Photo ID: 112346 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG629 (Utah Railway Jct) Carbon County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After the end of coal being loaded at the Wildcat loadout on the Utah Railway, the area was repurposed and is now an oil transload facility. However, the Utah Railway now leases their yard at Martin and the main to Wildcat to UP, who facilities the oil train traffic. Here, a westbound UP oil train is loaded and waiting for a helper crew before taking joining the main at URL (Utah Railway Junction). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG645 (Colton (Crossover)) Carbon County, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 8310 and three GEs just helped a coal load climb Soldier Summit on Main 1. Here at Colton, the manned helpers have crossed over to Main 2 so they can return to Helper. Before heading down the hill, the conductor will assist the coal load in putting their train back together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112344 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG645 (Colton (Crossover)) Carbon County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After setting the air on the back third of the train, the helper crew indicates to the head end that they are good to pull ahead, cutting away from the train. Once they are clear of the crossover at Colton, DS-378 will cross the manned helper over to Main 2 so they can return to Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112343 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG645 (Colton (Crossover)) Carbon County, UT 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The 15 miles or so between Castle Gate and Colton are the steepest part of the climb up Soldier Summit. Indeed, those 15 miles are really the only section of the climb that necessitate mid-train swing helpers. This coal load just passed the crossover at Colton and is starting to slow to a stop. It is here that the mid-train swing helpers will cut out from the train and return to Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112342 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Carbon County, UT 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The control point at East Kyune has to be one of the most unique control points out there. Westbound trains pass the signal on the east side of Kyune tunnel. The switches for the siding are on the west side of the tunnel. The tunnel itself is 468-feet long on Main 1 and 410-feet long on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112341 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels to Kyune (MP 636.1 to MP 638.9) Carbon County, UT 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After running through Nolan Tunnels, this westbound coal load left the highway for about a mile to follow along Price River. Here, the tracks rejoin US-6 at a fantastic S-Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112340 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels (MP 636.1 (403 feet)) Carbon County, UT 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 7851 and train emerge from the 401-foot Nolan Tunnels on Main 1. This is one of the few spots on the east side of Soldier Summit where the tracks depart from US-6. The highway runs through a cut here, while the tracks follow along Price River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112339 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Four mid-train swing helpers are throttled up in run 8, helping this CWELB (Coal train, West Elk to Long Beach) make its way up Soldier Summit alongside US-6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112338 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific With four mid-train (manned) helpers cut into the train, this Long Beach, CA bound coal load is now making the climb up the 2% grade of Soldier Summit on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112309 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash (MP 603.9 to MP 610.1) Carbon County, UT 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific In between the sidings of Mounds and Wash, four units are taking an empty oil train to the yard tracks at Wash. The empty tanks had been tied down in the siding at Mounds, without any power. Once dropping the train off at Wash, the UP power will return to Helper (where they originated) to tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112119 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels Carbon County, UT 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF CP 8804 is about to disappear into Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. The unit is putting in some power sharing time on BNSF, currently serving on a westbound coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112118 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Canadian Pacific, BNSF A Canadian Pacific ES44AC is the final DPU on a westbound loaded coal train, the front half of which has passed through Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. I actually got a shot of this same CP unit just two days earlier in Colorado on the Provo-Denver. Looks like it go to Denver and was immediately added to this coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112117 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's loaded coal train, headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada, is approaching the Nolan Tunnels on Soldier Summit. Upon reaching Provo, the BNSF crew will get off the train and a UP crew will take over for the trip to Nevada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112116 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load is taking on the 2% grade of Soldier Summit on Main 1. The train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is now making its way west across the former-Rio Grande. It is ultimately headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada. The two coal-fired generating units at the plant are scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025, so this coal train is likely near the end of its life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112104 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels Carbon County, UT 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer emerge from the west portal of Nolan Tunnel. Here, the tracks temporarily depart US-6 to follow the Price River. The road runs up a steep grade, through a tall cut through the mountain, to save time and distance. This is a great place to get ahead of near any train if you are chasing it west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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