Photo ID: 113187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby to Sulphur (MP 76.2 to MP 84.6) Grand County, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The head end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver is right at MP 78, passing by some remaining fall colors just a few miles west of Granby in early morning light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF The grade alignment of the siding of Tabernash is probably the most interesting of any siding I have ever seen. This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo is in the siding, waiting on its counterpart to arrive from Fraser Canyon. The mainline is in the foreground. The siding completely diverges from the main. The reason for this was due to the fact that there was once a steam engine facility located between the main and the siding. Additionally, there is room for a wye between the main and the siding, which was used to turn steam engines that were used as helpers on the climb from Tabernash to East Portal. They'd wye at East Portal and run back to Tabernash, be wyed again and serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS067 (West Tabernash) Tabernash, CO 28 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound Provo-Denver emerges from Fraser Canyon at the west end of Tabernash. The westbound Denver-Provo is waiting in the siding. As soon as the eastbound clears the west end, DS-378 will throw the west switch and the westbound will depart the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113190 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tabernash (9,830 ft) Tabernash, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Montana Rail Link, BNSF MRL 4310 made an appearance as the third unit on the Provo-Denver. It is very unlikely we will ever see a MRL-painted SD70ACe leading a train outside of (former) MRL territory as they are not PTC equipment. PTC will most likely be added when BNSF repaints each unit to BNSF colors, and each disappears into the sea of the orange. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF While many of the fall leaves have already fallen to the ground, there is still quite a bit of color in this shot of BNSF's eastbound Provo-Denver at Vasquez Road in Winter Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113192 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Winter Park to Fraser (MP 58 to MP 62) Winter Park, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes bring up the tail end of this eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver as it heads into the morning light, away from the camera, just east of Vasquez Road. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113193 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Eagle County, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific These three units came down the Craig Branch light from Phippsburg to pick up 70 cars waiting at Bond. After assembling the train for the past two hours or so, the train is ready to depart, heading up the Craig Branch for Phippsburg. The Dotsero Cutoff are the two tracks in the foreground along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113194 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6362 is starting to pull on a 70-car manifest, comprised of 67 loaded covered hoppers (frac sand) and three cars of pipe. Note the significant grade difference between the Craig Branch above and the Dotsero Cutoff below. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113195 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About a mile west of the start of Craig Branch at Bond (also known as Orestod), this MBOPH (manifest from Bond to Phippsburg) is starting the climb up the branch, rolling around at about 20 MPH. CO-131 is the road below, which leads from Bond to Yampa, Phippsburg, and Steamboat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113196 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Three units lead a 70-car train on the Craig Branch as it makes the curve to head up Copper Spur Road. The track run about 1/2 a mile up Copper Spur Road, make a 180° curve, and comes back out. This is necessary to keep the grade down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113197 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 44 (MP 132.0, 719') Eagle County, CO 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6362 just emerged from Tunnel 44 and is crossing Copper Spur Road as it wraps around a long curve to head back the other direction on the opposite side of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113198 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 44 (MP 132.0, 719') Eagle County, CO 35 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Some strong fall colors are still to be found around Copper Spur Road on the Craig Branch. This westbound, the MBOPH-05, is the only westbound manifest that runs on this portion of the branch each week. The 70-car train is coming in-and-out of Tunnel 44. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113199 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Crater (MP 128.8 to MP 138.1) Eagle County, CO 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GE's, the first of which is a former Espee AC4400CW, leads a westbound manifest around Copper Spur Road on the Craig Branch just west of Tunnel 44. It is incredible to think that this was once the mainline for the Denver and Salt Lake! And even in later years in the 1950s and 1960s, how amazing would it have been to ride the Yampa Valley Mail through here!? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113200 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crater Loops Routt County, CO 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6362 is climbing through the lower half of the long, winding S-Curve known as the Crate Loops. Crater comes from the name of a cinder cone that once dominated the landscape. It was a vent for a nearby (not extinct) volcanic system. The result of the volcanic system was millions of tons of scoria (volcanic rock) that has been mined for decades. In fact, the Denver and Rio Grande Western used the scoria for ballast. You can see the mining operation (which is still active in 2025) in the distance in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113201 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 5, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crater Loops Routt County, CO 32 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The "Crater Loops", which are a series of two 180° curves, were constructed to allow the railroad to climb at no more than a 2% grade as the Craig Branch makes its way from Bond up to Phippsburg (and beyond toward Steamboat and Craig). A mining operation, which has been in operation here for decades, is visible in the distance. Scoria (volcanic) rock is mined here and used in many places in Colorado and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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