Photo ID: 112090 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer At the Moab exit off of I-70, exit 182, there is an eccentric gas station known as "Jackass Joe's". It is colorful and covered in stickers. The gas is a bit pricey...$2.00 more per gallon than the Exxon a few miles east in Thompson Springs...but it is quite the little station. The westbound Rocky Mountaineer passes by on the mainline at Brendel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112089 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After coming up the Cane Creek Subdivision from Seven Mile and running around their train at Thompson, the Rocky Mountaineer is now heading further west than it ever has before. In 2026, the plan is to expand service of the train from Denver to Salt Lake City. This is the a non-revenue test run of the service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112068 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG533 (East Brendel) Grand County, UT 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific As the Potash Local passes by the signals at East Brendel, we take note of a billboard along I-70, advertising the popular outdoor tourist destination of Moab, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112067 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson to Brendel Grand County, UT 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific For several years, UP has been operating a train on the Cane Creek Sub Monday-Thursday to clean up some radioactive waste. Atlas Minerals operated a uranium mill near Moab between 1956 and 1984. The mill produced 16 million tons of radioactive tailings. The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project was created to prevent potential contamination of the nearby Colorado River. UP hauls roughly roughly 10,000 tons of tailings per week to a new disposal sight near Crescent Junction, where the buried tailings will not risk contaminating the Colorado River or any other ground water. In this shot, the Potash Local passes by the tailings train near Brendel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112062 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Along eastbound I-70, there is a very interesting Rest Area that looks over I-70 and the tracks. It makes for a great spot to get shots of eastbounds from an elevated perspective without the need for a drone. Here, the eastbound Zephyr is seen from that Rest Area. If you want to look for it, the Rest Area does not have an exit number, but it one exit west of exit 182. It is only accessible from eastbound I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112061 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr passes through some of the dirt mounds that makes the Utah desert so interesting and, in my opinion, extremely beautiful. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109099 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 12, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Grand County, UT 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Sunday through Thursday, UP runs a uranium trailings train on the Potash Branch from Brendel. Here, an un-crewed train sits in one of the storage tracks used for loading and unloading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101027 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Brendel Thompson, UT 2723 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The remains of what appear to be a traction motor (perhaps?) lays covered in dirt about 100 feet away from the tracks at Brendel. The Potash Local switches in the background. 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: 100474 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Brendel Brendel, UT 2528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Four Phase-II SD70M's are pulling hard (the B40-8 is shut down) on the eastbound MRONY-11 just east of Brendel. Although clouds covered the sky early that morning, they had vanished from the desert by 10am, when this picture was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100444 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel Brendel, UT 2968 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After completing its switching moves at Brendel, the Potash Local is backing down the siding heading for the east end. The train will enter the mainline and then proceed down the Cane Creek Sub to Potash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.