Photo ID: 111478 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak This is a sight that you do not see particularly often in Denver. The Zephyr without any power! While the Zephyr is stopped on Track 4, baggage is being swapped out, and passengers are deboarding and boarding, equipment for the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) is being set out on Track 5. After setting out the equipment, the P42DCs will return to the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111477 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The Zephyr has backed into Track 4 for its evening station stop at Denver. However, the equipment for the Winter Park Express is also on the train this evening, and it needs to be cut out and placed on Track 5. The two P42DCs for the Zephyr will pull away and onto the Passenger Lead. The Winter Park Express equipment will then pull forward onto the Buck Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111476 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak These Superliners in the foreground are not actually apart of the Zephyr. They are the equipment that will be used for the next three months on the Winter Park Express (Ski Train). The Zephyr itself starts with the baggage car a little bit back. Right now, work is being done to cut the Ski Train away from the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111475 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is backing into Track 4 for its station stop. You might notice, despite the blur, that there is a baggage car in the middle of some Superliners. This is because the Superliners ahead of the baggage car (to the left) are for the Winter Park Express Ski Train. Those cars, and a pair of P42DCs, will be set out on Track 5 in preparation for the start of the season on Friday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111437 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a perfect on-time departure at 8:46am, the westbound Zephyr has left the yard tracks behind and is on the mainline heading west. The track the Zephyr is on is UP's Moffat mainline and is CTC-controlled by UP's DS-378 in Omaha, NE. The tracks behind the Zephyr are the UP yard tracks in North Yard. The tracks in foreground on the opposite side of the Zephyr are BNSF, and part of their Rennicks intermodal facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111433 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 258 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is currently stopped on Track 4 at Denver Union Station. A few passenger are still arriving, ready to board the train that is scheduled to depart in roughly 15 minutes. The train is a bit forward on Track 4 as the train has to stop at the fuel pads for the engines as Denver is a refueling stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111432 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The final Superliner on the morning Zephyr is a combined Coach-Baggage car. It is sitting on Track 4 near the classic Denver Union Station building. Despite all the construction in this area over the past 20 years, the station itself hasn't changed much, and still sports the classic "Union Station" and "Travel by Train" signs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111431 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver CO 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak One of the more interesting features of the ALC-42 Chargers is this open grating on the long hood. Like the F40PH and the P42DC, the ALC-42 is a cowl unit, with no external walkways. The walkways are located inside the car body, and is visible here at this grating. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111430 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The ALC-42 Chargers hold roughly 2,200 gallons of diesel fuel. As you can see from the reading, almost exactly half of the fuel has been used on this particular units. 1,173 gallons are still in the tank. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111429 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A look at the conductor's side of AMTK 341, sporting the Phase 7 scheme. As is the case with many units, the model number is on the nose. The builders plate is also located on the nose. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111428 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 288 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When Amtrak was first formed in 1971, it was EMD that primarily got into the passenger power game, with the SDP40, followed by the F40PH. Then, in the 1990s, GE won the next contract with Amtrak with the P42DCs, beating out EMD's F59PHI. Fast-forward another 30-ish years, and neither EMD or GE (well, now Wabtec) are in the passenger game! Siemens is in the process of building 125 ALC-42 "Chargers" to supplements (or, in some instances, replace) the aging P42DC fleet. The units will be numbered 300 to 424. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111427 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 439 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A look at the nose of P42DC AMTK 78. You can definitely see the years of age on the face of the unit, with various scratches, dents, and scuffs. The unit was delivered in June 1997. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111426 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is sitting on Track 4 at Union Station for its standard morning station stop. The train arrived 40 minutes early, and is expected to depart right on time. AMTK 341, an ALC-42 "Charger", sits on Track 5. Amtrak has ordered 125 of these of Siemens-built units, and they are still being delivered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111425 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak One of two Sleeping Cars (not including the Transition Sleeper) sits on Track 4 at Denver Union Station on the westbound California Zephyr. The first round of Superliner were delivered to Amtrak between 1979 and 1981, so this Superliner is right around 45 years old. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111424 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the south edge of Big Ten Curve, the Zephyr is making its way west. The Zephyr has not seen many ALC-42 Chargers, the power set to (largely) replace the P42DCs. The Chargers are Tier-4 compliant, and they require special additives mixed in with their fuel. the infrastructure currently does not exist in Denver to include the additives, so the Chargers have not been running on the Zephyr. Rumors are that the infrastructure will be added soon, and Chargers are likely to start showing up in 2025. That means this classic consist may be short-lived. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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