Photo ID: 113105 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rifle (6,160 ft) Rifle, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific's City of San Francisco dome car has a handful of passenger in it, waiting for a departure of this special that will run from Rifle, CO to Potash, UT on the Cane Creek Subdivision, near Moab, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113106 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rifle (6,160 ft) Rifle, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A C44ACM that looks like it has been hand-polished, and the specially-painted Abraham Lincoln SD70M will provide the power for this 18-car passenger special, set to depart Rifle in one hour, at 10am. The train arrived here at Rifle in the pre-dawn hours last Monday morning in preparation for the trip today. Of note, the train is actually tied down on the mainline. For the last two days, all other trains have had to run through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113107 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rifle (6,160 ft) Rifle, CO 98 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific The last car on this 18-car passenger special, currently waiting for its 10am departure time at Rifle, CO, is none other than the Fox River. The end of the has been fitted with stadium seating inside, an a giant picture window for easy viewing out the back of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113108 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rifle to Lacy (MP 387.7 to MP 390.1) Garfield County, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This UP passenger special was set to depart Rifle, CO at 10am. Indeed, right at the stroke of 10am, it started rolling on a green signal. The train is in the Grand Valley of western Colorado, following along the Colorado River, approach a green signal at east Lacy. Many (if not all) of the "C-Level" managers at Union Pacific, including CEO Jim Vena, are onboard this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113109 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG415 (East De Beque) Mesa County, CO 93 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific At the east switch of De Beque, UP 5898 continues west on the main on green signals. Passengers aboard the train, including CEO Jim Vena and many other managers, enjoy the wonderful scenery of western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113110 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed De Beque (7,670 ft) Mesa County, CO 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific The east end of the siding of De Beque has become a favorite spot of mine, alongside the Colorado River with Mt Logan in the distance. Mt Logan is not one of the taller mountains in Colorado. At 8,413 ft (2,564 m), it is not even close. But it is still fantastically colorful! A UP passenger special that left Rifle, CO 30 minutes earlier is hustling west toward the Cane Creek Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113111 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG424 (West Akin) Mesa County, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific For what seems like the last decade or more, the siding of Akin in western Colorado has either been out of service, or been used for long-term car storage. Recently, that finally changed and the siding is available again for meets. Turns out that was quite fortuitus as this is where this westbound UP passenger special met the eastbound Zephyr (which you can see in the distance). The Zephyr took the siding to keep the special rolling. It was a good meet, the Zephyr was stopped for less than two minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113112 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Beaver Tail Tunnel (MP 428.5, 763 ft) Mesa County, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This is a shot that I have wanted to get for quite some time, and today was finally the day! UP's passenger special is emerging from the west portal of Beaver Tail Tunnel. This tunnel is 758' long and it is the only tunnel between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113113 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Akin to Tunnel (MP 423.9 to MP 427.3) Mesa County, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific The tracks run right alongside the Colorado River on the west side of Beaver Tail Tunnel, and it offered up a nice reflection in the somewhat muddy waters of the river as this UP passenger special heads west. I do with the foliage had been trimmed down a little bit, but still, not a bad shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113114 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG436 (East Palisade) Mesa County, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Whether you live in Colorado or not, perhaps you have heard of "Palisade Peaches"? Palisade is a small town of 2,600 people. It is a few miles east of Grand Junction, and peaches and vineyards are the largest industry. This UP passenger special just knocked down a green signal at the east switch, passing by green fields. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113115 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mack to Ruby (MP 469.9 to MP 472.3) Mesa County, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The crew for this UP passenger special is based in Grand Junction. The crew was bussed east to Rifle, where this train started this morning. The crew is also taking it all the way to Potash, UT on the Cane Creek Sub. As a result, there was no need for a stop in Grand Junction for a crew change on the way west. Consequently, it did not take log to get to this location west of Mack. The train is headed toward the highly scenic Ruby Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113116 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mack to Ruby (MP 469.9 to MP 472.3) Mesa County, CO 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Ruby Canyon is dead ahead for this westbound passenger special as it rolls west along Salt Creek. After Gore Canyon, Ruby Canyon is probably the next hardest to access. There is a dirt road...most suitable for a 4x4...that runs several miles south of I-70 to the north rim of Ruby Canyon. But it is a long, slow, bumpy ride and tends to be a "one and done". In other words, if you go in for a shot of a train, you won't be able to catch the train again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113117 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse (MP 505.2 to MP 509.8) Grand County, UT 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After making its way through Ruby Canyon and the sidings of Agate and Cisco, this UP passenger special is starting the steeper part of the climb up the east slope of Thompson Hill. Here, it is rounding the curve, heading toward an I-70 underpass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113118 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse (MP 505.2 to MP 509.8) Grand County, UT 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Whitehouse, where the track swing around and cross from the south side of I-70 to the north side, you can get a good view of the transition from highland, more mountainous terrain to the east, and the dirt mounds of the dry Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113119 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson (MP 521.4 to MP 527.3) Grand County, UT 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific This UP passenger special adds some bright yellow to a scene that is already dominated by yellow hues between Sagers and Thompson in the Utah desert. The two exceptions being UP 1616, specially painted in honor of the 16th US President Abraham Lincoln, and the splash of red, white, and blue from the American flag on one of the passenger cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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