Photo ID: 112088 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific UP's Potash Local swings away from the Colorado River and toward Bootlegger Canyon so it can reach Moab Tunnel cutting eight miles off the journey cars must travel to reach the same point on the north side. The canyon was cut out for the rails in 1963 when the Cane Creek Sub was originally constructed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112087 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The engineer on UP's Potash Local gives a friendly wave to several onlookers (out of the frame) in the Corona Arch Trailhead parking lot. The four units on the train are taking 26 loaded covered hoppers back to Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112075 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific We are now a little over 31 miles south of the desert mainline (the Green River Subdivision) at Brendel. Another couple of miles and the Potash Local will reach its destination to switch out some cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112074 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 31 Grand County, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Union Pacific The people gathered in this shot, just outside a massive cut made in the red rocks to accommodate the rails, are not here for the train. The tracks cross the Corona Arch trailhead, with the arch being the attraction these folks are after. However, even a non-railfan sometimes enjoys stopping to watch a once-weekly train roll by on the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.