Photo ID: 112612 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The scenery in the Denver area is as green as I can ever remember this May and June, thanks to a wetter than normal spring. The eastbound Zephyr makes is way east of Blue Mountain Road under partly cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112611 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Between Tolland and the bridge over East Portal Road, the tracks seem to run through a long valley of trees. This evening, an hour late Zephyr is running through a slow order on the approach to Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112610 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 18 and AMTK 147 lead the eastbound Zephyr across East Portal Road on the single track main between East Portal and Tolland. The sun is trying to press through the clouds around the Continental Divide in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112597 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42DCs lead a baggage car and nine Superliners on an on-time westbound Zephyr. Here at Prospect Jct, as the train is about to pass underneath I-25, we see the Zephyr as it moves from BNSF to UP. The train has just changed channels from 3939 to 1414. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112596 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After an on-time departure, from Denver Union Station, the Zephyr has come to a stop in the OS at Prospect Jct to pick up a conductor that threw a switch. It is here at Prospect Jct that the Zephyr moves from BNSF tracks to UP tracks. It will run on Main 2 between Prospect Jct and Fox Jct, where it will change over to the single main track to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112595 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is working on getting out of Denver, crossing the north end of the Joint Line on Buck Lead. As you can see, there is a switch against the Zephyr, and the train has come to a stop. A conductor will hop off the train and walk up and throw the switch so the Zephyr can continue west. This is why the Zephyr will sometimes make a stop or two when departing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112591 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With thunderstorms building to the north, the eastbound California Zephyr is about 50 minutes late as it rolls through Arvada. As we move closer to summer, the heat has been increasing, and UP has been putting out a lot of 10 MPH slow orders due to the possibility of sun kinks in the rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112585 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hudson to Barr Adams County, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak On a beautiful Friday and Thirteenth, the morning westbound Zephyr blasts by Barr Lake on BNSF's Brush Sub, a nice reflection coming off the lake. The Zephyr is running 30 minutes ahead of schedule today, meaning passengers will have an extended air break at the station in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112584 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hudson to Barr Adams County, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running nearly 30 minutes early this morning, making track speed along I-76 between Hudson and Barr. Looks like the Zephyr is officially back up to nine Superliners! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112568 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is working on getting out of Denver with nine Superliners in tow. The train is briefly stopped at Prospect Junction, waiting for a conductor to reboard the train after aligning a switch on the Buck Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112565 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr heads out of Union Station, three RTD commuter rail trains are on the roll. On the far left, an A-Line train from Denver International Airport approaches Union Station. It is meeting an N-Line train that is headed out toward Thornton. On the right, above the Zephyr, a G-Line train is arriving from Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112564 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Denver Union Station is just a couple blocks away from Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. In this shot, as the westbound Zephyr is departing from Track 4, the train passes by the stadium. From this vantage point, you can see the grounds crew working on the infield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112563 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Starting this season, the Rocky Mountaineer is actually loading and unloading passengers on Track 5 at Union Station. Here, the westbound Zephyr is on Track 4, nearly ready to depart. The Rocky Mountaineer is running a few minutes late, but is getting ready to depart as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112562 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of Tunnel 1, the morning Zephyr is running about 45 minutes late. You can see Canyon Pines Drive, the road that accesses the new Arvada neighborhood of Canyon Pines. The neighborhood will have custom home builds, but several years into the project, no houses have actually popped up just yet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112561 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 9, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal Tunnel 1 above CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. When the Denver and Salt Lake (or, at the time, the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific) first started investigating routes to head west through The Rockies, Coal Creek Canyon was one of the routes surveyed. The route would have necessitated a 2-3 mile long tunnel. As such, the route along the Front Range and South Boulder Canyon, through the Tunnel District, was chosen instead. Today, of course, CO-72 heads west up Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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