Photo ID: 108332 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 785 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak While its true that Amtrak is sometimes delayed, it is also true that traveling by car is not always a walk in the park! The eastbound Zephyr gets to proceed into and through Glenwood Canyon while eastbound traffic on I-70 is at a dead standstill. A fire alongside Glenwood Canyon has I-70 shut down at the moment, and traffic isn't going anywhere. Indeed, some people are even getting out of their car and talking with their asphalt neighbors. I'll bet the passengers on Amtrak are enjoying the view as they roll east by the stopped traffic! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108328 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG360 (East Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 816 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak At the east switch of Glenwood Springs, the Zephyr takes the east siding in order to make its station stop at Glenwood. I had wanted to get a shot of the Zephyr further in Glenwood Canyon, but CDOT had I-70 down to just two lanes, making it impossible to exit or stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107576 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 28, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1242 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Two sets of three unit engine sets sit in the yard in Glenwood Springs. Both are waiting for an eastbound coal load to come out of Grand Junction. Three units will be added as mid-train swing helpers to each eastbound coal train that comes through. The swing helpers will assist the train on the climb up to the Moffat Tunnel. They will then be set out in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The trucks on these Amtrak California cars is reminiscent of the ones found on the Ski Train cars in the Ansco days. However, unlike the Ski Train cars, these cars have traditional brakes and not disk brakes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107447 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr stops for passengers in Glenwood Springs, we get a look at the side of one of four Amtrak California cars catching a ride on the Zephyr. In this case, this is The Valley Flyer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107446 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Looking east from the Glenwood Springs depot, we see several Amtrak California that are catching a ride on the Zephyr from California to points east. This meant the power had to pull beyond the platform, much further than is typical for the stop here in Glenwood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107441 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 5, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A pair of units sit idling in the yard at Glenwood Springs. Earlier in the day, there had been three units here, presumably waiting for an eastbound coal train to be used as mid-train swing helpers. However, earlier in the day, a crew showed up and took one of the units east out of the yard. Where it ended up going? I do not know! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107343 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Looking west toward the platform at Glenwood, we find passengers moving toward their assigned cars, ready to board the Zephyr and depart of destinations east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107342 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak If you are ever traveling on the California Zephyr (or any long distance Amtrak train), many of the larger (or more popular) stations allow you to check your bags. Any checked bags will get to ride in the baggage car, located directly behind the engines. Here, an Amtrak crew works to load checked bags for passengers leaving Glenwood Springs on the Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107341 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 4, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1401 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A shot for the ages! For decades, passenger trains have been rolling through the siding at Glenwood, up to and stopping at the Glenwood Springs depot. A process that thankfully is still repeated daily with the California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105747 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1807 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Having just stopped at the station in Glenwood Springs, the crew has the door on the (new) baggage car open and is ready to load (and, if necessary, unload) checked bags for passengers. The stop in Glenwood is actually quite efficient, and the train will start rolling within ten minutes or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105746 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1596 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak It is just after noon and the eastbound Zephyr is running right on time as it pulls up to the station in Glenwood Springs. There are a lot of people on the platform, most of whom are probably waiting to ride back to Denver. A lot of the business on the Zephyr comes between Denver and Glenwood Springs! And with today being MLK Day, there are likely even more people headed home after the three day weekend. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105741 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1735 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific There are actually two sidings at Glenwood Springs: The east siding and the west siding. In this shot, a string of hoppers (currently being stored) sits in the east siding while UP's Minturn Local sits in the west siding. The main track runs down the middle of the two. The Minturn Local (which, of course, hasn't actually gone to Minturn in nearly two decades, but still retains the name) will soon switch out some tank cars in the Glenwood Springs yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105224 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Chacra Glenwood Springs, CO 1646 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I wish there had been a bit more sunlight for this shot. Unfortunately, there were just too many clouds in the sky. The eastbound Zephyr is moving through the canyon west of Glenwood Springs along the Colorado River. Because the tracks are on the south side of the canyon - and because there are not a lot of great places to pull over to shoot - there are not a lot of pictures from this canyon. Which is unfortunately because the canyon has some beautiful colors between the green foliage and the red rocks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104947 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1492 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Why is Glenwood Springs such a popular destination for people (whether it be by train or car)? It is largely thanks to the hot springs pool and lodge, seen in the background on the other side of the Colorado River. Water comes out of the ground at 122°F. It is then cooled before being placed in to either the large pool (1 million gallons of water at 90°F) or the "therapy" pool (90,000 gallons of water at 104°F). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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