Photo ID: 113544 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The station stop at Granby is usually a very brief stop for the Zephyr. And today is no different. Conductors work to very quickly get two passengers on the train. From the time the train came to a stop to the time the train was highballing and starting to pull was around 60 seconds! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113543 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Granby (7,325 ft) Granby, CO 127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific UP 5833, which replaced a P42DC on the eastbound Zephyr in Salt Lake City, has a ditch light out as the Zephyr moves along the recently-completed extended, heated, platform here at the Granby depot. Two passengers stand on the depot, waiting to board the train to head east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113542 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 39 (MP 113.5, 294 ft) Grand County, CO 128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr emerges from Tunnel 39, which essentially marks the east end of Little Gore Canyon. The county road that runs (relatively) parallel to the tracks through here is located on top of the vertical rock wall in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113541 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr, led by a substitute UP C44ACM and a standard Amtrak P42DC, rolls east along the impressive near-vertical walls of Little Gore Canyon. The train is between Tunnels 40 and 39. As you can see, the level of the Colorado River is a bit low. That is typical this time of year, but low snow levels from this winter, the river is likely not going to increase much this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113538 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony to Bond (MP 124.6 to MP 127.0) Eagle County, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific Just west of State Bridge, the eastbound Zephyr wraps around from Bond on the single track mainline, just below CO-131. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113537 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS127 (East Bond) Eagle County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific I've always been interested to try to get some shots from the east end of Bond. The west end is very accessible and pretty easy to shoot. The east end, however, is wrapped back around along the Colorado River, out of view from any roads. I was happy to finally have success on this afternoon with the eastbound Zephyr (led by a UP C44ACM) leaving the east end of Bond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113536 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range to Dotsero (MP 156.0 to MP 166.3 (342.0)) Eagle County, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr crosses over the west end of the Eagle River. The Eagle River merges with the Colorado River just to the right of frame. The mostly-idled Tennessee Pass follows the Eagle River east from Dotsero. Indeed, if you look closely, you can see one leg of the wye from the mainline, wrapping east toward the Tennessee Pass mainline. A UP C44ACM is leading the Zephyr this afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113532 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly (5,060 ft) Garfield County, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific When both trains are on time (or equally late), the Zephyrs typically meet at either Range or Dotsero. However, with the eastbound Zephyr running about two hours late due to a power swap in Salt Lake City, the two trains are meeting here at Grizzly in Glenwood Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113531 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly (5,060 ft) Garfield County, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific A nice look at Glenwood Canyon here at the (relatively short) siding of Grizzly. All three sidings in Glenwood Canyon (Allen, Shoshone, and Grizzly) have the mainline closer to the river and the siding closer to the mountain. The Zephyr here is on the main, but is slowing as it will meet the westbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113530 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly (5,060 ft) Garfield County, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific In August 2020, a wildfire named the Grizzly Creek Wildfire start in Glenwood Canyon and burned over 36,000 acres. You can still see some of the shrubs beneath the power of the eastbound Zephyr that suffered burn damage, as well as most of the slope to the right on the opposite side of the river as well. This afternoon, the California Zephyr has a UP unit giving it a hand. The train is on an Approach (yellow) signal on the main as it will be meeting its counterpart here at Grizzly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113529 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 14, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG356 (West Grizzly) Garfield County, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific A bit of a surprise on the eastbound Zephyr as a UP C44ACM leads AMTK 201 on the journey east through Glenwood Canyon at the west switch of Grizzly. The original Amtrak P42DC was removed in Salt Lake City and the UP unit was added, likely due to mechanical issues. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113502 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tolland (9,356 ft) Gilpin County, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound Union Pacific empty oil train heads west on the main at Tolland, meeting an eastbound BNSF loaded oil train that is waiting in the siding. The Winter Park Express ran around the UP oil train at Cliff. After meeting a coal load at Cliff, it was the oil trains turn to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113499 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 6, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rollins (8,320 ft) Gilpin County, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The westbound Winter Park Express waits in the siding at Rollins, toward the east end, as the sole DPU on an eastbound coal train rolls by. After the coal train is clear, the Winter Park Express will back out the east end and then proceed west on the main track, around a BNSF manifest that is out of view toward the west end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113494 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Following roughly an hour behind a westbound coal empty, the westbound Zephyr is making track speed as it kicks up a bit of fresh fallen snow dust at Leyden. Something else of note...if you look closely at the west house track switch on the siding, you'll note a chunk of track missing. UP took the west switch of the track out of service years ago. They removed the frog and spiked the switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113493 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 23, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Jefferson County, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Some snow is coming down here at Plain as a westbound coal empty passes by a few pieces of maintenance equipment in the house track. The elevation here at Plain is right around 6,800 feet (around 2,075 meters) above sea level. 1,000 feet of elevation makes a pretty big different in snowfall here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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