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 425 (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 342 (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 377 (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 341 (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 325 (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 413 (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 390 (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 410 (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 365 (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 475 (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 382 (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. Photo ID: 112966 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 436 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As a BNSF oil train heads west on the main toward a green signal at the west end of Leyden, we also note a red flag in the middle of the siding. The red flag is protecting a manual derail that has been installed on the north rail beyond the red flag. The derail is protecting a string of 40 or so gondolas stored in the siding of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112965 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Six units lead this BNSF oil train westbound on the main at Leyden. The train is passing by a string of about 40 gondolas that are currently in long term storage here in the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112964 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 473 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the east end of the narrowest part of Barbara's Gulch, BNSF's Provo-Denver is headed east toward Denver. The train just departed Rocky and is passing underneath CO-93. In the distance, you can clearly see the wind break on Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112963 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 462 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver manifest rolls east on the main track at Rocky. It is passing by a UP work crew and the West Local. The local is going to pick up four gondolas from the house track, and leave two others that are filled with tie plates. Some additional maintenance of way is tied down in the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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