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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 112284 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palisade (12,200 ft) Palisade, CO 138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Earlier in the day, I shot the Minturn Local at Rifle. At that time, it only had three tank cars. The train worked the industries at Lacy (in West Rifle), and picked up 18 covered hoppers. The train is only the main at Palisade, less than 10 miles from the yard at Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112283 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Depot (MP 360.1) Glenwood Springs, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A handful of passengers are on the platform, waiting to board the westbound Zephyr, now pulling into the siding. The driver for the Hotel Colorado waits to take inbound passengers across the Colorado river, to the classic hotel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112282 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG361 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This westbound oil train is moving slowly on the main at Glenwood. The train had a yellow (Approach) signal at Glenwood. The westbound Zephyr will soon be making its station stop, and the dispatcher is going to hold the oil train on the main here to ensure the Zephyr is not delayed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112281 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG361 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific On Soldier Summit, there are two sidings that are "center sidings", meaning the siding runs in the middle of two main tracks. Here, at Glenwood, there is just one main, but two sidings, with one siding running on either side of the main. This oil empty is headed west on a yellow (Approach) signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112280 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly (5,060 ft) Garfield County, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific At one point, Rio Grande started to add two main tracks through all of Glenwood Canyon. However, the project proved to be too expensive, so it resulted in one very long siding, and three sidings overall in the canyon. Allen, toward the east end, is 14,250 feet long. Shoshone is very short at 3,960 feet, and almost connects to Allen, separated only by a short tunnel. Then, there is Grizzly, a 5,060 foot long siding is next, and it is here that we find this westbound oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112279 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly (5,060 ft) Garfield County, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific An ES44AC and a pair of SD70ACes lead this westbound oil train on the main at Grizzly in the middle of Glenwood Canyon. The trees on the opposite side of the Colorado River were burned in the massive Grizzly Creek fire in August 2020. The fire consumed nearly 30,000 acres. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG343 (West Dotsero) Eagle County, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Passing by the signals at the west end of Dotsero, AMTK 199 and AMTK 79 lead the eastbound Zephyr. The train is running about 50 minutes late this afternoon as the train takes the siding to meet with a UP oil empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG343 (West Dotsero) Eagle County, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr winds through the curves approaching Dotsero, and indeed takes the siding at Dotsero, meeting a westbound UP oil train that is holding the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112276 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero (6,150 ft) Eagle County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Three units are elephant style, leading a westbound oil empty on the main at Dotsero. The conductor is on the ground, getting ready to provide a roll-by for the eastbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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