Photo ID: 110411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It's always great to get a bit deeper into Spring, it is always great to have late running later in the day, allowing for some daylight shots of the eastbound Zephyr as it descends toward Denver. Here, running almost exactly on time, the eastbound Zephyr rolls through the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Partly cloud skies result in a patchwork of shadows being cast around the area of Blue Mountain Drive. The head end of the eastbound Zephyr is in the sunlight while most of the rest of the train is still cast in shadows. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the base of Coal Creek Canyon, the eastbound Zephyr crosses over CO-72, finding a pocket of sunlight in and area of building clouds that has the foreground entirely engulfed in shadow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about 10 minutes behind schedule, the eastbound Zephyr pops out of Tunnel 1, descending down the 2% grade toward the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110385 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific, VIA, Amtrak UP 5875, transporting some Siemens-built equipment that will be delivered to VIA rail (the first six units) and Amtrak (last two units) meets a very long westbound intermodal train (the ZG2BRB) at Burns, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110375 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak now has three Phase 7 P42DCs (AMTK 174, AMTK 82, and AMTK 138). AMTK 138 is the newest repaint in the new scheme, and it along with AMTK 82 led the Zephyr westbound out of Denver. This is the first time a patched pair of Phase 7 P42DCs have led the Zephyr (or, to the best of my knowledge, any train). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110374 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 632 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr, with a pair of Phase 7 P42DCs, heads west alongside the Sheridan Blvd commuter rail station. The Zephyr has what has become standard consist. A transition sleeper, two regular sleepers, a diner, a lounge car, and two coaches. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110373 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Jefferson County, CO 284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak With temperatures right around 60°F (15°C) and crystal clear blue skies, it is a wonderful day along the Front Range. A P42DC and a P40DC (which has since been rebuilt as a P42DC) lead the westbound Zephyr in the middle of the Tunnel District. The train is approaching the east portal of Tunnel 7. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110372 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 552 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For me, Amtrak's Phase 3 scheme, which dominated through the 1980s and early 1990s on the F40PHs, is my favorite of all of Amtrak's paint scheme. The new Phase 7 scheme has become second place for me. Phase 7 unseated the original Phase 1 scheme from second place. I always enjoyed the Pointless Arrow in particular. Which scheme was your favorite? Leave a comment and let everyone know! AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage unit, leads the westbound Zephyr on a very pleasant April morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110371 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 301 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I really love seeing an Amtrak heritage unit leading on any Amtrak train. A wonderful "flash from the past". AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage P42DC reminds me of the very early days of Amtrak when SDP40s wearing the Pointless Arrow scheme ruled on long distance trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110370 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is just about to poke its nose out of Tunnel 3. Savvy Amtrak fans might note that the "Amtrak" on the nose is not the normal one on Phase 5 units. This is indeed AMTK 161, the Phase 1 Heritage unit sporting the bloody nose and classic Amtrak font. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110369 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Jefferson County, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the westbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 2 in the Lower Tunnel District, we see the west portal of Tunnel 3 in the foreground, from which the Zephyr will also emerge from in less than a minute. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110368 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's "Pointless Arrow" (or "Bloody Nose") Phase 1 Heritage Unit, AMTK 161, leads a P40DC (AMTK 817) on the westbound California Zephyr as the train rolls west at Plain, approaching Rainbow Cut. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110349 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr heads west on the North Yard siding, passing by a UP manifest that is spanning Main 3 and Main 2 through the crossover at Pecos. The manifest arrived earlier in the day from the Greeley Sub. It came across Main 2 and, now that the Zephyr is clear, will back in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110348 Date Shot Photo By Monday, April 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 318 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 126 approaches the signal bridge at Pecos Street, running on the North Yard Siding. You may notice that there does not appear to be a signal over the North Yard siding. That is indeed correct. There are CTC crossovers from Main 3 to Main 2 to Main 1 at Pecos. But there is no CTC-controlled crossover from the siding to Main 3, so this is not a control point on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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