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Photo ID: 112280
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Grizzly (5,060 ft)
Garfield County, CO
57
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Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific
At one point, Rio Grande started to add two main tracks through all of Glenwood Canyon. However, the project proved to be too expensive, so it resulted in one very long siding, and three sidings overall in the canyon. Allen, toward the east end, is 14,250 feet long. Shoshone is very short at 3,960 feet, and almost connects to Allen, separated only by a short tunnel. Then, there is Grizzly, a 5,060 foot long siding is next, and it is here that we find this westbound oil empty.
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Photo ID: 112279
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Grizzly (5,060 ft)
Garfield County, CO
76
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Subdivision
Railroad
Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific
An ES44AC and a pair of SD70ACes lead this westbound oil train on the main at Grizzly in the middle of Glenwood Canyon. The trees on the opposite side of the Colorado River were burned in the massive Grizzly Creek fire in August 2020. The fire consumed nearly 30,000 acres.
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