Photo ID: 112544 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A massive summer thunderstorm has passed through the area and is moving out onto the eastern plains. The sun is breaking through the clouds to the left, offering some great storm lighting as the eastbound Zephyr passes alongside North Yard and Rennicks, just about 15 minutes away from its station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112543 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr departed Fraser almost an hour late, but made up about 45 minutes on the trip down the Moffat. Here, it is on the main, coming by North Yard (UP) and Rennicks (BNSF). Tracks 1-5 are all empty of cars this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112524 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With the increased costs of transporting private passenger cars on Amtrak trains, it has become far less common for private cars to appear on the end of the Zephyr. However, on this evening, private cars "Colonial Crafts" and "NYC-3", the first in a Pennsylvania railroad scheme, and the second in a New York Central scheme, ride along on the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112523 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The privately owned Pullman-built Pennsylvania car "Colonial Crafts" and Budd-built New York Central car "NYC-3" are both hitching a ride on the end of the eastbound California Zephyr as the train passes near the east end of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112522 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr passes by at Blue Mountain Drive, the engineer opens the window and gives a friendly wave to the camera as it passes on by. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112521 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Under gloomy, stormy skies, the eastbound Zephyr passes by the Hotbox Detector at MP 22.6 at Blue Mountain. With my drone currently in the shop for repairs, it was good to get a classic shot here at the S-Curves. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112520 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is lightly sprinkling at Tolland as the Zephyr hustles along east at track speed, trying to make up a bit of time. Two private passenger cars are bringing up the end of the Zephyr today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112519 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Despite the fact that we are about three weeks away from the start of summer the aspen trees here at Tolland still bare of their leaves. The eastbound Zephyr is running around 90 minutes late as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112494 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As it waits in the siding at Eisele (Clay) for the eastbound MGJNY, it is really great to see that Amtrak has expanded the Zephyr from seven Superliners to eight Superliners! Amtrak has largely caught up with its repair backlog for its Superliners at Beech Grove, IN, allowing for a third coach to be added to the Zephyr. Rumor has it that another Sleeper may well be added in the near future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112493 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The engineer on UP's MGJNY has dimmed the headlight as the train approaching the westbound Zephyr at the west end of Eisele (Clay). One of the two engineers on the westbound Zephyr is climbing down from the cab to give a roll by to the eastbound manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112492 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr has slowed to a stop in the siding at Eisele (Clay). It will encounter a very brief delay, waiting for the eastbound MGJNY. The manifest is already out of Tunnel 1, and is just around the Bend at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112444 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 69 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 22 and AMTK 126 lead the morning Zephyr, which is running a little over an hour late. The train will lose a little more time as it is following the Rocky Mountaineer. At Rollins, the Zephyr would finally be able to run around the Rocky Mountaineer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112443 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent to Cliff (MP 31.8 to MP 36.7) Boulder County, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting a yellow (Approach) signal at West Crescent, the Zephyr is on the move again. It is following the westbound Mountaineer, which is just a block ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112442 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent (5,550 ft) Boulder County, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Following closely behind the Rocky Mountaineer, the westbound Zephyr has come to a stop at a red signal at the west end of Crescent. As soon as the Rocky Mountaineer clears the block to the west of Crescent, the Zephyr will get a yellow (Approach) signal, allowing it to continue west as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112422 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 12, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Right after the westbound Zephyr passed by, a UP maintenance foreman received track and time from DS-380 to check the train gauging at the location of a derailment here on Big Ten last Friday. You can see a dump truck showing up, ready to drop some fresh ballast. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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