Photo ID: 106178 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Bond Eagle County, CO 1869 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific With a fresh crew that got on the train at Bond, this manager's special follows the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff. The pair of brand new ET44AHs look mighty fine on the point of the train. I'm not sure why several UP vice presidents were taking a tour of the Moffat...although I'd like to think it is preparation for lowering the floor in the Moffat Tunnel so they can run double stacks! (Yeah, right...and Tennessee Pass will open right after that!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105749 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly Garfield County, CO 1400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A C44-9W (of Espee heritage...formerly SP 8120) and an SD40N (recently rebuilt by UP from an SD40-2) head east down the main at Grizzly in a snow-filled Glenwood Canyon. The train is headed for Gypsum (on the far west end of Tennessee Pass) where it will switch out American Gypsum, a wallboard plant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105748 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly Garfield County, CO 1350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific After spending about three hours switching in the yard in Glenwood Springs, UP's Minturn Local is now headed east toward Tennessee Pass. Now that statement sounds far more exciting that it actually is. While most of Tennessee Pass is "railbanked" and out of service, about seven miles of the west end is still active. The stretch between Dotsero and Gypsum is still active, which is to say it sees one train a week: The Minturn Local. American Gypsum is a wallboard manufacturer located in Gypsum and they ship by rail. A (far less common than its AC brothers) C44-9W leads the local on the main at Grizzly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105747 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1754 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Having just stopped at the station in Glenwood Springs, the crew has the door on the (new) baggage car open and is ready to load (and, if necessary, unload) checked bags for passengers. The stop in Glenwood is actually quite efficient, and the train will start rolling within ten minutes or so. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105746 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak It is just after noon and the eastbound Zephyr is running right on time as it pulls up to the station in Glenwood Springs. There are a lot of people on the platform, most of whom are probably waiting to ride back to Denver. A lot of the business on the Zephyr comes between Denver and Glenwood Springs! And with today being MLK Day, there are likely even more people headed home after the three day weekend. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105745 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Shoshone Garfield County, CO 1557 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific A single DPU brings up the tail end of an eastbound MRONYX (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO, Extra) at Shoshone in Glenwood Canyon. At 3,960 feet, the siding of Shoshone is rarely used. The east end of Shoshone is separated by the west end of Allen by only a few hundred feet (and a tunnel). Rio Grande considered connecting Allen and Shoshone to create a stretch of two main tracks, but the expense of removing the tunnel proved to be too much to make it worth it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105744 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG351 (West Shoshone) Garfield County, CO 1560 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific This is a spot in Glenwood Canyon that I have never shot before. This eastbound manifest is at the west switch of Shoshone along the Colorado River. Prior to 1992, drivers in Glenwood Canyon passed this location on the two lane I-70. Once the expansion of I-70 to four lanes was completed (through the mountain behind the tracks, in this case), this area became a rest stop and access to the Glenwood Canyon trailhead. Because it is on the north side of the mountain, very little sunlight hits here, meaning the Colorado River is frozen over! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105743 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly Garfield County, CO 1862 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific One of the most awe-inspiring places in the world simply must be Glenwood Canyon. Even more so in winter when it is covered in snow. Amid the sheer rock walls and Colorado River, an eastbound manifest approaches a clear signal at the east switch of Grizzly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105742 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grizzly Garfield County, CO 1793 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific UP typically does not run a manifest between Roper, UT and North Yard, CO on Sundays. However, it seems there was enough traffic to demand it on the second third Sunday of 2016. A day later, the MRONYX (The "X" indicating it is an extra, unscheduled run of the train) heads west on the main at Grizzly about four miles east of Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105741 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 18, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Glenwood Springs Glenwood Springs, CO 1694 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Union Pacific There are actually two sidings at Glenwood Springs: The east siding and the west siding. In this shot, a string of hoppers (currently being stored) sits in the east siding while UP's Minturn Local sits in the west siding. The main track runs down the middle of the two. The Minturn Local (which, of course, hasn't actually gone to Minturn in nearly two decades, but still retains the name) will soon switch out some tank cars in the Glenwood Springs yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105224 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Chacra Glenwood Springs, CO 1610 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak I wish there had been a bit more sunlight for this shot. Unfortunately, there were just too many clouds in the sky. The eastbound Zephyr is moving through the canyon west of Glenwood Springs along the Colorado River. Because the tracks are on the south side of the canyon - and because there are not a lot of great places to pull over to shoot - there are not a lot of pictures from this canyon. Which is unfortunately because the canyon has some beautiful colors between the green foliage and the red rocks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105223 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG408 (East Una) Garfield County, CO 1556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr has a clear signal at the east end of Una. The train is making track speed at 70 MPH, but will be slowing down in about a mile as there is a short 20 MPH slow order not far ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105222 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Una Garfield County, CO 1726 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak While I have shot a fair amount along the Glenwood Springs Subdivision between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, I have never actually shot at the siding of Una. At least, not prior to this shot! The tracks can largely be seen from I-70 between Glenwood and Grand Junction. However, from west of Parachute (near Una) to De Beque, the tracks and I-70 separate. You have to take old US-6 to follow the tracks directly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105221 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 25, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Una Garfield County, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is moving along at track speed (70 MPH) on the mainline at Una. Union Pacific is in standard "summer maintenance mode", with a slew of maintenance vehicles parked on the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105220 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 24, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Clifton Fruitvale, CO 1970 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A pair of brand new ACS-64 (built by Siemens) are being moved on the Zephyr from California to Chicago. There, another train will take the engines to the Northeast Corridor. The units feature cabs at both ends of the unit and are, of course, electric. You can see the pantographs (red) on the top which can be extended to connect to the catenary above the rails for power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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