Photo ID: 113540 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed State Bridge Eagle County, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of State Bridge, the tracks follow along the Colorado River. However, the country road makes an impressive climb up and over the top of the hill. You can see a small bus making that climb above the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113539 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed State Bridge Eagle County, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr has a pretty consistent order in its consist. After the power and baggage car, the train typically has a transition sleeper, two sleepers, a dining car, a longue car, and two or three coaches. On this afternoon, it turns out there is a transition sleeper deadheading on the tail end. If you are unfamiliar with the difference between a sleeper and a transition sleeper, this shot really demonstrates the difference. At one end of the car, the door between cars is actually on the first level, rather than on the second level. A transition sleeper is the housing for the Amtrak personnel that ride the train from Chicago to Emeryville (and back), in the case of the California Zephyr. When car attendants, chefs, etc are off duty, they have quarters in the transition sleeper. The door on the end on the first level allows Amtrak personnel to enter the baggage car from the train. It would also allow for a transition between two-level Superliners and single level cars, if there were such a train with that configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113538 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony to Bond (MP 124.6 to MP 127.0) Eagle County, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific Just west of State Bridge, the eastbound Zephyr wraps around from Bond on the single track mainline, just below CO-131. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113537 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS127 (East Bond) Eagle County, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific I've always been interested to try to get some shots from the east end of Bond. The west end is very accessible and pretty easy to shoot. The east end, however, is wrapped back around along the Colorado River, out of view from any roads. I was happy to finally have success on this afternoon with the eastbound Zephyr (led by a UP C44ACM) leaving the east end of Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113536 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range to Dotsero (MP 156.0 to MP 166.3 (342.0)) Eagle County, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr crosses over the west end of the Eagle River. The Eagle River merges with the Colorado River just to the right of frame. The mostly-idled Tennessee Pass follows the Eagle River east from Dotsero. Indeed, if you look closely, you can see one leg of the wye from the mainline, wrapping east toward the Tennessee Pass mainline. A UP C44ACM is leading the Zephyr this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113528 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell to Range (MP 142.6 to MP 154.3) Eagle County, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I was hoping to get a zoomed shot of the Zephyr crossing over the Colorado River here in the Red Canyon, but alas, the train was a bit too fast! By the time I was in the air, he was already come across the bridge. Had to settle for this wider angle shot just west of the bridge itself. Here, we are between the sidings of Dell and Range on the 38-mile Dotsero Cutoff. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113527 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed State Bridge Eagle County, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Colorado River has grown a bit in size since we started with it back in Byers Canyon. That was almost 40 miles back to the east. Here, the westbound Zephyr passes underneath "State Bridge". In 1890, a wooden truss bridge was built by the Colorado State Engineer's program across the Colorado River to improvement transportation in the area. Locals referred to it as the "state bridge". The name stuck, and even after being replaced by a more modern steel bridge, the area is still referred to as State Bridge. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113373 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF typically runs their manifest on the Moffat in a 3x2 configuration. However, that standard has seemingly become less common lately. While there are two DPUs on the end of this eastbound, five units are on the head end. The train here is just east of Yarmony, following along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113372 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With the sun low in the western sky and five BNSF unit throwing up some exhaust as this eastbound Provo-Denver accelerates out of Yarmony, it was time for a nice black and white reflection shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113371 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF As we move more and more into the winter months, now only about five weeks away from the Winter Solstice, the days are getting very short! At 3:30pm, the sun is very low in the western sky as an eastbound Provo-Denver throttles up in the siding at Yarmony after meeting the westbound Canyon Spirit. The five units on the head end are all load and are all kicking up some exhaust! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113370 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just east of the east switch of Yarmony, the westbound Canyon Spirit (still branded as the Rocky Mountaineer) is making a test/media run on its new routing from Denver to Salt Lake City (with stops in Glenwood Springs and Moab). Tonight, the train will layover in Glenwood, just like it will at the end of Day 1 when its new runs start in 2026. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113363 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific After meeting two trains at Bond, the eastbound coal train is finally on the move on the main track. Two Canadian National DPUs bring up the tail end of the train along the Colorado River just east of Yarmony. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113362 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Bond (7,500 ft) Eagle County, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe and a C44ACM sit on a 12-car train, tied down in one of the yard tracks at Bond. The train is the MBOPH, essentially a local that shuttles cars between Phippsburg and Bond. The train usually heads up the Craig Branch on Sundays. However, there are no rested crews available today, so the train will sit until one is available. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113361 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Eagle County, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At the crossover at Center Bond, also known as Orestod, two ES44ACs bring up the tail end of a westbound Denver-Provo manifest. It is here at Orestod, which, incidentally, is Dotsero spelled backward, the Craig Branch leaving the mainline. 100 years ago, the Craig Branch was the mainline! It wasn't until the Dotsero Cutoff was built that everything changed, creating a direct route west through the Rockies between Denver and Salt Lake City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113360 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Bond (7,500 ft) Eagle County, CO 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound unit coal train, with a pair of Canadian National DPUs on the tail end, slowly rolls east on the siding at Bond, meeting a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo that is approaching on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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