Photo ID: 104302 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Thompson, UT 2120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Under a crystal clear night, an eastbound power move blasts past the west switch of Sagers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104301 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 15, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Thompson, UT 2095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific My Canon 40D only had an ISO range up to 3200, and that was very grainy. This is the first experiment with my Canon 7D which can go all the way up to 12800! In this 30 second exposure, there is a clear signal for an approaching eastbound light power move. The stars in the night sky can clearly be seen. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104300 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Thompson, UT 2060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After the sun has set, it is time to check out the stars! In this 45 minute exposure, the stars have a descent swirl to them around the North Star at the west switch of Sagers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104299 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Thompson, UT 1925 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The last bit of daylight is just about to disappear! The camera is setup on a tripod in preparation for nights shots at the west switch of Sagers in the middle of the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104298 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Thompson, UT 2008 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The sun is just inches away from dipping behind the horizon to the west. Meanwhile, we observe a new signal mast that UP has erected in preparation for replacing the old DRGW signal which has stood here for decades. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104293 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 1852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak An unusual site for the Utah Desert...at least in 2012. In the 1980's, it was not uncommon to see the Kansas on the back of the California Zephyr when Rio Grande officials needed to go from Denver to Salt Lake City or vice versa. On those trips, the Zephyr would usually have a Rio Grande unit as a pilot on the front of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104292 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Ski Train For years, this car was known as the Wilson McCarthy when it was a business car for Rio Grande. It was renamed the Kansas and served many years on the Ski Train as one of the private cars (along with the Utah and California). Now, it has been rebranded for the "American Railway Explorer". This is a new service that will be based out of Los Angeles for trips up and down the coast. This may well be the last time the car is on former DRGW trackage! One last nail in the Ski Train coffin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104291 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2273 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is right on time as it makes its way through the desolate scenery of the Utah Desert. On this day, the Zephyr happens to have a bonus car! The "Kansas" (previously the Wilson McCarthy) which was used as a business car for years on the Rio Grande, and later on the Ski Train, is being sent to Los Angeles, its new home. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101358 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 1945 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is very early in the morning (around 5:00am) as a westbound makes its way past the high green signal at the east end of Sagers. The train is a BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest making its way west across the Utah Desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101357 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 1839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF The last train to pass by the east end of Sagers in daylight (well, what's left of it anyway) was BNSF's Stockton to Denver manifest. The last few hints of sunlight are rapidly fading at 9:00pm as BNSF 4861 east heads quickly toward Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101356 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 2162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande In the last few minutes of direct sunlight, we look at the sillouhette of the signal at the east switch of Sagers. It is 8:20pm as the sun sets behind the Book Cliffs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101355 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Agate (RG497) Thompson, UT 2346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF An extremely short Denver to Riverbank, CA manifest approaches the east switch of Agate in the Utah Desert in the rapidly setting evening light. The train has three C44-9CW's (13,200 horsepower) to take the 13 cars in tow across the desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100987 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2789 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Under partly cloudy skies, Amtrak 6 is moving at track speed (nearly 80 MPH) as it moves through the cut east of the ghost town of Thompson, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101029 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed West of Agate Thompson, UT 2371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Amtrak moves quickly in the middle of the Utah desert! Here, the train is moving at track speed (around 75 MPH) as it tries to make it to Soldier Summit before night fall. 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: 101028 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed North of Potash Thompson, UT 2440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The Potash Local, being led by a C40-8 and an SD40-2 make their way around the Colorado River in the canyon in which the Potash plant is located. The train is about two miles from the end of the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture.

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