Photo ID: 108322 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Sulphur Grand County, CO 716 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A few miles east of Sulphur, the Zephyr is going down grade, following the head waters of the Colorado River. The Zephyr will be following the Colorado River, for the most part, for the next 200 miles or so, through Ruby Canyon in Colorado and Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107753 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Sulphur, UP 1988 leads an eastbound coal load toward the the US-40 overpass. The train is picking up a little speed again now that Byers Canyon is behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107424 Date Shot Photo By Friday, April 27, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1226 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of the west switch of Sulphur, the Zephyr glides down the grade and in to Byers Canyon. The train had been going around 55 MPH since Granby, but had to slow down to 25 MPH through the canyon. On the opposite side, the Zephyr will be able to accelerate back up to 70 MPH! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107336 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 3, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Sulphur Grand County, CO 1174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific I've always liked the view from the US-40 overpass just east of Sulphur. It is a great spot for eastbounds, particularly in the afternoon hours. Here is UP's Roper, UT to North Yard, CO manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107335 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 3, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Sulphur Grand County, CO 1141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound MRONY has a lot of power on the head end as it works up the grade to the east of Sulphur. Not all of the unit are actually online and loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107128 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 2, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Sulphur Grand County, CO 1159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Not too far east of Sulphur, the tracks cross from the north side of US-40 to the south side. It is a great spot to get a shot of eastbounds in the afternoon, such as this coal load. Westbound here on the other side of the bridge wouldn't be bad, other than a telephone pole with wires running right through the middle of the scene of oncoming trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106171 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP passenger special glides west toward the west switch at Sulphur. The special met an eastbound coal load which has been holding the siding. Regardless of what you may think of UP, you certainly have to admit that they really know how to do passenger trains right! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106170 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sole DPU on the tail end of an eastbound coal load sits in the siding at Sulphur. The train is awaiting a westbound UP passenger special, which had a bit of a delay due to a 15 MPH slow order that was a mile and a half long. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105733 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 16, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS086 (West Sulphur) Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It's no secret that the bottom has dropped out of coal and car loadings on all railroads has dropped precipitously. In Colorado, coal loadings are down nearly 85% compared to where they were ten years ago! For quite some time now, Energy Mine has only been loading trains for customers within Colorado. Looks like there may be a new customer though with this train. The train originated from Curtis Bay, MD! Not sure if it is a one time thing, or if Energy has found a tiny bit of new life. Guess time will tell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104169 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 19, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2040 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF How about a different perspective for Byers Canyon? While most shots come from the south side of the rails, we are looking down on this eastbound from the north side of the rails just at the mouth of the east end of the canyon. You can see US-40 on the opposite side of the Colorado River. A few hundred feet more and the train will knock down the clear signal at the west switch of Sulphur. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103707 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 21, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS086 (West Sulphur) Sulphur Springs, CO 1345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At Sulphur, we overtook a westbound coal empty. The empty took the siding a few minutes ahead of us. As seen here, we shot past lead unit just before entering Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100883 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 16, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2941 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The various angles in this picture make it extremely interesting. You can't see a horizon, but you can see lines of mountains and hills running at all different angles. When you look at the image one way, you'd swear it needed to be rotated to the right...but it is actually perfectly level! 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: 100878 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 16, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 2397 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A loaded coal train departs east out of Sulphur. Fresh ribbon rail and tie plates litter the side of the track in preparation for a huge MOW effort that starts the day after this picture was taken. Amtrak would be routed through Wyoming during this effort! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100491 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 30, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur Sulphur, CO 1849 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On a beautiful Colorado afternoon, UP 6853 just met Amtrak 5 (the California Zephyr) at the siding of Sulphur. The train is now pulling hard up the rather gentle 0.36% grade as it is about to pass underneath US-40. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.