Photo ID: 113367 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 36 (MP 108.8, 229 ft) Grand County, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific It's been a heck of a chase, going after this eastbound coal load with a pair of Canadian National units on the tail end. This would be the final view of it as it disappears into the west end of Gore Canyon, Tunnel 36 and 35 just ahead. You can see a pair of mid-train swing helpers just ahead, in between those two tunnels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113366 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 39 (MP 113.5, 294 ft) Grand County, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of Canadian National units bring up the tail end of an eastbound loaded coal train, getting ready to disappear into Tunnel 39 at the east end of Little Gore Canyon. This time of year, the Colorado River is just about at it lowest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113363 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Radium to Yarmony (MP 117.8 to MP 123.0) Eagle County, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific After meeting two trains at Bond, the eastbound coal train is finally on the move on the main track. Two Canadian National DPUs bring up the tail end of the train along the Colorado River just east of Yarmony. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113359 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific This eastbound coal load just got a new crew here at Bond and is has started pulling eastbound toward Denver. Ultimately, the train will continue on to an interchange point to the east with Canadian National. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113358 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Going for a little bit of a water reflection shot here at a standing pool of water on the opposite side of the tracks from the Colorado River. A pair of CN units are bringing up the tail end of this eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113357 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific After meeting the westbound Zephyr here at (West) Bond, a new crew on the train is getting ready to start rolling east. It will continue through Center Bond (Orestod) on the siding to meet a westbound BNSF Denver-Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113352 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS131 (West Bond) Eagle County, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific At the west end of Bond, an eastbound coal load is taking the siding for a crew change. The relief crew will be called at Yampa at 11:45am, and the Grand Junction based crew currently on this train will have to wait in the meantime. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113351 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bond to Dell (MP 130.8 to MP 141.1) Eagle County, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific I've never been to the Canadian Rockies, but it certainly seems as though this shot could have taken somewhere in Canada with this pair of Canadian National units on the train, crossing over the Colorado River just west of the west switch of Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113349 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell (7,430 ft) Eagle County, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific The leaves are all gone from the tree at the mid-point of November. However, there isn't a trace of snow yet here at Dell, which is rather uncommon at this point at the start of the winter season. A pair of CN units are DPUs on an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113348 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell (7,430 ft) Eagle County, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of Canadian National units bring up the tail end of an eastbound coal load. As if the CN units are not interesting enough, they also both have DC traction motors. Rather rare on unit trains in 2025. The train here is following the Colorado River at Dell. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113347 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell to Range (MP 142.6 to MP 154.3) Eagle County, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Two days ago, I got a few shots of a westbound coal empty led by a pair of Canadian National units. Now, two days later, that train has loaded at the West Elk Mine and the train is returning east. The Canadian National units are now the two tail end DPUs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113345 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A Canadian National SD70M-2 and a C44-9W, both DC units, are leading a westbound coal empty. I assume the train originated somewhere on the Canadian National, and transferred to Union Pacific without swapping out power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113344 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Welcome to mid-November! The sun has fully set behind the mountains here at 4:30pm as a westbound coal empty, with a pair of Canadian National units for power. The two cars to the right are at a local industry that has a lot of tanks that presumably hold petroleum products. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113343 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 has slowed to a stop on Main 1, facing a red signal ahead at Arvada (CP DS007). The train will hold here for a little over an hour, waiting for the eastbound Zephyr to come by on main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113342 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 30 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific This westbound coal empty is only going to make it as far west as Arvada for awhile. A tie gang is still working around Leyden, and the eastbound Zephyr is in the picture. The train here is on Main 1. The next track to the right is Main 2. Next over is UP's Arvada Siding. The siding is not CTC-controlled (other than the switch at the west end). It was built to allow coal hoppers to be transferred from UP to BNSF to be taken to the Coors Brewery. The fourth track over is the transfer track from UP to BNSF's Golden Sub, the final track to the right. After Coors switched to natural gas from coal, the transfer track was not really needed anymore, and the Arvada Siding is really only used for temp storage now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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