A handful of passengers are on the platform, waiting to board the westbound Zephyr, now pulling into the siding. The driver for the Hotel Colorado waits to take inbound passengers across the Colorado river, to the classic hotel.
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This westbound oil train is moving slowly on the main at Glenwood. The train had a yellow (Approach) signal at Glenwood. The westbound Zephyr will soon be making its station stop, and the dispatcher is going to hold the oil train on the main here to ensure the Zephyr is not delayed.
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On Soldier Summit, there are two sidings that are "center sidings", meaning the siding runs in the middle of two main tracks. Here, at Glenwood, there is just one main, but two sidings, with one siding running on either side of the main. This oil empty is headed west on a yellow (Approach) signal.
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RMRX 8020 and RMRX 8021 approach the Glenwood Springs Yard on the east siding in the rising sunlight. The train had stayed in the yard overnight last night, as it typical, before departing west toward Moab in the morning.
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As the morning sun starts to illuminate part of Glenwood Springs from the east, the westbound Rocky Mountaineer is pulling west on the east siding by the signal bridge at the center of Glenwood. The GP40-3s are kicking up a bit of exhaust in the rising sun.
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The flags that are used to welcome passengers back to the Mountaineer after spending the night at the Hotel Denver in Glenwood Springs are being taken down as the train prepares to depart west toward Moab, UT.
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The head end of the Rocky Mountaineer sits on the east siding at Glenwood, in front of the train station. Revenue runs for 2025 start in a few weeks. This is a test run, with no passengers aboard. In about 15 minutes, the train will depart west.
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The eastbound Zephyr is stopped on the east siding at Glenwood, right in front of the Glenwood Springs depot for its scheduled station stop. Many passengers will board the train here, as a lot of people take the Zephyr to (and from) Glenwood Springs from Denver for a couple days getaway.
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The eastbound Zephyr is right on time as it heads east on the main at Glenwood. Glenwood actually has two sidings, and east siding and a west siding. The main is located between the two sidings. At the Center Glenwood crossover, the Zephyr will move from the main to the east siding for its station stop.
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A Herzog train is stopped in the west siding at Glenwood, emptying ballast from the train into a pile on the ground in the yard at Glenwood. This train worked throughout the day, dumping ballast along the tracks. Indeed, UP close the line today, resulting in Amtrak not running between Denver and Grand Junction.
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Passengers whose destination is Glenwood Springs get off the Zephyr, we see the historic depot in the foreground and the Glenwood Hot Springs in the background across the Colorado River and on the other side of I-70. It is this hot springs resort that makes Glenwood Springs such a popular destination for passengers on the Zephyr.
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For the last time on Mondays for an indefinite amount of time, the westbound Zephyr pulls into the siding at Glenwood Springs for its station stop. Any passengers disembarking for a visit in Glenwood Springs will have to wait until Wednesday or Friday to return to Denver on the train as there will be no eastbound Zephyrs through Glenwood on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
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A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of the Denver-Provo as it rolls by an almost completely empty yard in Glenwood Springs late in the afternoon.
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Today's Denver-Provo has a bit of a surprise visitor as the first of two DPUs. A Kansas City Southern ES44AC is currently being power shared with BNSF, joined with a BNSF SD70ACe.
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The westbound Denver-Provo is on the main track at Glenwood as is passed underneath the signal bridge. Glenwood actually has two siding. The track to the right is the East Siding and the track to the left is the West Siding. The mainline runs down the middle between the two. At the signal bridge, the West Siding ends while the East Siding continues down to the Amtrak Station.
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