Photo ID: 110459 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur to Flat (MP 86.2 to MP 92.3) Parshall, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I was hoping for a shot of this UP officer's special as it rolled through Byers Canyon. Alas, it was too late in the day as the canyon was cast in shadow and the sun would've been on the wrong side of the tracks anyway. So, I settled for this shot just east of the small town of Parshall, between the sidings of Sulphur and Flat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107125 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parshall Parshall, CO 1212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a mostly overcast day, a little bit of sun sneaks through the clouds on the tracks at Parshall. This stretch of track is in an open space in the mountains and offers a much higher maximum track speed for trains. Some freight trains reach 60 MPH and passenger trains reach 70 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104168 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parshall, CO 1523 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting UP's MNYRO at Flat, it's green signals for this extremely short BNSF manifest! The train has four units (only two of which are powered) and only 31 cars in tow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104167 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parshall, CO 1955 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After departing Byers Canyon westbound, trains have a chance to "stretch their wheels" for a bit and pick up some speed. For a ten mile stretch, freights can run up to 60 MPH! The westbound MNYRO is doing its best to reach that goal here in the town of Parshall, CO about a mile east of Flat. Note the super-elevated curve the boxcars are coming around in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104157 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Flat Parshall, CO 1395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak This is a fairly typical consist for the Zephyr these days. Two P42DCs, a baggage car and eight Superliners. Depending on the numbers of bookings, the only real variance is that the Zephyr may have only seven Superliners or may in fact have nine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104156 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Flat Parshall, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After meeting the eastbound MRONY at Flat, the westbound Zephyr has a clear signal out the west end. The DPU on the end of the MRONY can be seen here as the manifest starts to pull east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103959 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 18, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 91 Parshall, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Between Gore and Byers Canyons, trains can actually reach speeds of 60 MPH. This manifest is making good time in Parshall, CO, but will be slowing down shortly to 20 MPH in preparation of entering Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103156 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 92 (CP DS092) East Flat Parshall, CO 1655 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four years ago, the MNYRO and MRONY almost always had SD70Ms for power. However, the economic downturn of late has resulted in a lot of AC power available. UP typically runs AC power on the MNYRO, shuttling several units to Glenwood Springs where they will be used as mid-train swing helpers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102361 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 25, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 89 Parshall, CO 2725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Just outside of Byers Canyon, UP's Board of Directors Special throttles up again to make track speed for the remainder of the journey to Kremmling. Trains make their way through Byers Canyon at 20 MPH, but passenger trains accelerate to 70 MPH once they are clear of the west end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102254 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 90 Parshall, CO 2247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running only about thirty minutes late, the westbound California Zephyr is working on clear signals just west of Byers Canyon. After moving cautiously through the canyon at 25 MPH, the train can now stretch its legs a bit and move up to the 70 MPH track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101391 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Parshall, CO 1725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Moving opposite of the Colorado River, UP 5710 leads a coal load from the mines at Somerset east through Byers Canyon. This train will stop at the west switch of Granby while it waits for maintenance crews between Tabernash and Winter Park. Dispatch 82 will even tell the crew that they can go into town and grab a drink if they'd like one as it will be a little while! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101390 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 91 Parshall, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific If you ever plan on taking a trip to Colorado, never expect the weather to match the season! Here, seven days into June, the temperature is 40 degrees and it is snowing just east of Parshall, about a mile west of Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101389 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Parshall, CO 2144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running a bit over an hour late, Amtrak 5 makes its way through the first of many canyons the tracks and the Colorado River share - Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100882 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 16, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Parshall Parshall, CO 3003 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 7322 heads almost directly into the sun through a cut just east of Parshall, CO. If you look closely, you can see the back end of the train working its way along the base of the mountains in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100877 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 16, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Parshall Parshall, CO 2460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Unfortunately the sun was not quite far enough to the west to light up this eastbound as I'd hoped. However, this S-Curve east of Flat along Parshall, CO made for a nice picture anyway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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