Photo ID: 112981 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff (6,900 ft) Gilpin County, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Lighting is not the best, but the westbound Rocky Mountaineer has taken the siding at Cliff to meet an eastbound BNSF oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112980 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff to Rollins (MP 38.2 to MP 41.2) Gilpin County, CO 472 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF It can be a bit of a challenge getting shots in the area around West Cliff as it is on the north side of a mountain and, as such, almost always cast in shadows. However, this shot of an eastbound BNSF oil train turned out quite well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112979 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cliff to Rollins (MP 38.2 to MP 41.2) Gilpin County, CO 474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5830 leads a unit oil train across the South Beaver Creek Road grade crossing about a half mile west of Cliff. This road leads from CO-72 to Pacolus, a private neighborhood along the tracks and South Boulder Creek between Cliff and Rollins. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112978 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the canyon between Tolland and Rollins, this BNSF oil train is quickly rolling east at track speed. The crew is running short on time, with only two hours left to work. For now, the train is following South Boulder Creek and Tolland Road, trying to get as close to Denver as possible with the time left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112977 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF 5830 and two additional GEs lead an eastbound loaded oil train across South Boulder Creek about a mile east of the east switch of Tolland. You could not ask for a more perfect morning on the last day of August, with barely a cloud in the sky. The peaks in the distance are the Continental Divide, which the Moffat Tunnel runs beneath. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112976 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The westbound Zephyr has taken the siding at Tolland to meet an eastbound BNSF oil train, which is holding the main. In the distance, peaks of the Continental Divide extend above 12,000 feet above sea level, taking the tops above timber line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112975 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The passengers on the Northern Sky are getting a first class view of the Colorado high country. You can see a handful of them hanging out in the vista dome in the private car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112974 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 207 leads an on-time westbound Zephyr across South Boulder Creek, just east of Tolland. The train will be taking the siding at Tolland to meet an eastbound BNSF oil train, which is already waiting on the main. The Zephyr will be taking the siding as DS-378 is trying to keep the oil train moving as it's crew is short on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112973 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Gilpin County, CO 381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I found this perspective about a week earlier, and wanted to give it another try with the Zephyr. The train is right on time as it passes west on the main at Rollins. With a keen eye, you might note that there is a private car on the end of the train this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is the way to tour the country! The Northern Sky belongs to Northern Sky Charters, and as the name implies, you too can charter this car. Not sure what the cost is, but it is looking pretty good on the tail end of the Zephyr this morning, just west of Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The standard pair of P42s lead the westbound Zephyr at the west end of Eisele (Clay), heading west right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On this particular morning, a few people are enjoying a ride on the private car Northern Sky. The car was originally built in 1955 as the Union Pacific dome-lounge-observation car #9003. After going through several owners, the car was purchased in 1992 and was fully restored, turning it into the Northern Sky, which is available for charter today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 66th Avenue (MP 9.25) Arvada, CO 403 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr crosses over 66th Avenue in the middle of Arvada, headed west right on time! It is being led by the highest-numbered P42DC, and it was the last to be delivered to Amtrak in October 2001. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112968 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 536 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting a two-hour late Zephyr at Rocky, the West Local is at the west end of Leyden and is headed back to Denver with four gondolas. The local spotted two gondolas with tie plates and some MOW equipment in the house track at Rocky, and is now returning to North Yard. The lead unit is UP 1357. This particular GP40-2 is very familiar with the Moffat. It started life as DRGW 3102, delivered to the Grande in April 1972. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112967 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr got a late start (about an hour) out of Chicago yesterday afternoon. It lost a little more time across the plains, and is now just over two hours late as it heads west on the main track at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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