Photo ID: 108969 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 684 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer On a moderator February morning, the Rocky Mountaineer makes a crew training run west, climbing toward Big Ten Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108935 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 743 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer It is currently the offseason for the Rocky Mountaineer's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" train. The cars are seen here in UP's 36th Street Yard, awaiting the start of 2023 season in April. 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 770 (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: 108822 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Yarmony Eagle County, CO 946 (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: 108821 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed State Bridge Eagle County, CO 1081 (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: 108820 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 781 (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: 108819 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 791 (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: 108818 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon (MP 22.8 to MP 23.4) Arvada, CO 777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer After many years of losing trains from the Moffat (The American Orient Express, the Anschutz Ski Train, the Circus Train, nearly Amtrak due to COVID, etc), it is really great to see a passenger train added to the Moffat this year! The Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies to the Red Rocks is a deluxe train that makes two weekly round trips between Denver, CO and Moab, UT. Here, the train is climbing up the grade from Coal Creek toward Tunnel 1. Rumor has it that two of the Mountaineer GP40-2L units will receive PTC prior to the start of the train running in April 2022. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108817 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Leyden Arvada, CO 771 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer After meeting a unit oil train at Leyden, UP 5107 - wearing a "wrap" to represent the Rocky Mountaineer - throttles up as it works to accelerate the train up to track speed. UP 5105, another SD70M wearing a wrap, is down for mechanical issues at the moment. So a non-wrapped UP SD70M is filling in at the moment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108816 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 26, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 781 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rocky Mountaineer Fall colors are slowly starting to appear in the Arvada neighborhood of Five Parks, the backdrop for a meet between the Rocky Mountaineer on the main and a unit oil train stopped on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108755 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 40 Grand County, CO 823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer is right smack in the middle of Little Gore Canyon in between Tunnels 39 and 40. This stretch of highly scenic track is between the sidings of Radium and Azure, about 114 miles west of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108754 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS129 (Bond) Bond, CO 777 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer UP 5105 has the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer rolling east on the siding through Bond. Most UP trains would change crews at Bond, but that was not the case with the Mountaineer. Crews from the Canadian-based tourist railroad have made the trip to Colorado and have qualified for running on the former Rio Grande. A single crew will operate between Denver and Glenwood Springs (and vice versa). Here, the train is on the siding as it will be meeting the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108753 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer A few miles west of Bond has the Rocky Mountaineer rolling east along the Colorado River. Chasing a new passenger train on a beautiful day is a great way to spend a few hours on the 4th of July. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108752 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell Eagle County, CO 760 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The west end of Dell is on a long, nearly 180° curve as the tracks follow the Colorado River. The middle stretch of the siding, however, is nice a straight. That is the part of Dell the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer is follow along now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108751 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dell Eagle County, CO 791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer On the main at Dell, the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer wraps along the Colorado River with a pair of UP SD70Ms on the point. Dell is one of two sidings on the Dotsero Cutoff between Dotsero and Bond. As is the case with most siding, it also has a house track, although it is a stub end house track, only accessible from the west. There have been rumors in the last year or so that UP has considered taking Dell out of service, spiking the switches, to reduce the amount of maintenance required on the former Rio Grande. So far, that has not happened. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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