Glennwood Springs CO, Glennwood Canyon

[AustinPSD]

These are shots I got on the second half of the Colorado leg of our recent road-trip, in and around Glennwood Springs CO. Glennwood Springs is west of Denver on the I-70 corridor, and forms the western gateway to Glennwood Canyon. I was able to catch a lot of the yard operations in Glennwood over a couple of day period, and a few trains east/westbound into and out of Glennwood Canyon. Seeing six to eight locomotives in a single train is pretty amazing to a flat-lander like me…


Five locomotives in Glennwood Yard by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6339 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6339 at work by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6286 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6885 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6649 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


Making up the mid-section at Glennwood yard by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 5693 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6715 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 6385, UPRR 5693, UPRR 6715 by AustinPSD, on Flickr


UPRR 5843 brings up the rear by AustinPSD, on Flickr

 

[setxrailfan]

Last time I was through that area was about 20 years ago. It was all D&RGW

 

[Tacoma Tom]

Union pacific also pulls a few daily coal trains using old all steel coal cars up and down the Moffat route. A rare site in this country today where aluminum coal hoppers dominate coal trains. That is the reason the coal trains going to Denver typically have at least 7 locomotives on the trains. Quite a site when they are coming down the grade with brake smoke coming from every wheel.

The empty UP coal trains heading up the Moffat route typically have 7 or 8 locomotives as well. But usually only three are running. They are all coupled together and at the front of the train. They always put on a good show.

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

Union pacific also pulls a few daily coal trains using old all steel coal cars up and down the Moffat route. A rare site in this country today where aluminum coal hoppers dominate coal trains. That is the reason the coal trains going to Denver typically have at least 7 locomotives on the trains. Quite a site when they are coming down the grade with brake smoke coming from every wheel.

The empty UP coal trains heading up the Moffat route typically have 7 or 8 locomotives as well. But usually only three are running. They are all coupled together and at the front of the train. They always put on a good show.

Yes, they do run a lot of trains with the old steel cars, ones I see have old MP, UP,CNW, and some D&RGW cars., I also get several with CTRN/UP cars as seen in his photos here. Typical lashups I see are 2x1, but occasionally I will see a 2x2 consist. Empties return thru here with 2x1, 1x2, or 1x1 lashups