Photo ID: 113432 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the past two weeks or so, one of the Zephyr trainsets has been running with a pair of Phase 7 P42DCs. The train is headed west on the main, passing two UP maintenance vehicles. The second truck will be used to haul 250 ties from Eisele (Clay) up to Tunnel 14 today. Only 40 ties can be taken per trip, so about seven trips will be required! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113431 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A significant herd of deer are grazing for food in the snow as the morning Zephyr rolls west on the main at Eisele. In winter months, when it is colder out, deer and elk are more likely to be spotted at lower (warmer) elevations. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113430 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific A UP ES44AC was added to the point of the westbound Zephyr at North Yard this morning, delaying the train by about an hour. Overnight, around six inches of snow fell, and it is lightly continuing here this morning. This is the first appreciable snowfall the Front Range have seen this winter season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113429 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The first real snowfall of the season came very late this year, at the start of December. The westbound Zephyr is about an hour late after stopping in North Yard to pick up a UP unit to run on the point. Presumably, one of the P42DCs on the Zephyr is having some mechanical issues, necessitating the addition of the UP unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113396 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A note on the door of this F40PH has a note indicated that the unit is running "dead in consist", and that the handbrake is located near the rear door. The cab doors are locked and inaccessible. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113395 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A few days earlier, I got a few shots of this ex-Amtrak F40PH at BNSF's engine house in Denver. The pervious day, the unit (along with an ex-ATSF SD45-2B) were transferred to Union Pacific. Here, the last F40PH delivered to Amtrak from EMD sits near the fuel tracks, waiting to head to Iowa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113392 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Last night saw the first snow in Arvada for the 2025-2026 winter season. And it was just barely a trace. It was just enough for the westbound Zephyr to kick up a bit of snow as it hustles west on Main 2 between C&S Junction and Arvada. The MOW cars to the right are UP, tied down in the Arvada siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113386 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak This is quite an incredible catch that I lucked into the day before Thanksgiving. This was the very last F40PH (actually, an F40PHR) delivered to Amtrak by EMD. The units were numbered 200 to 409, and were the backbone of the long distance trains on Amtrak through the 1980s and most of the 1990s. As you can see, AMTK 409 is sporting Amtrak's Phase 4 paint scheme. After being retired by Amtrak in 2001, the unit spent years in storage in Bear, DE before being sold to BUGX in private ownership and moved to Anaheim, CA. Here, it is on its way to Middletown, IA, possibly for cosmetic restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113383 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The paint on the nose of AMTK 83 is a little worse for wear as the Zephyr climbs the north edge of Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113381 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running just a few minutes behind schedule after knocking down a green signal at the east end of Rocky. There are two diners and no lounge cars on the train today. Most likely, a few lounge cars are at Amtrak's repair shops in Beech Grove, IN, meaning there isn't one available for the Zephyr today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113380 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the busiest travel day of the year, the day before Thanksgiving, the westbound Zephyr heads west through Barbara's Gulch. Interestingly, the Zephyr is running without a lounge car this morning, instead running with a pair of dining cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113356 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Along the shore of the Colorado River, the westbound California Zephyr rolls by an eastbound coal load on the 11,750-foot west siding of Bond. The coal load has a pair of Canadian National units as rear DPUs. You couldn't ask for a better mid-November day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113355 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS126 (West Yarmony) Eagle County, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running about 35 minutes late, just passed by a westbound BNSF manifest at Yarmony. The Zephyr will meet its counterpart a few miles ahead at the siding at Bond. It will also meet an eastbound UP coal load, waiting in the east siding at Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113354 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Denver-Provo is stopped in the siding at Yarmony to allow the westbound Zephyr, running about 35 minutes late, to overtake it on the mainline. This area around Yarmony is simply beautiful part of the Moffat, the Colorado River snaking in and out of small islands. The Denver-Provo will wait at Yarmony for the eastbound Zephyr, current on the siding at Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The second of two diners on the morning Zephyr roll by as the train heads west on Main 3 toward C&S Jct. Note the numerous piles of ties lining Main 3, waiting to be installed by a tie gang that is currently working west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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