Photo ID: 113195 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About a mile west of the start of Craig Branch at Bond (also known as Orestod), this MBOPH (manifest from Bond to Phippsburg) is starting the climb up the branch, rolling around at about 20 MPH. CO-131 is the road below, which leads from Bond to Yampa, Phippsburg, and Steamboat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113194 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6362 is starting to pull on a 70-car manifest, comprised of 67 loaded covered hoppers (frac sand) and three cars of pipe. Note the significant grade difference between the Craig Branch above and the Dotsero Cutoff below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113193 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Eagle County, CO 39 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These three units came down the Craig Branch light from Phippsburg to pick up 70 cars waiting at Bond. After assembling the train for the past two hours or so, the train is ready to depart, heading up the Craig Branch for Phippsburg. The Dotsero Cutoff are the two tracks in the foreground along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG343 (West Dotsero) Eagle County, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Passing by the signals at the west end of Dotsero, AMTK 199 and AMTK 79 lead the eastbound Zephyr. The train is running about 50 minutes late this afternoon as the train takes the siding to meet with a UP oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG343 (West Dotsero) Eagle County, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr winds through the curves approaching Dotsero, and indeed takes the siding at Dotsero, meeting a westbound UP oil train that is holding the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112276 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero (6,150 ft) Eagle County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Three units are elephant style, leading a westbound oil empty on the main at Dotsero. The conductor is on the ground, getting ready to provide a roll-by for the eastbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111054 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG342 (East Dotsero) Eagle County, CO 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil empty has reached the western end of the Dotsero Cutoff, at Dotsero. The train just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the east end. The same control point at East Dotsero also provides access to Tennessee Pass from the west. You can see the track just above the the spot where the oil train winds to the left. The Minturn Local (which hasn't run as far in Minturn in decades) still runs a few miles to Gypsum on the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111053 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS156 (West Dell) Eagle County, CO 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP 5251 sports UP's newest paint scheme as it leads a long, empty oil train out the west end of Range. The train is crossing a bridge that allows people to access Horse Creek, part of Eagle County Open Space. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111052 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell to Range Eagle County, CO 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Along the Dotsero Cutoff, the tracks cross from one side of the Colorado River to the other multiple time. One such bridge is right around MP 149.5 in red canyon. I am not sure if red canyon is the official name, but I do know that, as a kid, I always referred to these mountains as sunburnt mountains. A westbound oil train crosses the Colorado River as thunderstorms build to the east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111051 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell Eagle County, CO 222 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Some of deciduous foliage around Dell looks to be on the brink of shifting into fall color mode as a westbound oil empty rolls by in the canyon on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111050 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Dell Eagle County, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train was tied down in the east siding at Bond for about two hours while waiting for a relief crew from Yampa. After meeting the eastbound Zephyr at the west end of Bond, the empty train has clear (green) signals for the foreseeable future as there are no other eastbounds nearby. The train is wrapping around one of the many curves along the Colorado River, currently between Bond and Dell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111049 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Dell Eagle County, CO 415 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr passes by the Rocking F Ranch west of Bond. The ranch, located on the Colorado River, has horses, a tennis court, and a few holes for a golf course! The train will pass through Yarmony Tunnel just ahead, and then knock down a clear (green) signal at West Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111048 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Dell Eagle County, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The Dotsero Cutoff is one of the newest stretches of significant mainline in Colorado. "Newest", in this case, is relative as the cutoff was completed in June 1934. The cutoff created a vital connection between Denver and Salt Lake City, eliminating the need for trains from Denver to run south to Pueblo and west over Tennessee Pass. 175 miles were cut out of the old route. Here, the eastbound Zephyr winds along the Colorado River near the east end of the cutoff under dramatic skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111046 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell Eagle County, CO 325 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Over the course of the (roughly) 36 miles of the Dotsero Cutoff between West Bond and Dotsero, there are two siding for meets. When heading west, the first siding is Dell, which is located a canyon not directly visible from Colorado River Road. The east end half of the 7,430 foot long siding is straight, while the west half is on a sweeping curve. The westbound Zephyr, with Phase 7 AMTK 167 in the second position, moves toward a clear (green) signal at the west end of Dell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109940 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony to Bond (MP 124.6 to MP 127.0) Eagle County, CO 264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak West of the west switch of Bond, the Zephyr continues to snake along the Colorado River on the journey west through the Colorado high country. Here, the tracks are a bit below 6,800 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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