AMTK 151 and AMTK 57 lead thew eastbound Zephyr through a scene at Eisele (Clay) that is entirely dominated by frozen frost on all of the vegetation. The train is a bit behind schedule today, running about 90 minutes late.
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The Zephyr has the typical post-COVID consist with a pair of P42s, a baggage car, and seven Superliners. The train is in the OS at C&S Junction and is crossing over Federal Blvd.
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The westbound Zephyr passes underneath the signal bridge at C&S Junction, about to cross over Federal Blvd, changing from Main 3 to Main 2. The train is running right on time for its morning trip west.
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AMTK 75 and AMTK 59 are the power on the westbound Winter Park Express. The train was delayed about 20 minutes waiting for a BNSF southbound to clear the diamond at 23rd Street. However, with no eastbound traffic opposing it, the train would still arrive in Winter Park one minute early!
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AMTK 75 leads the morning Winter Park Express westbound across the grade crossing at Plain. There was a light dusting of snow overnight, and the result is powdery white pine trees, ties, and ballast.
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The Denver area has had several unseasonably warm days in the last week. As a result, nearly all the snow in the area has melted away. However, there is still plenty of snow to be had in the Colorado high country, which is where skiers on the Winter Park Express are headed as the train departs Eisele (Clay).
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AMTK 75 and AMTK 59 lead the Winter Park Express westbound on the main at Eisele (Clay). Since the Amtrak started running the Winter Park Express in 2017, it has never had more than 40 trips in a season. However, thanks in large part to the government of Colorado, it will have 69 trips for the 2024-2025 season. Reports indicate that the train has largely been sold out.
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AMTK 75 has, so far, been on every run of the Winter Park Express this season. The second P42DC was originally AMTK 146. However, Amtrak swapped that out and AMTK 59 is now assisting with AMTK 75. The train climbs and comes around Big Ten Curve.
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AMTK 75, sporting Amtrak's Phase 7 paint scheme, leads the westbound Winter Park Express around the outside of Big Ten Curve. In the distance, above AMTK 75, you can actually see the east portal of Tunnel 4. The Winter Park Express runs with a single engineer in the cab.
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The engineer on the morning Winter Park Express throttles up at East Rocky to increase speed a little bit after coming through the west end of Barbara's Gulch.
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AMTK 51 and AMTK 157, running elephant-style, lead the westbound Zephyr through Eisele (Clay) precisely on time, if not a few minutes early.
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Thanks to the angle of the sun this morning, black and white just felt right for the Zephyr, heading west on the main at Eisele (Clay) right on time.
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AMTK 58 and AMTK 56 have the duty of running with the westbound California Zephyr on this Monday morning. The train is passing alongside Clear Valley Park to the south (right) and a mostly frozen over Jim Baker Reservoir to the north (left).
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The morning westbound Zephyr made good time getting out of Denver and is just slightly ahead of schedule here, just west of C&S Jct on Main 2. Indeed, the crew is trying to keep up the good performance, exhaust pouring out of the P42DCs as the engineer throttles up. The track to the right is BNSF's Golden Sub, which runs to (among many other things), the Coors Brewery in Golden.
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The Winter Park Express crests the hill on the climb to Tunnel 1. So far, no new homes from the Canyon Pines neighborhood have appears in the shot. Though for how much longer that will be the case is anyone's guess!
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