A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we find the westbound Zephyr making its way west along the south leg of Big Ten Curve, just east of Eisele (Clay).
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A somewhat rare morning thunderstorm heads northeast, currently pouring rain on the city of Boulder as the westbound Zephyr wraps around the east side of Big Ten Curve.
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The westbound Zephyr is climbing up through the S-Curve between the west switch of Rocky and the open hoppers that serve as a wind break on Big Ten Curve.
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Running a little over two hours late, the Zephyr heads west through Barbara's Gulch, approaching the CO-93 underpass.
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The westbound Zephyr passes in and out of the 366-foot-long Tunnel 1. The Zephyr, coming in at roughly 800 feet, has the engines out of the west end as a few Superliners have not yet been pulled in the east end.
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The morning Zephyr is running about an hour late as it approaches the east portal of Tunnel 1. In the distance, you can see the progress on the new Arvada neighborhood called Canyon Pines. Over a hundred single family homes will be popping up in the next few years.
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A standard pair of P42DCs lead a typical consist of a baggage car and seven Superliners west over the switch and out of the siding of Eisele (Clay).
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As an eastbound oil train departs Eisele (Clay) and enters the west end of Big Ten Loop, the westbound Zephyr has just received a clear (green) signal at the west end and is about to throttle up to depart to the west.
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Meets at Eisele (Clay) do not have particularly often. Eisele is a shorter siding and it has weight restrictions on it as well, limiting what trains can actually meet here. However, the Zephyr is light and short, easily able to sneak through on the siding as it heads west, meeting this eastbound loaded oil train.
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The Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Tolland, getting ever-closer to the east end of the Moffat Tunnel that will take it under the snow-capped Continental Divide.
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The Continental Divide still sports quite a bit of snow on the top of it and it lies dead ahead for the westbound Zephyr. Just east of the east switch of Tolland, the Zephyr is clear (green) signals all the way up to and through the Moffat Tunnel.
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About 46 miles west of Denver, the westbound Zephyr is right on time as it crosses over South Boulder Creek. You could not ask for a more beautiful Memorial Day morning.
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The near-record levels of rain this May has resulted in some rich, lush, green scenes all throughout the Denver area. Passengers riding on an on-time Zephyr are enjoying the views as the train emerges from Tunnel 1 and approaches the east switch of Plain.
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AMTK 27 and AMTK 33, elephant-style, lead the westbound Zephyr out of the west portal of Tunnel 1. The summer is a great time for this shot when the Zephyr is on time and the sun is nearly far enough to the north to offer a little light on the nose of the Zephyr.
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Hello headlights! The characteristic configuration of headlights on a P42DC indicate that the westbound Zephyr is about to pop out of the west portal of Tunnel 1.
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