Photo ID: 113113 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Akin to Tunnel (MP 423.9 to MP 427.3) Mesa County, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific The tracks run right alongside the Colorado River on the west side of Beaver Tail Tunnel, and it offered up a nice reflection in the somewhat muddy waters of the river as this UP passenger special heads west. I do with the foliage had been trimmed down a little bit, but still, not a bad shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113112 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Beaver Tail Tunnel (MP 428.5, 763 ft) Mesa County, CO 256 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This is a shot that I have wanted to get for quite some time, and today was finally the day! UP's passenger special is emerging from the west portal of Beaver Tail Tunnel. This tunnel is 758' long and it is the only tunnel between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113111 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG424 (West Akin) Mesa County, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific For what seems like the last decade or more, the siding of Akin in western Colorado has either been out of service, or been used for long-term car storage. Recently, that finally changed and the siding is available again for meets. Turns out that was quite fortuitus as this is where this westbound UP passenger special met the eastbound Zephyr (which you can see in the distance). The Zephyr took the siding to keep the special rolling. It was a good meet, the Zephyr was stopped for less than two minutes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113110 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed De Beque (7,670 ft) Mesa County, CO 254 (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 253 (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 301 (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 248 (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 284 (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 254 (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: 113089 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Bijou Creek Byers, CO 399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 6168 and the rest of the Limon Local cross the relatively long bridge over West Bijou Creek. At this time of year, there currently is no creek at all. It is entirely dried up! Something of note with the power on the train is the fact that both of the first two units once sported scarlet and gray, as they were both once rostered on Espee's roster! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113088 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kiowa Creek Bennett, CO 410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP's Limon Local crosses over the almost entirely dried up Kiowa Creek on the east edge of Bennett, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113087 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bennett Bennett, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific In the small town of Bennett, CO, UP's Limon Local charges east onto the Colorado plains. The control tower you see in the distance is not that of Denver Internal Airport, but rather Colorado Air and Space Port, a public airport located less than 9 miles southeast of DIA. The plane almost directly above the control tower is landing at DIA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113086 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mesa to Watkins Denver, CO 384 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A quick roster shot of snoot-nose SD40-2 UP 1837. The longer "snoot-nose" once held extra radio equipment. I don't think it is actually used for anything like that today. Still, looks a little different from most of the other SD40-2s built! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113085 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP K625 (East Mesa) Denver, CO 404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the east switch of Mesa, UP's Limon Local is leaving CTC behind and has entered into Track Warrant territory. They have a track warrant out to near Deer Trail, CO. That warrant will not get them all the way to Limon. The reason for the warrant only going that far is due to the fact they are following an eastbound coal load which has only made it as far east as Deer Trail. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113083 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stapleton Denver, CO 452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific Okay, it is time to depart! UP 1837, a snoot-nose SD40-2, puts on a bit of an exhaust show as the engineer throttle up to start pulling the (roughly) 40 car Limon Local eastbound on Main 1 toward a green signal. UP 6168 was delivered as SP 139 in April 1995. I was a sophomore in high school at the time, and remember seeing those new scarlet and gray units sometimes when I was getting lunch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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