Photo ID: 113357 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bond (11,750 ft) Eagle County, CO 71 (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 90 (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 62 (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: 113350 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 16, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Yarmony Tunnel (MP 131.2, 647 ft) Eagle County, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound coal load emerges from the 647-foot long Yarmony Tunnel near the west switch of Bond. The train crosses the Colorado River right here at the east portal of the tunnel. Of note, UP 6392 is a former Espee unit. SP 346, to be exact. 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 59 (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 82 (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 89 (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: 113346 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 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Three units load a 99-car loaded coal train east on the Dotsero Cutoff between the sidings of Range and Dell. The train has seven units (3x2x2), so it is not having much trouble making track speed. 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 58 (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 61 (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 60 (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 64 (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. Photo ID: 113341 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Arvada, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific A pair of Canadian National units lead a westbound coal empty on Main 1 between C&S Junction and Arvada. It is golden hour and the train is passing underneath Sheridan Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113340 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific Not too often you can find not just one, but two Canadian National units in Colorado with Longs Peak as the backdrop! It is very interesting that a pair of DC-powered units (DC traction motors) are on a coal empty. These days, it is very rare to find anything other than AC units on coal trains, empty or loaded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113339 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Canadian National, Union Pacific CN 8840 has stopped and the engineer has killed the headlight. The conductor is on the ground and is working to set hand brakes on a few of the 99 hoppers on the train. A new crew will be called in 3 1/2 hours at 3pm. Until then, the train will sit at C&S Junction and wait. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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