Photo ID: 108331 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Chacra Chacra, CO 861 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak This is a shot that I have wanted to get for years, but never really had the capability to until now. The eastbound Zephyr is passing by stored hoppers in the siding at Chacra. The highway to the left is I-70, which the tracks more-or-less follow between Grand Junction and Dotsero. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108330 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lacy Garfield County, CO 870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak East meets west at the siding of Lacy, a few miles west of Rifle. Amazing what a difference a day can make. Yesterday, #5 and #6 met at East Portal, about 170 miles to the east! Then, #5 was almost nine hours late. Today, #5 is on time, but #6 is running about three hours late. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108329 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG386 (East Rifle) Rifle, CO 898 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak About 25 miles west of Glenwood Springs, the Zephyr is approaching the east switch of Rifle. Once upon a time, the Rio Grande Zephyr stopped at Rifle. When the Rio Grande Zephyr retired in April 1983 and Amtrak ran the California Zephyr through here, Amtrak's California Zephyr initially stopped at Rifle as well. However, just six months later, in October 1983, Amtrak removed Rifle as a station stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108328 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG360 (East Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 865 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak At the east switch of Glenwood Springs, the Zephyr takes the east siding in order to make its station stop at Glenwood. I had wanted to get a shot of the Zephyr further in Glenwood Canyon, but CDOT had I-70 down to just two lanes, making it impossible to exit or stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108327 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Dotsero, CO 845 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak At the west end of the Dotsero Cutoff, you find the small town of Dotsero. Here, the Eagle River, which Tennessee Pass follows for quite awhile, converges with the Colorado River. The Zephyr is crossing over the Eagle River and is in fact passing by the far west end of Tennessee Pass on a beautiful July day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108326 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Range Eagle County, CO 1039 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is nearing the west end of Red Canyon east of Range. I'm sure that you can determine the source of the canyon's name from this particular shot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108325 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Dell Eagle County, CO 867 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr rounds a bend and crosses over Tepee Creek, which converges with the Colorado River here. The Zephyr is just a few miles east of the siding of Dell. According to a recent rumor, Dell is one of several sidings UP is considering disconnecting from the main and, at least for the time being, mothballing. This is presumably to save on costs, particularly considering the lack of traffic these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107576 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 28, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1291 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific Two sets of three unit engine sets sit in the yard in Glenwood Springs. Both are waiting for an eastbound coal load to come out of Grand Junction. Three units will be added as mid-train swing helpers to each eastbound coal train that comes through. The swing helpers will assist the train on the climb up to the Moffat Tunnel. They will then be set out in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The trucks on these Amtrak California cars is reminiscent of the ones found on the Ski Train cars in the Ansco days. However, unlike the Ski Train cars, these cars have traditional brakes and not disk brakes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107447 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak As the Zephyr stops for passengers in Glenwood Springs, we get a look at the side of one of four Amtrak California cars catching a ride on the Zephyr. In this case, this is The Valley Flyer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107446 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Looking east from the Glenwood Springs depot, we see several Amtrak California that are catching a ride on the Zephyr from California to points east. This meant the power had to pull beyond the platform, much further than is typical for the stop here in Glenwood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107445 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Silt Garfield County, CO 1263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A longer-than-normal Zephyr (13 cars, compared to 9) heads east along I-70 in western Colorado. The train will pass through the town of New Castle before entering the west end of Glenwood Canyon. Because the train can go 79 MPH here, it would not be possible to catch up to the train again until Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107444 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Silt Garfield County, CO 1293 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The trees and grass are really starting to green up here at the start of May as the Eastbound Zephyr flies by at 79 MPH as it approaches a connector road that connects US-6 and the I-70 Frontage Road (across I-70). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107443 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Silt Garfield County, CO 1270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The profile of the Eastbound Zephyr looks a little different today! That is because the train has a quartet of Amtrak California cars on the headend. While I do not know for sure where they were headed, I would speculate they are going to Beech Grove, IN. Amtrak has its main maintenance facility here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107442 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 6, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Parachute Garfield County, CO 1282 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr accelerates up toward the posted trackspeed of 79 MPH as it is just east of the control point of Parachute (visible in the shot). This control point leads to a small BNSF yard that was once used for soda ash trains out of the plant at Parachute. Beyond that is the siding of Grand Valley, so named for this grand (and wide) valley the tracks run through here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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