Photo ID: 113386 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak This is quite an incredible catch that I lucked into the day before Thanksgiving. This was the very last F40PH (actually, an F40PHR) delivered to Amtrak by EMD. The units were numbered 200 to 409, and were the backbone of the long distance trains on Amtrak through the 1980s and most of the 1990s. As you can see, AMTK 409 is sporting Amtrak's Phase 4 paint scheme. After being retired by Amtrak in 2001, the unit spent years in storage in Bear, DE before being sold to BUGX in private ownership and moved to Anaheim, CA. Here, it is on its way to Middletown, IA, possibly for cosmetic restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113383 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The paint on the nose of AMTK 83 is a little worse for wear as the Zephyr climbs the north edge of Big Ten. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113381 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 7 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running just a few minutes behind schedule after knocking down a green signal at the east end of Rocky. There are two diners and no lounge cars on the train today. Most likely, a few lounge cars are at Amtrak's repair shops in Beech Grove, IN, meaning there isn't one available for the Zephyr today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113380 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Barbara's Gulch (MP 15.9 to MP 17.2) Arvada, CO 9 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On the busiest travel day of the year, the day before Thanksgiving, the westbound Zephyr heads west through Barbara's Gulch. Interestingly, the Zephyr is running without a lounge car this morning, instead running with a pair of dining cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113356 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Along the shore of the Colorado River, the westbound California Zephyr rolls by an eastbound coal load on the 11,750-foot west siding of Bond. The coal load has a pair of Canadian National units as rear DPUs. You couldn't ask for a better mid-November day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113355 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS126 (West Yarmony) Eagle County, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running about 35 minutes late, just passed by a westbound BNSF manifest at Yarmony. The Zephyr will meet its counterpart a few miles ahead at the siding at Bond. It will also meet an eastbound UP coal load, waiting in the east siding at Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113354 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Denver-Provo is stopped in the siding at Yarmony to allow the westbound Zephyr, running about 35 minutes late, to overtake it on the mainline. This area around Yarmony is simply beautiful part of the Moffat, the Colorado River snaking in and out of small islands. The Denver-Provo will wait at Yarmony for the eastbound Zephyr, current on the siding at Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The second of two diners on the morning Zephyr roll by as the train heads west on Main 3 toward C&S Jct. Note the numerous piles of ties lining Main 3, waiting to be installed by a tie gang that is currently working west of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113327 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak UP's MGRNY sits on Bypass 2, waiting patiently for its turn to make a reverse move into North Yard. Meanwhile, the morning Zephyr passes by on Main 3, the engineer give a wave out the front windshield. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113326 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct to Pecos X-Over (MP 3.2 to MP 4.0) Denver, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak If you look close, you might notice that there is something a little different about this westbound Zephyr compared to most that head west out of Denver. See it? Unfortunately, for the passengers on the train, there is no Sightseer Lounge car on the train. Instead, the train departed with two dining cars, the second acting as the lounge car for the trip. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113301 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 204 is one of the more recent repaints for Amtrak, going from the Phase 5 scheme to the Phase 7 scheme. It is second out this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113300 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A pair of P42s, elephant style, lead the Zephyr west on the siding at Plain. You can see the train is meeting an eastbound BNSF oil train. the oil train just got a green signal and is departing eastbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113299 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is on the main at Plain, splitting a BNSF oil train on the main and a lot of maintenance equipment in the house track at Plain. The equipment is part of a significant maintenance project that UP is currently in the midst of undertaking. You can even see a lot of fresh ballast on the tracks here at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113298 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A lot of fresh ballast has been laid here at Plain as the westbound Zephyr enters the siding to meet an eastbound BNSF oil train. Note that the engineer on the Zephyr has dimmed the headlight for the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113297 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 10, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr rolls through the siding at Eisele (Clay). An eastbound BNSF oil train was originally going to be waiting for the Zephyr on the main. However, the oil train ended up holding the main at Plain to wait on the Zephyr there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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