Photo ID: 112295 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Agate to Cisco (MP 499.1 to MP 503.7) Grand County, UT 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Running with four units (setup 2x2), this westbound coal load is actually moving pretty quick across the Utah desert. The red rocks of Ruby Canyon are visible in the distance. The train is ultimately headed for Intermountain Power in Utah. Intermountain Power is planning to shift away from coal in 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112294 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Agate to Cisco (MP 499.1 to MP 503.7) Grand County, UT 200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After running through Ruby Canyon, the tracks start to make a climb up toward a summit at Thompson Hill. You can see the red rocks and the far west end of Ruby Canyon in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112293 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG504 (East Cisco) Grand County, UT 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific No trains in this particular shot, but liked the black and white and the desert vibe. UP has erected some new signal masts, but they do not yet have signal heads. Many classic Rio Grande signals are still used here in the desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112090 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer At the Moab exit off of I-70, exit 182, there is an eccentric gas station known as "Jackass Joe's". It is colorful and covered in stickers. The gas is a bit pricey...$2.00 more per gallon than the Exxon a few miles east in Thompson Springs...but it is quite the little station. The westbound Rocky Mountaineer passes by on the mainline at Brendel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112089 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After coming up the Cane Creek Subdivision from Seven Mile and running around their train at Thompson, the Rocky Mountaineer is now heading further west than it ever has before. In 2026, the plan is to expand service of the train from Denver to Salt Lake City. This is the a non-revenue test run of the service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112088 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 284 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific UP's Potash Local swings away from the Colorado River and toward Bootlegger Canyon so it can reach Moab Tunnel cutting eight miles off the journey cars must travel to reach the same point on the north side. The canyon was cut out for the rails in 1963 when the Cane Creek Sub was originally constructed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112087 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The engineer on UP's Potash Local gives a friendly wave to several onlookers (out of the frame) in the Corona Arch Trailhead parking lot. The four units on the train are taking 26 loaded covered hoppers back to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112086 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Grand County, UT 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The look of a spartan cab with UP "Baby Wings" on the nose looks pretty great as the Potash Local slowly makes its way toward Bootlegger Canyon, its switching at Potash complete from the week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112085 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Grand County, UT 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific With its switching at Potash complete, the Potash Local is now headed back to Grand Junction with 26 loaded covered hopper cars in two. The train is paralleling the Colorado River, but will soon turn north into Bootlegger Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112084 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 265 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific This pretty much is as definitive "end of track" as you can have! The Cane Creek Subdivision comes to an abrupt end with a huge pile of red rocks and a sudden drop off at the south end of the Potash facility, 37.4 miles south of the mainline at Brendel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112083 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The Potash Local has hauled the inbound 36 cars as far as they can. They will now cut the two GP40Ns away from the train, tying it down first, and then return to the outbound train at the north end of the facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112082 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific With the outbound train blocking the opposite track at the north end, the crew of the Potash Local must bring in this string of inbound empties all the way to the south end of the tracks so the two GP40Ns can run light and cross back over to the clear track to the north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112081 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific And overview of the tracks at Potash. 26 loaded outbound cars are sitting in the distance, a pair of units charging the air for the return trip to Grand Junction. Meanwhile, the crew of the local brings the 36 inbound empty cars to the south end of the facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112080 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific Very tragically, a forklift made contact with an overhead high voltage power line on November 10, 2018. Three men that worked for Intrepid Potash were electrocuted and, unfortunately, lost their lives in the accident. A very beautiful memorial to the three men has been erected by Intrepid Potash in 2020. The Potash Local slowly rolls by in the background, ready to spot a string of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112079 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Potash Grand County, UT 173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific I can certainly think of worse views to take in while working than this! The Potash Local is pulling a string of 36 empty covered hoppers in near the Potash mine, a pair of GP40Ns currently in charge of the cars. Of note, UP 1540 was originally delivered to Western Pacific in April 1980 as WP 3550. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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