Photo ID: 110101 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 557 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Winter has settled in in a major way across the plains and into the Rockies. Evidence of the heavy snow fall is quite apparent as the front of AMTK 190 is covered in snow, and is indeed kicking up fresh powder as it approach the east end of Leyden at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110100 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr has not run east of Denver (to Chicago) since last Thursday night. Severe weather on the plains has resulted in Amtrak canceling the Zephyr between Denver and Chicago. #6 has been laying over in Denver for the night, then departing west the next morning as #5. AMTK 190 leads the westbound Zephyr on the approach to Leyden, the same unit and train that came east as #6 last night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110098 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak added two holiday runs for the Winter Park Express this year. Today, MLK Day, is the first "bonus" day for the Ski Train. It is -7°F (-22°C) and the snow is falling as the train approaches the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. The orange object on the front of AMTK 192 is actually a protective cover that goes over the coupler. It prevents snow and ice from building up in the knuckle, making it easier when AMTK 192 has to be attached to the train in Fraser after running around it for the trip back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110097 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 385 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr wraps around the curve at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on a morning that so far as not been warmer than -5°F (-21°C). Some light snow is forecasted to continue falling throughout the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110096 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr makes its way through the cut on the north side of CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Snow is very lightly falling as the train continues to make its way west in to the Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110095 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Drive (MP 22.43) Arvada, CO 410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr departed on time, but got held up at C&S Junction due to a switch that would not lock up. Now running around 25 minutes late, the train makes its way through the curves on the approach to Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110094 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak When Amtrak started running the Winter Park Express again a few years ago, they seemed to make an effort to include a specially-painted (heritage) unit on the train. Not the case this year, as AMTK 142 and AMTK 192 lead the train west, just west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110093 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 329 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Winter Park Express emerges from the west end of Tunnel 1 on an extremely cold January morning. The temperature is currently -7°F (-22°C) and is not expected to even climb to 10°F (-12°C) today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110092 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Winter Park Express is kicking up a lot of snow as it cruises toward a clear (green) signal at the MP 14.5. The train is making track speed, blowing up the fresh powder on a -5°F (-21°C) morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110091 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 387 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a freezing January morning, the third run of the Winter Park Express kicks up a lot of snow as it charges west out of Leyden. The departed about 20 minute due to an issue with their PTC (Positive Train Control). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110088 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 13, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 80th Avenue (MP 11.75) Arvada, CO 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The sun is just barely peeking out from clouds to the east as the westbound Winter Park Express crosses 80th Avenue, just east of the east switch of Leyden. The train is kicked up a bit of snow on this extremely frigid January morning. The temperature this morning is a bone chilling -10°F (-23°C)! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110087 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful, albeit freezing (16°F) January morning, AMTK 78 and AMTK 45 emerge from Tunnel 3 and are about to head in to Tunnel 4 west of Plain in the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110086 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Arvada, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr just passed by a clear (green) signal at the west end of Plain, and the head end is just about enter in to the east end of Tunnel 2, marking the start of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110085 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr departed Denver about 30 minutes late, and is about 90 minutes behind the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) as it charges west on the main at Plain. UP has a lot of equipment and stacks of panel track alongside the House Track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110084 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 12, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 379 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A year from now, if the Winter Park Express (Ski Train) runs in 2025, there will very likely be houses in the background in this shot. For the first run in 2024, however, there is only asphalt and a few construction vehicles behind the westbound Ski Train on the main at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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