Photo ID: 105348 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Belden Eagle County, CO 2132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific A closer look at the rock slides that have come down on the siding at Belden. A good portion of the siding is completely buried in rocks or dirt. In terms of clearing the tracks (if that were ever to be done), Belden would likely be some of the hardest work on the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105347 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Belden Eagle County, CO 2322 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific One of the most interesting features of the siding of Belden is that the main and the siding run on opposite sides of the canyon from one another! There was not enough room on either side of the canyon for two tracks, so Rio Grande just built tracks on both sides of the canyon. As you can see here, the siding is in very rough shape. Multiple rock slides have come down on the rails, completely blocking the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105346 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Belden Red Cliff, CO 2429 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific This impressive bridge carries U.S. 24 high above the Eagle River and the tracks. It is one of only two steel arch bridges in the state of Colorado. It was built in 1939 and 1940 and opened for traffic in 1941. $3.6 million was put into repairing the bridge in 2004. It has been entered in to the National Register of Historic Places, so very few changes were made to the look of the bridge. The lower bridge leads to the small town of Red Cliff, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Belden Red Cliff, CO 2034 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific A close look at one of the rock slides that is now blocking the siding at Belden. The rocks have been lying along the tracks for so long, plants are starting to grow up through the rocks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105344 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Belden Red Cliff, CO 2108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific The siding of Belden is just shy of being two miles long. It is also difficult to see most of the siding as it runs along the Eagle River deep in a canyon. The east end can be viewed from above from U.S. 24. looking down toward the canyon. Due to the grade, eastbounds holding the siding would sometimes have to make multiple attempts to depart! If they could not get sufficient traction, they would stall out and back down into the siding at try again. Here, you can see a couple of rock slide, covering portions of the siding! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103972 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 294.3 (East Belden) Red Cliff, CO 2148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Near the east switch of Belden, several relatively large rocks have come down on to the siding. During the couple hours I spent along the tracks between Minturn and Buena Vista, this was the most significant instance of rocks on the tracks that I noticed. Granted, I couldn't see every foot of track along the way. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103971 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 294.3 (East Belden) Red Cliff, CO 2193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande US-24 crossed over the Eagle River and the Tennessee Pass mainline from a very high bridge near Red Cliff, CO. The lighting here is certainly better in the morning, but you can see the signal at east Belden standing around the corner from the switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100272 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 16, 2004 Tyler Eaton Location Times Viewed Belden Belden, CO 3076 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Rio Grande This is the west switch of the Belden siding on Tennessee Pass. The mine in the background is the abandoned Eagle mine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.