A rail train holds the Craig Branch mainline awaiting traffic to clear in Bond. A bit of patience on my part helped a little as a glimmer of sunshine briefly lights up the engines.
A chance to see all DPU's in one location captured here on this eastbound coal just leaving the siding at Yarmony.
A northbound Union Pacific coal train and a southbound BNSF freight train meet at the yard in Bond.
The rear DPU set of a loaded coal train eases down into Bond, Colorado near Copper Spur.
UP 6724 leads this eastbound coal along the Colorado River, a few minutes out from reaching Bond. The 3 mid-train helpers are just coming into view around the corner.
Just the 2nd day of December with the Colorado River not far off from freezing over... but the UP train looks positively hot cruising downgrade!
A loaded coal train eases down the last stretch of the Craig Branch, passing above the formerly busy railroad town of Bond.
The bright orange engines of this westbound BNSF manifest stands out well from the autumn colors of the Colorado River plain.
A loaded UP coal train eases down the grade towards Bond and the Moffat Line.
UP 4039 idles as crews change at Orestod, the junction in the town of Bond which begins (or ends, in this case) the Dotsero Cutoff. The Craig Branch is visible climbing the hillside in the backgr... (more)
It's not often that something other than full or empty coal cars gets shipped on UP's Craig Branch.
Leading a consist of 6 engines, UP 4107 charges across the Colorado River on its journey west.
UP 6663 leading a string of eight locomotives and a mile-long set of empties west along the Colorado River.
An eastbound California Zephyr approaching Bond under the trademark cobalt blue skies of Colorado.
Amtrak 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is following the Colorado River a few miles west of the siding of Yarmony.
