AMTK 205 was involved in a collision with a vehicle the day prior to this photo. As a result, for safety reasons, the unit was set out here in the siding at Dell. There is also another P42DC currently in the siding at Newcastle west of Glenwood from a similar incident.
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Now here is something I definitely did not expect to find in the siding at Dell! A single Amtrak P42DC. Unfortunately, the eastbound Zephyr the day before struck a vehicle not far west of here on the Dotsero Cutoff. For safety reasons, the unit was set out here in the siding at Dell.
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The afternoon Zephyr is running about an hour late as it crosses over Yarmony Creek at the east end of the Glenwood Springs Subdivision, just west of the west switch of Bond.
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A trio of GE's, the first of which is a former Espee AC4400CW, leads a westbound manifest around Copper Spur Road on the Craig Branch just west of Tunnel 44. It is incredible to think that this was once the mainline for the Denver and Salt Lake! And even in later years in the 1950s and 1960s, how amazing would it have been to ride the Yampa Valley Mail through here!?
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Some strong fall colors are still to be found around Copper Spur Road on the Craig Branch. This westbound, the MBOPH-05, is the only westbound manifest that runs on this portion of the branch each week. The 70-car train is coming in-and-out of Tunnel 44.
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UP 6362 just emerged from Tunnel 44 and is crossing Copper Spur Road as it wraps around a long curve to head back the other direction on the opposite side of the canyon.
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Three units lead a 70-car train on the Craig Branch as it makes the curve to head up Copper Spur Road. The track run about 1/2 a mile up Copper Spur Road, make a 180° curve, and comes back out. This is necessary to keep the grade down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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