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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS007 (Arvada)
Denver, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Union Pacific
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At CP DS007 (Arvada), the MGJNY diverges from the Main Track to Main 2. UP intentionally added a little dog leg curve to the main so Main 1 (far track to the right) would not be diverging at the switch. This is because heavy coal trains (and now oil train) generally run on Main 1, and UP did not want the heavy trains to diverging through the switch. The switch itself is actually a (relatively) high speed switch. It is long and has moveable point frogs.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS005 (C&S Junction)
Denver, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Rocky Mountaineer
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At C&S Junction, the Rocky Mountaineer proceeds west from Main 1 to Main 2 on a diverging approach signal. The train will stop at the next signal at Arvada to wait for an eastbound oil train. For those versed in identifying which main is which, you might noticed that the head end of the train is still on Main 1 in this shot. The OS at C&S Junction is half a mile long, and the crossover from Main 1 to Main 2 is behind the camera.
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Monday, June 9, 2025
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Kevin Morgan
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Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft)
Arvada, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Amtrak
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The westbound Zephyr approaches the east portal Tunnel 1 above CO-72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. When the Denver and Salt Lake (or, at the time, the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific) first started investigating routes to head west through The Rockies, Coal Creek Canyon was one of the routes surveyed. The route would have necessitated a 2-3 mile long tunnel. As such, the route along the Front Range and South Boulder Canyon, through the Tunnel District, was chosen instead. Today, of course, CO-72 heads west up Coal Creek Canyon.
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Monday, June 9, 2025
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Kevin Morgan
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Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft)
Arvada, CO
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Moffat Tunnel (UP)
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Amtrak
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Since COVID in 2020, the Zephyr has pretty consistently been running with a baggage car and seven Superliners. A few weeks ago, a third coach started appearing on the Zephyr, increasing the length of the train to eight Superliners. On this particular morning, as the Zephyr heads west on the main at Eisele (Clay), the train is a bit longer with nine Superliners in tow. Granted, the very last car is a sleeper that is just deadheading out to California.
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