Photo ID: 111752 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9738 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111751 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 233 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9689 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111750 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 250 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9738 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111749 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 9738 is a C44-9W that has been in long term storage in Grand Junction. It is likely going to be rebuilt as a C44ACM and put back into active service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111748 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 244 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific For the past decade, The US EPA has required that diesel locomotives built meet the (very strict) Tier-4 emissions standards. As a result, Class 1 railroads have largely started rebuilding older locomotives as rebuilds are not subject to the same standards. It is cheaper than buying Tier-4 compliant locomotives, which, even after their initial sticker price, are more expensive (and more complicated) to maintain. However, UP has purchased 107 Tier-4 compliant SD70ACe-T4s. UP 3054, on the point of the MGJNY, is one such unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111747 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY met the Winter Park Express at Rocky and is now heading the rest of the way into Denver. The train is less than 3,000 feet long this morning. Other than the coal at the front, most of the rest of the train are cars from the Potash Local that runs out to Moab from Grand Junction. If you look off in the distance and slightly up, you can see the head end of an eastbound BNSF in the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111746 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak I felt like this shot almost feels like the Winter Park Express actually originated from the sun! The Ski Train is right on time here as it charges west out of Leyden. In fact, the train will make up a little time and arrive at the base of the slopes in Winter Park 12 minutes early. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111745 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Amtrak, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is just a few degrees above the eastern horizon as the Winter Park Express heads the opposite direction, away from the rising sun and toward the Rocky Mountains and the Winter Park Ski Resort. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111744 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 17, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Shortly past sunrise, the sun glints off the Superliners of the westbound Winter Park Express, just west of Leyden. Clear skies and the early morning create a perfect gold hour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111743 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At 6pm, the eastbound Winter Park Express lights up the rails as it streaks past the camera in a 20 second timed shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111742 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 146 leads the Winter Park Express across the grade crossing at Tolland. The train was slightly delayed in departing Winter Park as it had to wait for the Moffat Tunnel to vent after a 25 minute late Zephyr went into the tunnel first. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111741 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Winter Park Express is running just a couple of minute late as it approaches the grade crossing at Tolland. The sun has set at this point and the light is fading, but the scene is a nice and tranquil one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111740 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr crosses over a frozen-over South Boulder Creek about a mile east of the east end of Tolland. Considering we are in the middle January, the temperature is actually fairly warm at 30°F, here at 8,700 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111739 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS047 (East Tolland) Gilpin County, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the final few fleeting moments of sunlight, the eastbound Zephyr passes through the east OS of Tolland. In the distance, the snow-covered Continental Divide sits under calm skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111738 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In the middle of winter, the Zephyr arrives in Denver well after sunset, even when it is running right on time. However, you can catch it in a little bit of direct sunlight close to the Moffat Tunnel. Here, the train is passing by the handful of houses found in Tolland. Most are summer houses, currently boarded up and empty. However, one single house, which the Zephyr is about to pass, is home to a Gilpin County Sheriff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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