Photo ID: 112376 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF 6251 has crested the summit at the top of Soldier Summit, and is passing through the crossover at West Soldier Summit. The crew is a BNSF crew, based in Grand Junction. The crew will lay over in Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112375 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF One of the regular trains to run over Soldier Summit is BNSF's Denver-Provo (and its counterpart). Here, the Denver-Provo is just coming up and over the top of Soldier Summit, 7,477 feet above sea level. It's roughly 50 miles to go for the train to reach Provo...its final destination. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112361 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton to Summit (MP 644.9 to MP 649.9) Wasatch County, UT 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific As this Intermountain Power coal empty crosses UT-96, the train is also slowing as it is running on a yellow over flashing red (Approach Restricting) signal. The train will be leaving Main 2 ahead at Colton to enter the Pleasant Valley Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112360 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG660 (East Gilluly) Wasatch County, UT 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound grade here at Gilluly is close to 2%. Fortunately, this coal train is empty, so the four units (setup 2x2) are having no problem making the climb. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112359 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Wasatch County, UT 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific As the morning turned to afternoon, a few more clouds started to appear and as a result, I had to start playing dodge cloud a bit more often! Here, the two units leading an Intermountain Power coal empty pass by in the sunlight on Main 2 at Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112358 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly to Narrows (MP 661.5 to MP 672.1) Wasatch County, UT 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific As I was chasing a BNSF coal load west, I noticed intermediate signals on Main 2 were green behind me, indicating a westbound was likely on the move. I found it, a westbound UP coal empty, just east of the crossover at Narrows. Turns out this coal empty is headed for the Skyline Mine on the Pleasant Valley Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112357 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Wasatch County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's Valmy coal load heads away from the camera on Main 1 at Gilluly. Not surprisingly, the siding at Gilluly looks pretty rusty and the ties look a bit worn. It is probably pretty infrequently that the siding is actually used these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112356 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF 9217 is now in full dynamics, descending on Main 1 toward the east end of Gilluly. Similarly to Big Ten Curve in Colorado, the loops around Gilluly mean that, at some point, any train is going to be in fantastic light, even if for a short period of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112355 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The engineering behind the loops around Gilluly are as amazing, if not more amazing, than Big Ten Curve in Colorado on the Moffat. Similar to Big Ten, there are spots near Gilluly where you can see both the head end and tail end of the same train in the frame. Such is the case here, as you can see the three units on the head end and tail end of the coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112354 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF From Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly, it's about five miles on US-6. The tracks, however, have to take a far less direct route, The rails follow some very clever engineering of loops to decrease the grade of the track, and it is roughly nine rail miles from Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly. Here, BNSF's Valmy coal load is descending the grade on Main 1. Far down below, above the power, you can see the bridge where US-6 crosses the track in the middle of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112353 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A close look at the face of BNSF 6194, the final DPU on this westbound coal load at Soldier Summit on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112352 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF DPUs on the end of this coal load roll west on Main 1 at Soldier Summit. Main 2 is two the left of the train, and the siding of Soldier Summit (and two yard tracks) are tot he right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112351 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF At the west end of Soldier Summit, you can clearly see the grade quickly dropping off to start the descent. A BNSF coal train slows as it begins that descent on Main 1. A yellow (Approach) signal on Main 2 indicates that an eastbound is coming. Considering it is only an approach, more than likely the train is still a ways off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112350 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The three SD70ACes leading this westbound coal load on Main 1 are throttling up for the final push over the top of Soldier Summit, here at 7,477 feet above sea level. 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