Photo ID: 112888 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia to Orsa Douglas County, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak's AIRO special crosses over East Plum Creek on Main 1 of the Joint Line. A very rare site indeed, an Amtrak train set on the Joint Line. The AIRO train set, for Amtrak Cascades, is being taken to the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) near Pueblo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112887 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Acequia Denver, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak AMTK 22 and AMTK 134 heads south on Main 1 of the Joint Line, just south of Acequia. Unfortunately, a few traffic lights through Littleton hemmed me up long enough to prevent the shot I wanted to get...but this one isn't too bad with the Front Range visible in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112886 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak AIRO train set heads south on the Joint Line on Main 2, running alongside I-25. As you can probably infer from the pictures, I-25 is an extremely busy freeway. Indeed, it is the busiest freeway in the state of Colorado, with congestion throughout the Denver Metro area a regular fixture to the freeway on a daily basis. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112885 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 352 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak This is not something you see particularly often! A pair of Amtrak P42DCs leading an Amtrak Special train south on Main 1 by the siding of Hogan's Alley. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112884 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak AMTK 22 and AMTK 134 back up on the Coal Lead and onto the main track at BNSF's 31st Street Yard. Once clear of the crossovers, the crossover will be aligned for Main 2, and the train will depart toward the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112883 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 398 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Amtrak, working with the Washington State Department of Transportation, came up with a nice looking paint scheme for this AIRO train set that will run in the Cascades. The green scheme, with the Mt Rainier stamps, looks very nice. Here, the train set is back toward BNSF's 31st Yard so it can depart south on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112882 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak As we see this Amtrak Cascades AIRO train set back toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard, I cannot help but wonder if this site could become more often in the future. Not the Cascades livery, but CDOT is looking to try to start train service between Denver and Granby on the Moffat. I wonder if CDOT might look at a Siemens train set like this for their trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112881 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 372 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak Amtrak AIRO train set, a special that is going to head south on the Joint Line, is back up across the wye bridge toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard. The train will depart south on Main 2after it crosses over a few tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112880 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak This Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset is departing Union Station on the Buck lead. It is going to back through the "wash rack" track toward BNSF's 31st Street Yard, and then depart south on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112879 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 25, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Near BNSF's engine house, on the Buck lead, an Amtrak special is departing Union Station. An Amtrak Cascades trainset is going to head south on the Joint Line to go to the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112875 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 380 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak One final look at the eastbound Amtrak special as it makes its way through Barbara's Gulch eastbound. Was pretty cool to see the Amtrak Cascades trainset here in Colorado. The trainset is headed to Pueblo for testing at the TTC. After testing is complete, when the trainset is ready to head to the Pacific Northwest, it might just head back west on the Moffat... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112874 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting UP's MNYGJ, and with a clear (green) signal at the east end of Rocky, this Amtrak special with the Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset start to roll east on the main track, the sun quickly setting behind the Rocky Mountains under partly cloudy skies to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak An eastbound Amtrak special, carrying an Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset, sits stopped at a red signal on the main at Rocky. The train is waiting on a westbound UP MNYGJ, which is going quite a bit slower than the dispatcher would have liked. The dispatcher was hoping the manifest would have been in the siding waiting for the special by the time the special arrived. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 287 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This Amtrak Cascades AIRO trainset is currently stopped on the main at Rocky, waiting for a westbound UP manifest. The AIRO trainsets will, in general, consist of a ALC-42E locomotive, a baggage/coach car, cafe car, business class car, a few standard coaches, and a cab/coach car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112870 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 324 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Here is a close look at AMTK 70001, a Siemens ALC-42E. It sports the Amtrak Cascades paint scheme, which includes a "Washington State Department of Transportation" marking on it, as Amtrak Cascades is a joint venture (state-sponsored) version of Amtrak between Amtrak and the state of Washington. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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