Photo ID: 112113 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Four UP units and the Rocky Mountaineer are both on the move after meeting each other here on the grade just east of the east switch of Gilluly. The units are headed to Helper to await assignment on a westbound train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112112 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer As the Rocky Mountaineer descends down the 2% grade on Main 1, it meets a quartet of UP units heading east on Main 2. Note the cut in the upper right corner of the train. This is where the Mountaineer was just a few minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112111 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer is heading geographically north as it wraps through one of the numerous S-Curve above the center siding of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112110 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just west of Soldier Summit, the Rocky Mountaineer passes by a frozen pond as it starts its descent down the 2% grade. Despite being a week into spring, winter still has a bit of a grip here at the top of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112109 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The test run of the Rocky Mountaineer between Moab, UT and Salt Lake City, UT attracted a pretty good crowd on Soldier Summit. Several railfans photograph and record the train as it rolls across the grade crossing near the west end of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112108 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has made it to the top of the final pass it will run over on the way west to Salt Lake City. The train is roughly 7,470 feet (2,277 meters) above Sea Level and is still on Main 1. The siding at Soldier Summit is located alongside Main 1. There are crossovers at either end of Soldier Summit, so trains on Main 2 could crossover to access the siding as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2446 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway I know it is only a matter of time before these signals at the west end of Soldier Summit are replaced. Probably not much time at that! That will be a sad day as they are such staples of this location. UR 5005 leads three sister MK50-3s and an SD50 down Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2047 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific At the summit of Soldier Summit, this eastbound UP coal empty is on the move on Main 2. The train will descent the eastern slope of Soldier Summit and head for CV Spur where it can load at the Savage Loadout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100982 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Heber City, UT 2302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 6 is running about four hours late, which allows this shot to be possible! At this time of year, if Amtrak was running on time, it would be pitch black when Amtrak came through Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100981 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Fairview, UT 2080 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Soaked among the colors of fall (and a bit of gray for the fill!), Amtrak 6 makes its way swiftly up the grade from Gilluly headed straight for Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100973 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Heber City, UT 2157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF While a Utah Coal load stops on Main One to cut out its swing helpers before heading down grade, BNSF's Denver to Stockton trackage rights train passes the coal load on Main Two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100972 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Heber City, UT 2444 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway At the top of Soldier Summit (7,477 feet above sea level), UR 5006 slows to a stop to allow the six swing helper to cut out of the train and return to Martin, just outside of Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100450 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2640 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway Having concurred the 2% ruling grade for the 25 miles from Helper to Soldier Summit, this Utah Railway coal train is starting down the long descent on the west slope of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100163 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 1827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Chicago North Western, Union Pacific An unpatched Chicago North Western C44-9CW leads a loaded coal train over the last leg of the climb to the top of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100159 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 1829 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After stopping at the west end of Soldier Summit to be crossed over from main two to main one, this eastbound coal empty is starting to accelerate. The train is actually a Utah Railway coal train, using leased UP power on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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