Photo ID: 108819 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 630 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just west of Bond, the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer follows along the Colorado River under rather overcast, dreary skies as a winter storm makes its way through Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108820 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 583 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer On an overcast day in early November, the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer approaches the west portal of Yarmony Tunnel near the east end of the Dotsero Cutoff. The train is making one of its two weekly returns to Denver from Glenwood Springs under cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108821 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed State Bridge Eagle County, CO 915 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just east of Bond at State Bridge, the Rocky Mountaineer is continuing its trek east along the Colorado River. The Rocky Mountaineer leased a pair of SD70Ms from Union Pacific for power on the train in 2021. As you can clearly see, a wrap (of slightly mismatched yellow) was applied to both units to allow them to represent the Rocky Mountaineer. It sounds as though two Rocky Mountaineer units (based in Canada) are having PTC installed and will be on the train in 2022! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108822 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Yarmony Eagle County, CO 813 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer follows along a relatively still Colorado River just east of Yarmony. This is near the location of a derailment nearly 20 years ago that involved one of EMD's SD70ACe demo units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108823 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Yarmony Eagle County, CO 625 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Although the leaves have finally fallen off of most of the deciduous trees at this point in the fall, a lot of the ground shrubs are still holding a lot of color. The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer passes through the colorful scene just east of Yarmony as some low-hanging clouds envelop a part of the mountain in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108824 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running about 90 minutes behind schedule, the westbound Zephyr snakes its way through Byers Canyon. Being November, this is the time of year when the Colorado River is just about at its lowest level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108825 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr passes by a spot in Byers Canyon in which a fairly significant portion of rock broke free and tumbled down in to the Colorado River. Despite the overcast and rather washed out skies, Byers Canyon also looks pretty great. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108826 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 38 Grand County, CO 515 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Gore Canyon, the Zephyr approaches the relatively short Tunnel 38 above the Colorado River. I was actually quite lucky to get this shot. The Zephyr had a good lead on me at Kremmling as I headed for Trough Road to get here to Inspiration Point. Fortunately (for me), a slide fence had been activated in Gore Canyon. That slowed the Zephyr down enough for me to get ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108827 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 38 Grand County, CO 534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr emerges from the 100-foot-long Tunnel 38 as seen from "Inspiration Point". Just around the bend, the Zephyr has a clear signal at the east switch of Azure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108828 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony Eagle County, CO 589 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Rolling west on the main at Yarmony, passengers on the Zephyr likely are enjoying the colorful shrubs along the banks of the Colorado River. The siding of Yarmony has changed a lot in the last two decades. It used to be one of the shortest sidings between Denver and Bond. A derailment in the early 2000s took out the west switch of the siding. And UP left the west switch out of service for years afterward, until finally extending the siding to the west and moving the east switch to the west as well. The result is now one of the longer siding with concrete ties throughout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108829 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 149.6 Eagle County, CO 585 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I have wanted to get a shot of a westbound crossing this bridge here between Dell and Range for quite some time. Alas, Amtrak was close enough to me that I did not have time to set up for the perspective I wanted. However, still a great location amongst the red rocks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108830 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 601 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak When both Zephyrs are running on time, it is quite common for them to meet at the siding of Range on the Dotsero Cutoff. On this November day, both Zephyrs were actually running about 90 minutes late, leading to the same result of a meet at Range. The meet was very well timed and turned out to be a "rolling meet". Neither Zephyr had to come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108831 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Azure Grand County, CO 525 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the east switch of Azure, the eastbound Zephyr has seven Superliners in tow as it tries to make up a little bit of lost time, currently running about 90 minutes behind schedule. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108832 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 558 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Even if you are experienced with the Moffat Tunnel Sub, it may take a second to recognize the location of this shot as it is from a different perspective. The eastbound Zephyr is just entering the west end of Gore Canyon. Just barely visible at the back end of the S-Curve is Tunnel 38. The slope on the other side of the Colorado River in the background leads up to Inspiration Point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108833 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr rolls east through what is arguably the most amazing canyon between Denver and Glenwood Springs: Gore Canyon. The canyon is inaccessible by car and shots from inside the canyon are rare. Drone technology does help out a bit though, as we can see Tunnels 37 and 36 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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