These interesting-looking units are both considered to be part of UP's Maintenance of Way fleet. They were built by a company named Relco in Albia, IA. They were introduced onto the roster in 2019.
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While BNSF's Denver to Provo is working on entering the BNSF/Utah Railway yard at Provo, a UP work train sits in the UP yard at Provo. This work train was working at Mounds the previous day, but has now returned to Provo.
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BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest has completed its run over the (former) Rio Grande, from Denver to Provo. The train is entering the yard, a BNSF yard crew making sure all of the switches are aligned to get the train into the yard.
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Three units have been added to BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest. However, before it departs, another three units will be added to the head end. No crew is rested, and in fact a crew will not be called until 0200 (2am).
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In the yard at Provo, some power has been added to the BNSF Provo to Denver. The last unit is a Norfolk Southern AC4400CW, on lease to BNSF.
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Finally, after sitting ready to go for over three hours, the crew on BNSF's Provo-Denver showed up at the yard at 6:30pm. After throwing a few switches, the train is pulling out of the yard, toward UP's Main 2.
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A Front Runner commuter train, led by MP36PH-3C, pulls away from the Provo commuter station. The shot was taken from the Amtrak Platform at Provo alongside UP's Main 1 and 2 on the Provo Sub.
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While patiently waiting for a crew to show up for BNSF's Provo-Denver, I noticed this interesting pair of units doing a little switch on the UP side of the Provo yard. A GP15-1 and C44ACM are out on Main 1 as they perform their switching duties.
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Utah Railway and BNSF share a yard in Provo on the geographic west side of UP's mainline. The yard tracks are some of the only ones owned by BNSF in the entire state of Utah. Here, a Provo-Denver manifest sits on a yard track, waiting for a crew so it can depart east toward Denver.
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Always great to catch a visitor to change the status quo up a little bit. A Ferromex ES44AC, on lease to BNSF, sits in the yard at Provo, waiting to depart east toward Denver.
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BNSF 6375 sits, ready for its crew to show up so it can depart the yard at Provo and head east over Soldier Summit toward Denver.
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If I am not mistaken, UTAH 6061 is the only remaining Utah Railway unit that has not been repainted in the Genesee and Wyoming orange, black, and yellow scheme. Here, it is one of four units waiting to head west on a train out of the yard at Provo.
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The yard at Provo is actually pretty cool, being tucked in up against the western front of the Wasatch range. This part of the yard is shared by Utah Railway and BNSF. You can see four Utah Railway units, getting ready to be moved to be placed on a train that will depart west toward Salt Lake City and Ogden.
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BNSF's Provo-Denver is sitting in the joint Utah Railway/BNSF Yard in Provo. Hostlers just brought out the Ferromex unit and BNSF 6375 from the servicing facility and placed them on the point of the train. The crew for the train will not be called for another 3 1/2 hours, however...
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A Utah Railway crew works in the yard at Provo to switch around BNSF power...power that will be used on a Provo to Denver manifest the following day. BNSF 5077 will be the leader on the train.
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