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Photo ID: 113102
Date Shot
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Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft)
Jefferson County, CO
268
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
As the head end of this eastbound BNSF oil train crosses over the large fill between Tunnels 2 and 3, we can see even more of the train to the right of the shot, wrapping around and into Tunnel 4.
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Photo ID: 113101
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft)
Jefferson County, CO
264
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
An eastbound BNSF loaded oil train passes in and out of Tunnel 7, traversing along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. The crew on the train is running short on time, so the dispatcher is keeping them rolling east on green signals.
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Photo ID: 113100
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS032 (West Crescent)
Boulder County, CO
262
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
After knocking down a green signal at the west end of Crescent, the Zephyr is on the move and throttling up as it heads for Tunnel 19 and the upper end of the Tunnel District. The train will be meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train, currently waiting in the siding at Cliff.
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Photo ID: 113099
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Crescent (5,550 ft)
Boulder County, CO
251
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The Patrick Henry private cars in the foreground, on the back of the westbound Zephyr, have the Continental Divide as a fantastic background. The train is rolling west on a green signal near west Crescent.
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Photo ID: 113098
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Crescent (5,550 ft)
Boulder County, CO
266
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
These two Patrick Henry cars are probably the two most common private passenger cars that catch a ride on the Zephyr these days. It was great to see them again on this morning, heading west at Crescent. You can see Gross Reservoir to the right, slowly getting taller as part of a project to triple the water capacity of the reservoir.
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Photo ID: 113097
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Tunnel 18 (MP 30.0, 272 ft)
Boulder County, CO
261
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The westbound Zephyr has just emerged from Tunnel 18. From this vantage point, you can see the east end of Crescent, the grade crossing at Crescent, and Gross Reservoir in the distance. Of course, even further in the distance, you can see the mountains of the Continental Divide.
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Photo ID: 113096
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 17 (MP 29.5, 1,752 ft)
Boulder County, CO
217
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
Two Patrick Henry private cars are just about the disappear into Tunnel 17 in the middle of the Tunnel District. It is a perfect day for a ride west through the Colorado high country.
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Photo ID: 113095
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 17 (MP 29.5, 1,752 ft)
Boulder County, CO
252
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
On a beautiful September morning, the westbound Zephyr, with two private cars in tow, head toward the east portal of Tunnel 17. Tunnel 17 is the longest tunnel between Denver west to (but not including, of course) the Moffat Tunnel. Note the two private cars (Patrick Henry cars) on the end of the Zephyr.
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Photo ID: 113094
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Tunnel 16 (MP 28.7, 698 ft)
Jefferson County, CO
237
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The morning Zephyr is headed west between Tunnel 16 and Tunnel 17. This is one of the longest stretches between tunnels anywhere throughout the Tunnel District.
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Photo ID: 113093
Date Shot
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Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Times Viewed
CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
247
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
The Zephyr has reduced its length from nine Superliners to seven Superliners, cutting one sleeper and one coach. This is pretty common at the end of the summer, when demand for Amtrak rail travel decreases a bit.
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Photo ID: 113092
Date Shot
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Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS016 (East Rocky)
Arvada, CO
287
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Railroad
Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
Two Patrick Henry cars are catching a ride on the back of the westbound California Zephyr. The Zephyr is taking the siding at Rocky to meet an eastbound BNSF manifest, which you can see holding the main in the distance.
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Photo ID: 113091
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2)
Arvada, CO
244
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
AMTK 169 leads the westbound Zephyr this morning, the train coming around the curve at the narrow, west end of Barbara's Gulch. The train is passing underneath CO-93, on the approach to the east end of Rocky.
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Photo ID: 113090
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, September 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Rocky (7,330ft)
Arvada, CO
318
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
A relatively short BNSF Provo-Denver has slowed to a stop on the main at Rocky. The westbound Zephyr departed just a few minutes late and is on its way west in Barbara's Gulch. Not quite sure why DS-378 held BNSF on the main rather than routing them into the siding. It is also a fairly short manifest today. Maybe 40-45 cars. No DPUs.
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Photo ID: 113056
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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CP DS000 (Prospect Junction)
Denver, CO
258
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
After sitting for a little while at a red signal on Main 2 waiting for BNSF's 31st Street Yard to be ready to receive it, the Provo-Denver is now on the move at Prospect Jct. The train is leaving both Union Pacific tracks and CTC behind as the power moves onto the Buck Lead.
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Photo ID: 113049
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0)
Denver, CO
305
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF
BNSF's Provo-Denver comes rolling eastbound on UP's main track on the east side of North Yard. The train to the right of train (when looking at the photo) is BNSF's "New North Main", which leads to the Front Range Sub north of Utah Junction. the track the Provo-Denver is on, and all tracks to the left, are owned by UP.
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