Photo ID: 101127 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland Rollinsville, CO 2682 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr charges west through freshly fallen snow at Tolland. Amtrak had a rough start to the day with power problems in Denver delaying it nearly two hours, plus a train stuck in emergency which added another hour onto the delay. It is about 1:15pm as Amtrak is approaching the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101126 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 Arvada, CO 2296 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The tail end of Amtrak is just about to round the curve and disappear into Tunnel 1. Nearly a foot of snow fell the day before in the second of two blizzards which hit the Front Range in a 9-day period! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101125 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 2131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There's nothing better than snow covered mountains and a crystal clear blue sky. Amtrak 5 is climbing up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon on the approach to Tunnel 1. Although the train is westbound, it is technically headed east (by the compass) at this location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101124 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 2304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about two hours late, Amtrak 5 rounds the curve just west of Clay on its continued journey west. Note that, directly above the Superliners you can see the trees and the hoppers on the curve at Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101118 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The wind chill outside is a chilly 8 degrees (F) above zero as a major blizzard moves into the Denver area. The blizzard, just getting started here with about an inch on the ground, is expected to dump between 18 and 26 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. Unimpeded by the white stuff, Amtrak 5 makes its way west at Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101117 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A blizzard the size of which the Denver area hasn't seen since 2003 is settling in as Amtrak makes it way west - nearly on time - through Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101115 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2566 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak tries to keep a spare P42 on hand in Denver in case either Number 5 or Number 6 has a problem with one of their units when they arrive in town. Such is the case here with AMTK 25 sitting on a stub track in the foreground, while AMTK 91 leads Number 6 on Track One in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101114 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2801 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak 6 waits at Denver Union Station for the last passengers to board before heading east toward Chicago. Close to three hours of slow orders in between Reno, NV and Salt Lake City, UT currently cause Number 6 to regularly run anywhere between three and six hours late by the time they reach Denver. Arriving only two and a half hours late tonight, they were practically running early! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101108 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (DS050) Rollinsville, CO 2017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Winter lighting can sure play havoc with a photographer! The sun was far enough around the mountain to the south to illuminate the hill in the distance, but not quite far enough to the west yet to actually light the tracks. In any case, Amtrak 5 disappears into the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101107 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland Tolland, CO 2225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With it's travels on the eastern side of the Continental Divide nearly complete, Amtrak 5 moves slowly west through the siding at Tolland. Amtrak is in the siding because it is meeting an eastbound coal load which is just entering Tolland (on the main) at the time this picture was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101106 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 2433 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about two hours late, Amtrak 5 passes by Chemical (just west of Leyden) with the Denver Skyline in the background. Now that Amtrak no longer moves freight or mail, the California Zephyr is reliably two engines, a baggage car, and eight Superliners. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101095 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2017 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak From a photographic point of view, both Amtrak and the Ski Train run in the wrong direction at the wrong time of day. The train run west in the morning (away from the sun) and east in the evening (away from the sun). That's why it is always great to find Amtrak running over seven hours late! On this afternoon, the sun was less than two hours away from setting when Amtrak 5 came west through Leyden at 3:30pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101092 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak This is a shot that sounds as though it won't be possible for too much longer. The Union Station redevelopment project is going to call for the "commuter tracks" - including Amtrak and the Ski Train - to be lower under ground level within the next five to ten years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101091 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2029 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon and Amtrak 5 (the westbound California Zephyr) is just changing crews and preparing to depart westbound. Car problems and bad weather led to the nearly eight hour delay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101090 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 3, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 2160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Running an astounding 7 hours and 15 minutes late, Amtrak 5 crosses from the main track over the the wye track at 23rd Street to prepare to back into Union Station. Dining car problems delayed the train five hours in Chicago the day before. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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