Photo ID: 112149 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS016 (East Rocky) Arvada, CO 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Well, this wraps up my coverage of the Winter Park Express Ski Train for the 2024-2025 season. It sounds like it has been a tremendously successful year, with the train expanding to run five days a week (Thursday through Monday). Here's hoping the train returns to be just as successful next winter. For now, the P42DCs and the Superliners will be taken on the Zephyr west to California later in the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112148 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 6 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Winter Park Express passes by BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest, currently tied down in the siding at Rocky. Meanwhile, in the distance, we see the tail end of a westbound oil train that is departing the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112147 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the final run of the Winter Park Express Ski Train for the 2024-2025 season makes its way around Little Ten Curve at Rocky, we see a westbound oil train that the Ski Train met at Eisele (Clay). DS-378 has given the oil train a green signal, and it is starting to pull west, out the west end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112146 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Winter Park Express passes through the very appropriately named Rainbow Cut. From this picture, you can probably see how the cut got its name. The colors of the rock seams nearly cover the entire spectrum of the rainbow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112145 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS025 (West Plain) Jefferson County, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Emerging from Tunnel 2, the last run of the Winter Park Express for the season faces a clear (green) signal at the west end of Plain. The train is having a great run back to Denver. It will end up arriving back in Denver about 25 minutes early. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112144 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 7 (MP 26.6, 214 ft) Jefferson County, CO 6 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The final run of the Winter Park Express Ski Train for the 2024-2025 winter season is rolling east, emerging from the east portal of Tunnel 7 in the lower part of the Tunnel District. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112139 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A westbound UP oil empty is in the siding at Eisele (Clay). Fortunately, this particular oil train is short enough to fit between switches. The third unit on the oil train is kicking up a bit of exhaust while idling. The conductor of the oil train is on the ground to give the eastbound Zephyr a roll by, making sure he does not spot any problems. The oil train will be stuck here for two more eastbounds: a loaded oil train, and the Winter Park Express. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112138 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr wraps through the S-Curves at the base of Coal Creek Canyon on its way east toward Denver. It is way more common for the eastbound Zephyr to be late into Denver than the westbound Zephyr. But this evening, the train is running right on time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112137 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is running right on time as it approaches the west portal of Tunnel 1. The train just had to run through the siding at Plain to run around a loaded UP oil train that was holding on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112136 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 4 (MP 26.0, 174 ft) Jefferson County, CO 5 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak There was a temperature inversion along the Front Range this morning, and the City of Boulder is currently buried in clouds. Passengers aboard the Zephyr, heading into Tunnel 4, have a somewhat unique view of the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112135 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 126 and AMTK 194 head west roughly halfway through Plain, rounding the curve to run through Rainbow Cut. Interestingly, the door on the long cab of AMTK 126 must not have been latched tight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112134 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 31, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS024 (East Plain) Arvada, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is right on time as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Plain. The Zephyr is running with seven Superliners, but rumor has it that Amtrak plans to expand that to nine sometime in the not-to-distant future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112126 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is running right on time as it rounds the curve toward the east portal of Tunnel 1. AMTK 203 has a very unique paint scheme in honor of 50 years of the Operation Lifesaver program. The unit seems to show up on the Zephyr maybe once a year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112125 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek (MP 23) Arvada, CO 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is climbing in the fog as the clouds lay low on this Sunday morning. The yellow nose of AMTK 203 is very unique for an Amtrak P42DC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112124 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 203, which honors 50 years of Operation Lifesaver, is leading the westbound Zephyr this morning along with AMTK 140. Low hanging clouds and snowy trees make it feel more like December rather than two days before the start of April! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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