Photo ID: 113451 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 70 (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 78 (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 89 (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 102 (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: 113445 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 62 (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 56 (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 58 (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 50 (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 60 (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. Photo ID: 113440 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak You can see the wind kicking up the snow from the Continental Divide in the distance as the Zephyr wraps around the curve toward the east switch of Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113439 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting a good snowfall earlier this week, there is still plenty of snow to go around up here between Rollins and Tolland as the westbound Zephyr, running about three hours late, passes by along a frozen South Boulder Creek. The wind was really kicking up this afternoon, and you can see a bit of snow along the top of the Superliners in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113438 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 7, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Apparently, one of the two P42DCs on the Zephyr was having some mechanical issues in Nebraska overnight, resulting in a delay arriving (and departing) Denver. Here at Rocky, the train is running roughly three hours late as it rolls west on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113437 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Looking west at Plain, the flatirons look pretty great covered in powdered snow as an on-time Zephyr rolls west on the main. This will be the last train for the next several hours (at least) as maintenance of way gets to own the railroad for a maintenance window today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113436 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr just knocked down a green signal at the east end of Plain. 6-7 inches of snow fell through most of the day yesterday, which is just perfect this morning as the Zephyr has a pair of highly colorful P42DCs (in Phase 7 paint) this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113435 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is shining brightly on a scene of freshly fallen snow as a pair of Phase 7 P42DCs pull the Zephyr up to Tunnel 1. This is the first snow fall of 2025-2026 winter season, and the perfect morning for a ride west on the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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