Photo ID: 113455 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) DODX A Department of Defense caboose, which is really a bit of a mobile command center, is on the back of a train transporting used nuclear material. The crew aboard monitors as well as safeguards the nuclear material during transport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113454 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Adams County, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) CSX, Union Pacific An unexpected train came west on the Limon Sub on this Sunday morning. Two nuclear casks were being moved by a single CSX ES44AH, seen here crossing Kiowa Creek near Bennett. The nuclear casks are used to transport radioactive material safely by rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113453 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A few Amtrak crew members watch as the Winter Park Express equipment is set out on Track 5. The train will start running on December 19th with five Superliners (four coaches with a lounge car in the middle). In January, two more coaches will be added to the train. You can see the westbound Zephyr sitting on Track 4 to the left. After positioning the Winter Park Express on Track 5, the two lead P42DCs will move back over to Track 4 to pick up the Zephyr for the trip west to California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113452 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak is spotting the Winter Park Express on Track 5 here at Union Station. The train starts running next Friday on December 19th. After positioning the equipment on Track 5, the lead two P42DCs will move back over to Track 4 to pick up the Zephyr to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Crew on the inbound California Zephyr make a reverse move to position the Winter Park Equipment on Track 5 here at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113450 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak It's not too often you see a quartet of P42DCs on the Zephyr! In truth, only the first two P42s here are the power for the Zephyr. The train departed Chicago yesterday with the equipment for the Winter Park Express. The last two P42s and the five Superliner beyond are all equipment for the Winter Park Express, which starts running next Friday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113449 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When pulling out of Track 4 to move the Winter Park Express equipment over to Track 5, the derail out of Union Station was not aligned. One of the engineer's from AMTK 199 is on the ground and will hand-throw the derail. An RTD N-Line train is arriving Union Station to the left as a G-Line train is arriving to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak This morning, the westbound California Zephyr showed up in Denver with equipment for the Winter Park Express! The train backed into Track 4 and dropped off the passenger cars (and baggage car) of the Zephyr. Here, the first two P42DCs are the power for the Zephyr. The second two and the five Superliners behind are the Winter Park Express. The Winter Park Express will be set out on Track 5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113447 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A trio of ES44ACs lead BNSF's Provo-Denver this morning. The tracks at Rocky are not visible from the highway at CO-72, which you can see in the distance (a few cars on it). But the tracks are not far below the horizon as viewed from the highway. From this perspective, we can also see west to Tunnel, and Plain, and even toward Tunnel 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113446 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About two hours earlier, BNSF's Provo-Denver came down the Moffat and took the siding at Rocky. The conductor tied some hand brakes and aligned the derail in the derail position. The derail exists so that, should the uncrewed train roll east for any reason, it will intentionally derail (away from the main track) before entering the main track. As you can see, a single switch point is creating a break in the south rail, which would result in the train derailing if it started to roll. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113445 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Always nice to see a little variation on the Zephyr, such as Amtrak's Phase 4 heritage unit leading the train this morning, getting ready to dive into Tunnel 1. It has been an unseasonably warm week with a lot of high winds. While the winds are not too bad right now, the temperature is already 60°F (16°C) at 10 o'clock in the morning in mid-December! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113444 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 164 and AMTK 77 lead the westbound Zephyr as it climbs the 2% grade up from the base of Coal Creek Canyon to the east portal of Tunnel 1. In the distance, you can see the paved road, interestingly named Moffat Road, that is part of the new Canyon Pines housing development. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113443 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west switch of Eisele (Clay), the westbound Zephyr has a green signal and continue west. The engineer is calling the foreman of a maintenance crew working west of Plain. The crew has a Form B active and a red board up, so the Zephyr needs to get permission to pass through the limits of the Form B Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113442 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 164, Amtrak's Phase 4 heritage unit, leads the westbound Zephyr this morning as the train rolls west at track speed west of Leyden. The body of water directly behind the Zephyr is Welton Reservoir. The body of water further off in the distance is Standley Lake Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113441 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr got a short delay just east of Leyden this morning on its way west. A passenger on the train had to be removed from the train for reasons I was not able to figure out from listening to the scanner. Regardless, the train came to a stop with the last Superliner on the grade crossing at 80th Avenue, where Arvada police were waiting. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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