Photo ID: 111035 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific As the Phippsburg Local puts its train together at Bond, a westbound coal empty passes by on the main. Bond is a crew change point for UP trains, so this Denver-based crew is reaching its destination. A van is waiting around the corner in the yard at Bond to pick up the crew and take them to the hotel in Yampa. The same van also has the Grand Junction-based relief crew. The crews will swap out and the coal empty will continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111034 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Bond is a major control point on the Moffat. It marks the start of the Dotsero Cutoff that connects David Moffat's original mainline to the Denver and Rio Grande mainline. In this shot, the Phippsburg Local is backing to the second half of its train (in a yard track), putting the 38-car train together. Once it is put together, the local will depart west up the Craig Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109942 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8230 and UP 5871 are in the OS at Bond, sometimes referred to as Orestod. Here, there are crossovers between the main and the east and west sidings at Bond, as well as Craig Branch. The name Orestod comes from Dotsero spelled backward. It is here that the Dotsero cutoff was built in the 1930, connecting the original Denver and Rio Grande Western (at Dotsero) with the Denver and Salt Lake (here at Bond, or Orestod). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109941 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Right at the transition from the Glenwood Springs Sub to the Moffat Tunnel Sub, an eastbound oil train creeps along on the siding at Bond. A fresh crew just got on the train and is preparing to depart eastbound. Note the rails breaking away and climbing a grade above the oil train. This is the Craig Branch that heads to Steamboat Springs and ultimately Craig. Once busy with coal traffic, the line between Bond and Phippsburg now sees about two trains per week on average. Locals from Phippsburg down to Bond and back. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.