Photo ID: 109106 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico Despite being in the arid climate of the Utah desert, the month of May has brought quite a bit of rain and turned the desert into a pretty nice shade of green. A westbound oil train moves away from the camera, crossing underneath I-70, headed toward a clear (green) signal at east Whitehouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109105 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico UP has a little power sharing going on with a Kansas City Southern de Mexico ES44AC. The KCS unit is bringing up the tail end of an empty unit oil train. The power will be removed at Wash, where the train will be loaded. The power will be taken to Helper to await the return trip east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109104 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 347 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific I absolutely love the rugged beauty that can be found in the Utah desert. The mesas in and around Ruby Canyon are visible in the distance as a UP empty oil train, running in a 5x1 configuration, climbs the 1% grade east of Whitehouse. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109103 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cisco to Whitehouse Grand County, UT 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Oil trains have really started to increase in frequency on the ex-DRGW in the past few months. A westbound empty is seen here, climbing the 1% grade west of Cisco, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109102 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson Grand County, UT 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific An ET44AC leads a westbound side-dump maintenance of way train along the Book Cliffs through the middle of the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109101 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson Grand County, UT 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A westbound side-dump MOW train, with several cars carrying large boulders, winds its way amongst the large mounds of dirt that are found throughout the Utah desert along the Book Cliffs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109100 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson Grand County, UT 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific In the Utah desert, between the sidings of Sagers and Thompson, a westbound side dump MOW train rolls west in a 1x1 configuration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109099 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Sunday through Thursday, UP runs a uranium trailings train on the Potash Branch from Brendel. Here, an un-crewed train sits in one of the storage tracks used for loading and unloading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108834 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Granby Grand County, CO 639 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After getting a few shots of the Zephyr going in to Gore Canyon, it was a bit tricky catching up with him again! I could have gotten a shot in Byers Canyon, but it was raining pretty hard there and, after shooting the westbound Zephyr there earlier in the day, I opted to just get ahead and get a shot here, west of Granby. Definitely need to come up a little earlier in the season next year and get a shot of those fall colors! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108833 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr rolls east through what is arguably the most amazing canyon between Denver and Glenwood Springs: Gore Canyon. The canyon is inaccessible by car and shots from inside the canyon are rare. Drone technology does help out a bit though, as we can see Tunnels 37 and 36 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108832 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gore Canyon Grand County, CO 561 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Even if you are experienced with the Moffat Tunnel Sub, it may take a second to recognize the location of this shot as it is from a different perspective. The eastbound Zephyr is just entering the west end of Gore Canyon. Just barely visible at the back end of the S-Curve is Tunnel 38. The slope on the other side of the Colorado River in the background leads up to Inspiration Point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108831 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Azure Grand County, CO 529 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just east of the east switch of Azure, the eastbound Zephyr has seven Superliners in tow as it tries to make up a little bit of lost time, currently running about 90 minutes behind schedule. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108827 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 38 Grand County, CO 538 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr emerges from the 100-foot-long Tunnel 38 as seen from "Inspiration Point". Just around the bend, the Zephyr has a clear signal at the east switch of Azure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108826 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 38 Grand County, CO 518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the west end of Gore Canyon, the Zephyr approaches the relatively short Tunnel 38 above the Colorado River. I was actually quite lucky to get this shot. The Zephyr had a good lead on me at Kremmling as I headed for Trough Road to get here to Inspiration Point. Fortunately (for me), a slide fence had been activated in Gore Canyon. That slowed the Zephyr down enough for me to get ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108825 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Grand County, CO 522 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr passes by a spot in Byers Canyon in which a fairly significant portion of rock broke free and tumbled down in to the Colorado River. Despite the overcast and rather washed out skies, Byers Canyon also looks pretty great. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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