred, the sunset would have been a bit more spectacular! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102113 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 30, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2592 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak A bit of light pokes through the clouds in the western sky at 7:35pm to light up the sides of a few of Denver's buildings as the eastbound Zephyr backs into Union Station on the passenger lead. It is 7:35pm...Amtrak would come to a stop at 7:43pm - precisely on time! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102112 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 30, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2016 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak With the light fading fairly fast in the western sky, black and white seemed appropriate for this shot. The eastbound Zephyr must borrow a part of BNSF's yard in order to back into Union Station on the Passenger Lead. Note the conductor from the head end walking to throw a switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102111 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 30, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Crossover (DS004) Denver, CO 2235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running on time almost to the minute, Amtrak 6 passes the signal bridge at Pecos Street running on a clear signal on Main 3. Although most of the sky is overcast, there is enough of a gap to the west to allow for some nice silhouette lighting to sneak through. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102035 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Arvada, CO 3135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A barge in the Mississippi slammed into a BNSF bridge in Iowa on Thursday, shutting down the bridge. Unfortunately, this is the same bridge that the California Zephyr uses to cross the Mississippi! Consequently, the Zephyr had to take a very long reroute. Here, the westbound Zephyr is running nearly nine hours late as it heads west of Leyden in late afternoon light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101958 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 6, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1898 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west (geographically north) of Fox Junction, Amtrak 5 is running on a clear signal. Even though the consist is typical for the Zephyr, it is running with an extra P42DC on this particular morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101902 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 11 Arvada, CO 2054 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Hopefully these passengers aren't a huge hurry to get where they are going! The westbound California Zephyr is running about 8 hours late as it approaches the east switch of Leyden shortly after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The train was stopped for hours while running on BNSF's Ottumwa Subdivision near Woodburn, IA. Water levels had risen over the rails, causing the delay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101870 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 44 Rollinsville, CO 1950 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Not far west of Rollins, Amtrak 5 heads west along South Boulder Creek. It's not hard to see from this view why the California Zephyr is so popular between Denver and Glenwood Springs! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101869 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (DS043) Rollinsville, CO 2248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 5 is running about 30 minutes late as it passes the west end of Rollins. This is (and has been) a pretty typical consist for Amtrak for the past several years: Two P42s, a baggage car, three sleepers, a diner, a sightseer and three coaches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101813 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Denver, CO 2591 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is running nearly eight hours late as it approaches the east end of 31st Street. An unfortunate accident in the Chicago area on BNSF resulted in a fatality. Amtrak was delayed due to the resulting NTSB investigation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101810 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2099 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak An Amtrak P42DC sits near the engine house. I'm not entirely sure why it was sitting on BNSF property. Perhaps it was in need of some repair and Amtrak contracted with BNSF to handle the repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101803 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Crossover (DS004) Denver, CO 2319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak had been having some power issues between Chicago and Denver. So, in Denver, a third P42DC (which is kept in Denver as a spare for just such situations) was added to the train. The Zephyr is coming around on the North Yard siding on the approach to Pecos Street and the Pecos Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101796 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This shot came very close to not being possible on this particular day! Due to problems with the MNYGJ, Amtrak 5 almost went via Wyoming. In fact, it had already departed the station headed for the Greeley Sub when the word came down that they should run west. For the first time in history (as far as I know), Amtrak ran via the Belt to get to the Moffat! Here it is, running about 30 minutes late, at east Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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