Photo ID: 110319 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express AMTK 174 offers up some really great color as part of Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train. The unit came to Denver a week earlier and was used on a special move on BNSF's Front Range Sub from Denver to Longmont (and back) the previous day. Indeed, all of the equipment in the shot was used on the special train. This morning, however, it is back to Winter Park! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110318 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express AMTK 174, the only Phase 7 P42DC (as of the time of this picture) leads Amtrak's Winter Park Express west at Leyden. Snow is lightly falling and the train is kicking up some snow of its own as it charges west at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110279 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The Sunday Winter Park Express passes by the hotbox detector at milepost 22.6, just west of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain Drive. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110239 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express Passenger aboard the Winter Park Express are preparing for a day (or possibly weekend) of skiing in the Colorado High Country. Seats on the four coaches are sold to passengers, but the lounge car seats are not sold, and passengers are free to come and sit on a first come, first serve basis. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110238 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chemical (MP 14.5) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The westbound Winter Park Express rolls by the location of what used to be Mesa Oil. You can see the rusted out tanks behind the train. Mesa Oil needed to be served by a local twice a week. After UP decided to reduce the West Local down to one day a week, despite Mesa Oil stating they needed it twice, Mesa Oil moved to a new location in Denver. The old industry is now abandoned, and an RV storage facility has taken over much of the land. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110185 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS022 (West Eiesle (Clay)) Arvada, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express UP's MGJNY has cleared the west switch of Eisele (Clay) and the Winter Park Express has an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal as it departs west. You can see the manifest wrapping around Big Ten Curve in the distance, the tail end still within the block on the main at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express It looks like UP may have pulled a bunch of center beam flats out of storage, possibly from somewhere in the desert between Grand Junction and Helper. This is a long strand of them on the Grand Junction to Denver manifest. The Winter Park Express is waiting for them to clear, sitting in the siding at Eisele (Clay). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express AMTK 171 is leading the Winter Park Express Ski Train this morning. Note the orange covering on the coupler of 171. It is there to prevent snow from building up on the coupler, preventing it from being used. Once reaching Fraser, the power will run around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110182 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The sun has only been up for about 20 minutes as the Winter Park Express Ski Train rolls west on the siding at Eisele (Clay). A 6,000-foot manifest is holding on the main track, getting ready to continue east on a clear (green) signal at the east end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110181 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS020 (East Eisele (Clay)) Arvada, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express "Diverging Approach, Fireclay". The westbound Winter Park Express just called a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) as it enters in to the siding at Eisele (Clay) to met a UP eastbound manifest holding on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110180 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express UP's MGJNY has slowed to a stop on the main track at Eisele (Clay). The Winter Park Express is climbing out of Rocky and will wrap around Big Ten, entering the siding at Eisele (Clay) to meet the manifest. The manifest has 101 cars and will not fit between switches, so the Winter Park Express will briefly have to stop to wait for it to clear the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110179 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 28, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express Just west of the switch that leads up the hill (to the right) on the Rocky Flats Industrial Lead, Amtrak's Winter Park Express Ski Train is rolling with its four coaches and lounge car on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110175 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 8.4) Arvada, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The morning Winter Park Express, running about 15 minutes late (and seen here around 22 minutes after sunrise), heads west. The train just passed the high/wide detector at MP 8.4. The detector specifically checks to see if anything is sticking off the side or if there is a car that is too high to fit through the tunnels in the tunnel district. If something is sticking out, it'll break the wire on the detector and inform the dispatcher (and the train, via radio). No problems this morning though! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110174 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express Just west of CP DS007, where two main tracks funnel down to a single track, the morning Winter Park Express has just throttled up and is proceeding west. The train is running about 15 minutes late this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110170 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 26, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Arvada, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Winter Park Express The headlight from AMTK 171 lights up a handful of snowflakes falling on the tail end of a very minor overnight storm. The Winter Park Express has its five cars in tow as it heads west for Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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