Photo ID: 109156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr crosses a very full Green River after making its station stop. Directly beneath the leading power of the Zephyr, a group of campers are liking waking up to the sound of the train crossing the steel above them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109155 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 14, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is making its station stop on the siding at Green River, about 1 hour and 45 minutes behind schedule. Most sidings are perfectly parallel the main track they are next to. Green River, however, is an example of one that strays slightly from the mainline alignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109153 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After waiting at Green River for over an hour, this eastbound loaded oil train is finally on the move again. Afternoon storms set up some pretty dramatic skies and some great silhouettes on the horizon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109147 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 204 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific This spring, the "green" part of Green River is definitely showing! The last DPU on a westbound oil empty just crossed over Green River and is entering the siding. It is meeting an eastbound oil load. The load will have to wait here for the Zephyr, which is currently at Mack, 90 miles to the east. Unfortunately, the next available siding for a meet, Thompson, is an hour to the east. The dispatcher does not want to risk delaying the Zephyr by releasing the oil train for a meet there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104297 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Desert Green River, UT 2583 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Ski Train The shadows on the Book Cliffs from the late afternoon sun help to clearly define all the ridges as the westbound California Zephyr passes underneath US-6 with a special addition in tow. Previously owned by Rio Grande and later by the Ski Train, the car will now go to the American Railway Explorer in Los Angeles. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104296 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Desert Green River, UT 2500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak This is why I love coming to the Utah desert! Bathed in fantastic evening light, the westbound California Zephyr is about a mile west of the appropriately-named siding of Desert. In the distance, the Book Cliffs stand tall. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104295 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak For what is likely the last time ever, the Kansas (previously the Wilson McCarthy) heads west in to Green River on the back of the California Zephyr. When it hitched a ride on the back in the 1980's, it would be dropped off in Salt Lake. Not this time however...it is on its way to Los Angeles, CA where it will now be based. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104294 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 1910 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is running right on time as it speeds west toward the oasis town of Green River, UT. This will end up being the last train over this stretch of track for the next six hours. Not a lot of traffic in the desert! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101025 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 3061 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Stars swirl behind the signal at the east switch of Mounds. Note one star that is inconsistent with the rest (near the top of the photo). That is actually a shooting star streaking through the atmosphere! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100979 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 2365 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 5, running about four hours late, comes streaking past the view finder just west of Mounds. This was a 25 minute shot with clouds moving in and out of the frame, causing some sporadic stars to com into view. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100958 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 3714 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Perhaps my best night shot to date, this was a half hour (yep, nearly 30 minutes) exposure taken at the east switch of Mounds. It was taken between 5:30am and 6:00am, although the light behind the signal is not the sun. That is ambient light from the town of Wellington, about ten miles away. Note all the stars swirling around the North Star in the upper right corner of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101026 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Sphinx Green River, UT 2673 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Just east of the siding of Sphinx, Amtrak 5 moves along the base of the Book Cliffs. They look quite good in the setting sun! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101023 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Cedar Green River, UT 2381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak With the last rays of the setting sun still highlighting the Utah desert, Amtrak streaks through at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100957 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 2452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Only the light from the moon reflects off the rails at the east switch of Mounds. A few of the brighter stars can be seen streaking through the night sky as they (or rather, the earth) moves during the duration of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100953 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Green River, UT 2572 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Minutes before the sun sets in the western sky, Amtrak 5 heads west through the siding of Cedar (running just about on time) under a half moon high up in the southern sky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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