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 31 (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 29 (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 34 (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 38 (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 33 (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 27 (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 31 (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 50 (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. Photo ID: 113359 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific This eastbound coal load just got a new crew here at Bond and is has started pulling eastbound toward Denver. Ultimately, the train will continue on to an interchange point to the east with Canadian National. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113358 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Going for a little bit of a water reflection shot here at a standing pool of water on the opposite side of the tracks from the Colorado River. A pair of CN units are bringing up the tail end of this eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113357 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at (West) Bond, a new crew on the train is getting ready to start rolling east. It will continue through Center Bond (Orestod) on the siding to meet a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. 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: 113353 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony (7,760 ft) Eagle County, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's westbound Denver-Provo is currently stopped and holding in the siding at Yarmony. The westbound Zephyr is approaching Yarmony from the east and will overtake the Denver-Provo here at Yarmony. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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