Photo ID: 107438 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dotsero Eagle County, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr has almost completed the (near) 36 miles trip over the Dotsero Cutoff from Bond to Dotsero. After Dotsero, the train will enter in to Glenwood Canyon before making a 15 minute station stop at Glenwood Springs and then continue west on its journey. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107437 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 1388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting its eastbound counterpart, the westbound Zephyr rolls through the siding at Range. Restricted to 30 MPH through the siding, the train will accelerate back up to about 50 MPH once it clears the west switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107436 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 1396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Even though the Winter Park Express stopped running a month earlier, it would appear that at least one of the Superliners used on the train still has its "wrap" (a sponsorship by Lyft) on it! This coach is on the Eastbound Zephyr, meeting its counterpart at Range. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107435 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Dell Eagle County, CO 1241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Westbound Zephyr glides downhill parallel to the Colorado River about two miles west of the siding of Dell. It's another nine miles (roughly) to the next siding of Range. Even though the Dotsero Cutoff is nearly 36 miles long, there are only two sidings in that stretch! To use an east slope analogy, that is like going from North Yard to Rollins with only two sidings! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107434 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Dell Eagle County, CO 1395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The siding of Dell is a difficult one to shoot as it is in a canyon that is secluded from the road. However, there is a nice shot of the tracks a few miles west of Dell. Here, the Zephyr comes in to view through an S-Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107433 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dell Eagle County, CO 1396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak About three miles east of the siding of Dell, on the Dotsero Cutoff, we find the westbound Zephyr as it continues to follow the Colorado River. The train is crossing over a small trestle for Teepee Creek, which joins the Colorado here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107350 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dotsero Eagle County, CO 1375 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr glides along the Colorado River just a few miles east of Dotsero. AMTK 156 was taken off the Winter Park Express a week earlier as the Zephyr needed it for power. It was then returned to Chicago for a 92-day inspection, and is now back on the Zephyr once again! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107349 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dotsero Eagle County, CO 1366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The curves of the track along the Dotsero Cutoff are, in general, not quite as tight as those on other parts of the Moffat. As a result, the Zephyr is able to move along the cutoff at speeds around 50 MPH. Here, the Zephyr is at track speed as it glides down the grade that averages around 0.3%. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107348 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 1253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak If you look closely, you can see a clear signal on the main near the top of the frame for the eastbound Zephyr. meanwhile, the switch at the west end of Range is about to throw. Neither Zephyr would have to stop here, creating what is referred to as a "rolling meet". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107347 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 1292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak One of the coolest sidings to witness meets at is the 7,700 foot long siding of Range. Colorado River Road goes over a hill to the west, giving in interesting perspective of this very long and straight siding. Frequently the eastbound and westbound Zephyrs will meet here, and today is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107346 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dotsero Eagle County, CO 1477 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The Eastbound Zephyr just left Dotsero and is now on the Dotsero Cutoff. The cutoff was started in 1932 and was completed in 1934. The cutoff, running nearly 40 miles, connected the mainline of the Denver and Salt Lake at Bond, CO to the mainline of the Denver and Rio Grande Western at Dotsero, CO. By the 1930s, the D&RGW controlled the D&SL, so the cutoff created a far more direct route between Denver and Salt Lake City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107337 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 3, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 1823 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr rolls along the Colorado River just west of Bond. The train is getting close to the east end of the Glenwood Springs Sub and will soon move over to the Moffat Tunnel Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106179 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Range Eagle County, CO 1524 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific After a fantastic chase from Winter Park, this would be the last shot of this manager's special for the day. The light was already quickly fading, but the road bridge over the Colorado River (directly behind the photographer) was closed! Crews are working on widening the bridge to two lanes and had the single lane bridge blocked. We would wait another 20 minutes after the train passed before the bridge opened up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106178 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 2046 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific With a fresh crew that got on the train at Bond, this manager's special follows the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff. The pair of brand new ET44AHs look mighty fine on the point of the train. I'm not sure why several UP vice presidents were taking a tour of the Moffat...although I'd like to think it is preparation for lowering the floor in the Moffat Tunnel so they can run double stacks! (Yeah, right...and Tennessee Pass will open right after that!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106175 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS124 (West Yarmony) Eagle County, CO 1743 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound manager's special follows along the Colorado River at the west switch of Yarmony. The train has made pretty good time on the trip west out of Denver, getting from North Yard to this point at Yarmony in about five hours. The train could have been here about 40 minutes sooner, had it not needed to stop at Tabernash to wait for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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