Photo ID: 110781 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 27, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 291 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A Herzog train is stopped in the west siding at Glenwood, emptying ballast from the train into a pile on the ground in the yard at Glenwood. This train worked throughout the day, dumping ballast along the tracks. Indeed, UP close the line today, resulting in Amtrak not running between Denver and Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108830 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Range Eagle County, CO 668 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak When both Zephyrs are running on time, it is quite common for them to meet at the siding of Range on the Dotsero Cutoff. On this November day, both Zephyrs were actually running about 90 minutes late, leading to the same result of a meet at Range. The meet was very well timed and turned out to be a "rolling meet". Neither Zephyr had to come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108829 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 149.6 Eagle County, CO 664 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I have wanted to get a shot of a westbound crossing this bridge here between Dell and Range for quite some time. Alas, Amtrak was close enough to me that I did not have time to set up for the perspective I wanted. However, still a great location amongst the red rocks! 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 660 (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 725 (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: 108753 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 731 (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 707 (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 730 (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. Photo ID: 108750 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Dotsero, CO 770 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The eastbound Rockies to the Red Rocks crosses over the Eagle River as it starts on the west end of Dotsero Cutoff. The mileposts here change from the distance to Denver via Pueblo (342 miles) to the distance to Denver direct over the Moffat (164 miles). The Eagle River, which follows Tennessee Pass on its west slope, joins the Colorado River here at Dotsero. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108749 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 4, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Dotsero, CO 779 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) BNSF A pair of BNSF GE DPUs bring up the tail end of a westbound Denver-Provo manifest. Dotsero is where the Moffat (via the Dotsero cutoff) and Tennessee Pass converged on the journey west. You can see a leg of the branch that heads west toward Tennessee Pass in the shot. The train has just crossed over the Eagle river, which joins the Colorado River here at Dotsero. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108565 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 1, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG367 (East Chacra) Garfield County, CO 834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70ACe brings up the tail end of an eastbound coal load at the east end of Chacra. The scenery heading east toward Glenwood (and Glenwood Canyon) is looking pretty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108564 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 1, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 367 Garfield County, CO 920 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe-T4 and an SD70M lead a loaded coal train across the Colorado River alongside I-70 just east of Chacra. The train will roll through Glenwood and follow the eastbound Zephyr through Glenwood Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108563 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 1, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG367 (East Chacra) Garfield County, CO 814 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP coal load crosses underneath I-70 and follows along the Colorado River at the east end of Chacra. If you look close, you can see empty coal hoppers in the siding at Chacra. These hoppers have been sitting in the siding here for at least 6-8 months, and possibly longer! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108562 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 1, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG390 (East Lacy) Garfield County, CO 892 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP's 100 SD70ACe-T4s are not seen particularly often in Colorado, and even less frequently on coal trains. On December 30, however, UP 3000 led a westbound train from Denver to Grand Junction. The power was wyed in Grand Junction and UP 3000, along with an SD70M, was added to the point of an eastbound coal load! The duo, along with the standard DPU compliment in the middle and end of the train, made the trip back east on New Year's Day 2021, see here leaving the siding at Lacy after the eastbound Zephyr ran around the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108561 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 1, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG390 (East Lacy) Garfield County, CO 856 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr, with seven Superliners in tow, knocks down a clear signal at the east end of Lacy. For the past few months, the Zephyr has generally been running without a baggage car, and New Year's Day 2021 is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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