Photo ID: 101771 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 6, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14.5 Arvada, CO 1730 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running right on time, the westbound California Zephyr has with it its typical consist: two P42DCs, a baggage car, three sleepers (and/or transition sleepers), a dining car, a lounge car, and three coaches (and/or baggage coaches). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101730 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Having just backed up over the diamond at 23rd Street, the California Zephyr is just minutes away from its station stop in Denver. The sun, however, is in the western sky at this point as Amtrak is running about six hours late due to a BNSF derailment on the Brush Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101729 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Finally making it to Denver (after being delayed six hours due to a BNSF derailment), the westbound California Zephyr comes around the wye at 23rd Street. Once on the Buck Main, the train will back into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101728 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tonville Lockbuie, CO 2373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak A rare opportunity to get the westbound California Zephyr in really great light on the Brush Sub presented itself on this day. A derailment earlier in the day stopped Amtrak for about six hours! Here, the train is moving at track speed (around 79 MPH) past the west switch of Tonville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101727 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hudson Hudson, CO 1782 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr stops at a red signal at the east end of Hudson. Normally, the train would pass this location sometime around 6:30am! Today, though, it is almost 12:30pm, due to a derailment at this same switch (note the maintenance crews). The Brush Sub Dispatcher would talk Amtrak past the signal and it would continue unhindered the rest of the way into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101726 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hudson Hudson, CO 1881 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr encountered a major delay in eastern Colorado due to a BNSF derailment at Hudson, CO. Shortly after noon, number 5 finally got the okay to pass through the site at walking speed. Here, the train is approaching the east switch of Hudson at 10 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101684 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 1823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Wrapping around the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the cut does a nice job splitting up Amtrak 5 (at the front of the train) and the GrandLuxe Limited (at the back of the train). The head end of this westbound train is now facing (compass) east...just part of the trip up the Front Range! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101682 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 12, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 2145 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Another westbound run of the GrandLuxe Limited at Blue Mountain. Seven GrandLuxe cars are actually placed on the end of Amtrak 5 for a slightly more luxurious trip west to Emeryville. The cars almost double the length of Amtrak, but it was still running with only two P42s on this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101658 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 5 heads west on the main at Leyden carrying behind it seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey (formerly American Orient Express) cars. You can see the difference in height between the Superliners and the GrandLuxe cars. This is the first trip of the GrandLuxe Limited, a new concept here in 2007. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101657 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2213 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It's pretty rare these days to see three P42's on the California Zephyr, but for a few times in October and November of 2007, such would be the case as seven GrandLuxe Rail Journey cars were added to the end of Amtrak, creating the GrandLuxe Limited. Here, the train passes by the east end of the Leyden on its first journey west toward Emeryville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101656 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1716 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Approaching the east switch of Leyden, we see Amtrak 5 and the GrandLuxe Limited mixed together as one train. From October 2007 to January 2008, GrandLuxe Rail Journeys contracted with Amtrak to add a seven cars to the end of Amtrak. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101644 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 645 Trinidad, CO 1807 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak Even though there is almost no light left, I went ahead and grabbed this shot of the Southwest Chief descending the grade off Raton Pass. As of the time of this picture, this was the first time I'd shot an Amtrak train other than the California Zephyr...When taking that into consideration (and not know how much longer Raton Pass will even be around), I thought it was worth taking the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101643 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Raton Raton, NM 1786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak At the depot in Raton, Amtrak 4 - the Southwest Chief - slows for its station stop. The consist is almost identical to the typical consist for the California Zephyr. On this day, the train had an extra car on the end - a California Surfliner car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101642 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Raton Raton, NM 1803 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Raton (BNSF) Amtrak The sun is getting very low in the western sky as Amtrak Train #4, the Southwest Chief, approaches its station stop in the town of Raton, NM. Amtrak is just about the only train that uses this track across southeast Colorado and northern New Mexico. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101603 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 30, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22.7 Arvada, CO 2304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr passes by Blue Mountain on its journey west. In the field (on the right side of the shot), a horse looks up momentarily from breakfast, showing only mild interest in the passenger train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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