Photo ID: 100969 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Gate Helper, UT 2627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway After loading at CV Spur about three miles east of Price, UT, this Utah Railway coal train is working hard up the eastern slopes of Soldier Summit, running west on Main One. Four MK50-3's power the train up front. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100968 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Gate Helper, UT 1956 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Unit auto racks are very rare on the former Grande these days. This is why I was shocked to come across the unit auto making its way up the eastern slope of Soldier Summit on this fall afternoon. I believe the auto racks had been tied down in a siding in the desert and were being placed back in service. The three units on the point were added in Helper (and would be removed at Colton) as front-end helpers to climb the 2.5% grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100967 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2845 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Earlier in the year, one of 5371's number boards was actually stolen right off the unit! Fortunately, the excellent team at Roper (in Salt Lake City) came up with this hand-painted make-shift replacement! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100966 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2882 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande My favorite characteristic of any Rio Grande tunnel motor (aside from the fact that it is Rio Grande) would have to be the fuel tank. Only the 73 Grande units had slightly shortened fuel tanks, setting them apart from their Espee T-2 brothers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100965 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3721 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This is exactly the way a Rio Grande SD40T-2 should look! A well worn paint scheme, a dirty plow, a well-worn paint scheme, and burned paint beneath the dynamic brake intake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100963 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Helper, UT 2653 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway West of Nolan, UT, this coal empty led by three really dirty, and one really clean, MK50-3's is soaked in perfect morning light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100960 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Helper, UT 2032 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 4398 leads the MNYRO-29 west through the S-Curves just west of Nolan, UT on Main One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100959 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Gate Helper, UT 2475 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific It is early in the morning at this MNYRO is working hard in the Price River Canyon as it passes just west of Castle Gate, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Sitting on one of the engine tracks (along with two Union Pacific SD40-2s), DRGW 5371 - the last unpatched, active Rio Grande unit - awaits its next assignment on the Dirt Train. 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: 100956 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This shot is quite intentionally dark as I feel it is more artistic this way. I think the highlighting on 5371 - the last active, unpatched Rio Grande unit as of the time of this photo - just makes the picture perfect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100955 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2932 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Lights in the lower yard at Helper light up DRGW 5371 as it sits idling, awaiting its next duty. The unit will leave Helper in November for a triennial inspection, where it will almost certainly be patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100954 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3928 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The last unpatched Rio Grande unit left in the world (as of the time of this photo). DRGW 5371 holds down the fort at Helper, assigned as power on the Dirt Train running between Helper and East Carbon City on the Sunnyside branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100460 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific While Amtrak makes a 15 minute station stop at Helper (with a surprising large number of passengers waiting to board), the MNYRO-09 (led by UP 3843) cools its jets at Helper while it waits for a new crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100455 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2437 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After stopping in the upper yard at Helper, UP 6825 and crew prepare to enter Main One at East Helper Crossover for the trip east to CV Spur. CV Spur is a mine loadout about 10 miles west of Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100127 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2472 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Three years ago, you could find as many as 13 Rio Grande Tunnel Motors in Helper. That number had dropped to four at the time this picture was taken. The four T-2s are switching, preparing to take the Dirt Train east toward Sunnyside. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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