Photo ID: 112670 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A little bit of sun breaks through the clouds as the Rocky Mountaineer approach a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Rollins. The tracks exist the narrow canyon just west of Rollins, and the scene opens into a bit of a valley with quite a few deciduous trees, creating a very pleasant scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112669 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins to Tolland (MP 41.2 to MP 45.8) Gilpin County, CO 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Under mostly cloudy skies on one of the longest days of the year, the Rocky Mountaineer rolls east on the single main track along South Boulder Creek (and East Portal Road) between Rollins and Tolland. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112659 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer, running on the siding at Rocky, passes between a westbound oil train on the main, and three gondolas loaded with new ties in the house track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112657 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer descends on the north edge of Big Ten Curve, through the area where Union Pacific recently reinforced the grade along the tracks. You might also take notice of the tank cars in the distance...a westbound BNSF oil train is holding the main at Rocky, waiting on the Mountaineer to arrive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112656 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Look up toward Big Ten Curve from slightly below, we find the Rocky Mountaineer rounding the curve on its journey east, while a not insubstantial thunderstorms spills from the Rockies over the Front Range. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112655 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele to Plain (MP 21.8 to MP 24.0) Arvada, CO 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer It is a little difficult to see, but if you look toward the top of this shot, you can see the Denver Skyline still in the light, resting in a relatively high amount of humidity. Meanwhile, the Rocky Mountaineer descends down the roughly 2% grade from Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112654 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer From above Tunnel 1, we view the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer as it snakes its way out of Plain, continuing east on the final 24 or so miles on the trip into Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112653 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 29 (MP 36.4, 75 ft) Gilpin County, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After a couple trips with RMRX 8600, the blue SD40M-2 leaser, it is great to see both Rocky Mountaineer geeps back on the train as it emerges from the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District, Tunnel 29. The great light would not last as some major thunderstorms are building and will move it from the west soon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112652 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8021 and RMRX 8020 lead the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer through a sea of deciduous trees, lining both sides of the tracks near the west switch of Tolland. Come September, these trees should be burning in beautify fall gold. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112651 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland to East Portal (MP 47.7 to MP 48.9) Gilpin County, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After meeting the California Zephyr at Winter Park, and then waiting for the Moffat Tunnel to vent, it was the Rocky Mountaineer's turn to head east. Ten minutes before 3pm, the train crosses over East Portal Road and South Boulder Creek as it heads toward Tolland. The Continental Divide still has plenty of patches of snow on it, despite the fact we are now officially into summer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112637 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A look at the Rocky Mountaineer as it rolls east at a clear (green) signal at Kipling Street. The Denver skyline stands tall in the distance. After arriving at Denver Union Station, passengers will deboard, and the train will have tomorrow (Saturday) off. The next trip west will depart Sunday morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112636 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue (MP 10.23) Arvada, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer This is a scene that, eventually, is going to be changing quite significantly. In November 2018, voters in the City of Arvada approved a measure to widen 72nd Avenue and create a grade separate with the tracks here. The project was originally slated to be completed in 2024. However, significant delays have been incurred, and now the project is expected to be completed in 2028. Apparently, the delays are largely due to design conversations with Union Pacific. On this June day, the Rocky Mountaineer crosses the still-two-lane 72nd Avenue at the still-in-existence grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112635 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer According to some thermometers in the area, the temperature outside is a scorching 101°F (38°C) as the Rocky Mountaineer rolls east through Arvada between Simms Street and 72nd Avenue. One of the RM GP40-3s is current down for maintenance, so RMRX 8600 (leased SD40M-2) is leading the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112587 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Afternoon clouds roll through the area as the Rocky Mountaineer heads east on the main through Arvada between Leyden and Arvada. RMRX 8021, the other GP40-3, is in UP's North Yard, receiving some maintenance. In the meantime, The RM's leased SD40M-2 (ex-SD45), RMRX 8600, is leading the train east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112576 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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