Amtrak seems to be repainting P42DCs from Phase 5 to Phase 7 paint at a rate of around one every two weeks. AMTK 75 appears to be the latest to get the new scheme, second out on the westbound Zephyr this morning.
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A mixed match set of P42DCs (one Phase 5, one Phase 7) leading the westbound Zephyr on the climb to Big Ten Loop on a beautiful Thursday morning in May.
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The westbound Zephyr wraps around the curve at the base of the north edge of Big Ten Loop. AMTK 60 and (freshly painted) AMTK 75 are leading the train this morning.
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AMTK 71 leads another P42DC and a standard consist for the Zephyr out of the west end of Leyden. The train is crossing over Indiana Street, the busiest north-south road in Western Arvada.
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The westbound Zephyr charges west on the main at Leyden. It's nice to see that the siding at Leyden is once again empty and available for meets after a string of empty well cars were stored there for close to five months! Well cars were tied down there early on the morning of January 3, 2024. Overnight on May 27, 2024, they were picked up and taken back to Denver.
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Memorial Day 2024 finds a standard consist for the California Zephyr as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. The latest P42DC to be repainted in the new Phase 7 scheme is AMTK 69, on the point this morning.
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A Phase 7 P42DC (AMTK 69, the most recent repaint) leads AMTK 151 and a standard consist for the westbound Zephyr through the curves at Blue Mountain Drive.
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May and June tend to be the two greenest months of the year in the Denver area, and May has been no exception in 2024. The Zephyr passes west through Eisele amidst the great green grass.
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The newest P42DC to be repainted in Amtrak's newest (Phase 7) paint scheme leads the westbound Zephyr on a beautiful Memorial Day morning, climbing up the north side of Big Ten Curve.
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The hoppers on the inside of Big Ten Curve, that serve as a wind break, have definitely become the victim of graffiti in recent years. Passengers on the westbound Zephyr will be able to look out to the hoppers on the right side, or over to the great plains out the left side. You can see the west end of Eisele (Clay), as well as Tunnel 1, in the distance.
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Partly cloudy skies have shadows floating across the landscape as the westbound Zephyr climbs up toward Big Ten Curve. It has been a bit of a chilly spring, but things are warming up. It is a very pleasant 55°F this mid-May morning.
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AMTK 180 throttles up and kicks up some exhaust as the train makes its way up the 2% grade on the north edge of Big Ten Curve.
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The westbound Zephyr is climbing it way west out of Rocky. The trees have brand new leaves and the area has really greened up here at the midway point in May.
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The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it heads west on the main at Rocky. BNSF's Provo-Denver is in the siding and the crew just finished tying down the train. Handbrakes have been set on 25 cars, and the crew is now waiting for a crew van to pick them up. Not the Rocky Spur, climbing up an 8% grade, to the left.
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Despite the partly cloudy skies to the west, the sky to the east is overcast and covering the sun as the westbound Zephyr hustles on the main at Eisele (Clay), AMTK 82 and AMTK 60 on the point.
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