Photo ID: 108861 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 25, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the light rapidly fades, a pair of SD70ACes show some motion blur on the point of an eastbound oil train. The train will go in to the siding at Rocky and tie down. In the distance, notice the earth movement that is the result of the new Canyon Pines neighborhood currently under construction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108860 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 25, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Rollinsville, CO 687 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr has quite a colorful (and new) consist! There is no P42DC to be found. Instead, a quartet of Siemen-built ALC-42s lead the train east. These new units will slowly replace the aging P42DC fleet, at least on long distance trains. The lead unit, AMTK 301, sports a 50th Anniversary celebration scheme. The remaining three units wear the Phase VII scheme, the newest scheme introduced by Amtrak and the official scheme, for the time being, moving forward. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108859 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A single Heritage 2 C44-9W brings up the end of an empty unit grain train across Eisenhower Drive near the east switch of Fraser. The unit grain train is a nice bit of variety for the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108858 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 512 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF 43-year-old rail, rolled at Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I) in 1979, is showing a little bit of its age as flakes and chips of rail have been torn away along the railhead as an eastbound covered hopper rolls over the stamping of the rail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108857 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 538 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As we move toward harvest season, more and more covered hoppers are moving toward the plains of the United States in preparation for loading. An eastbound BNSF (empty) unit grain train pulls along the platform in Fraser. The scene is drenched as rain continues to fall from an afternoon thunderstorm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108856 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 524 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You can really see the near-2% grade amplified in this shot as a BNSF grain train pulls on to the slightly less intense 1% grade at Fraser. The forecast today called for thunderstorms all afternoon in the Fraser Valley and the meteorologists were spot on today as the rain is coming down hard! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108855 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 646 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Some colorful, local flowers adorn the covered portion of the platform at Fraser as a westbound UP coal empty passes by in the midst of a substantial downpour. The empty is headed for the West Elk mine on the North Fork Branch in western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108854 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash Tabernash, CO 648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rolls west on the main at Tabernash on an approach signal as a massive thunderstorm builds to the south, unleashing a huge downpour of rain over Winter Park. The Zephyr will meet an eastbound BNSF grain empty here at Tabernash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108853 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 502 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr rolls toward its station stop in the distance, an afternoon summer thunderstorm builds over the Continental Divide over near Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108852 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser Fraser, CO 612 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr glides through the S-Curve just east of the east switch of Fraser with a rather colorful consist. AMTK 184, the Phase IV heritage unit, leads a standard Phase V P42DC and an ALC-42 (AMTK 301) in the 50th Anniversary scheme. AMTK 301 has been dropped off at various crew change points so crews can learn and get used to the new units that will be replacing Amtrak's aging fleet of P42DCs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108851 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 595 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There are few scenes as beautiful as the one seen here, with a fresh layering of snow not only on the ground, but still in the trees, creating that powdered sugar look. A pair of P42DC, including AMTK 130 (Phase I heritage unit) keep the Zephyr rolling west on time just west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108850 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, February 24, 2022 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 814 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a clear, cold morning after a February blizzard, the westbound Zephyr climbs toward the east portal of Tunnel 1 in a frozen winter wonderland. AMTK 130, the Phase II heritage unit, is second up on the train today. February is generally the coldest month of the year in Colorado and this day is no exception as the temperature is only 2°F (-17°C)! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108849 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 814 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of units bring up the tail end of the Provo-Denver as the train makes its way down the main at Leyden. BNSF's yard has requested that, instead of running down to Prospect Jct on UP's main, the train will instead cross over at Utah Junction from UP's main to the BNSF main. Most likely the yard has asked to do this in order to hold the train at Rennicks until the yard is ready for it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108848 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 752 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Dynamic brakes whine as a trio of GEs work to control the speed of this eastbound Provo-Denver manifest as it passes by the neighborhood of Leyden Ranch, just west of the siding of Leyden. The train has a Clear (green over red) signal at the west end of Leyden as it has a straight shot down to Utah Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108847 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 11, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 768 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr climbs toward Tunnel 1 on a beautiful, albeit blustery, morning. If you look in the background, you might notice a bit of a gash in the hillside in the background. This is part of a new neighborhood, called Canyon Pines, that has just started construction. The neighborhood will include houses up to and even on top of Tunnel 1! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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