Photo ID: 100011 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Kyune, UT 1937 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's California Zephyr (Train 5) runs through the S-curve at the east end of the siding of Kyune in the Price River Canyon. At 7:45am, the sun has not yet hit this part of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100012 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wash, UT 1778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr has left the mountains behind and is now entering the Utah desert. The train will run through Green River and eventually Grand Junction on its way to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100013 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wash, UT 2704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rio Grande Four Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead the so-called "Dirt Train" eastbound just east of the siding of Wash near Wellington, UT. The Dirt Train actually carries trash from the Salt Lake City area to a landfill on the Sunnyside Subdivision in the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100014 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Mounds, UT 2718 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande Just east of the yard at Mounds (which is little more than three or four tracks used by UP for temporary storage), the Dirt Train moves along the Sunnyside Sub branch heading towards Columbia Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100015 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Banning Banning, UT 2553 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande Although the Dirt Train is not a glamorous job, four Rio Grande tunnel motors can be found working it all the way up through 2002. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100016 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Banning Banning, UT 2636 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande The Dirt Train follows a huge S-curve along the floor of the Utah Desert, the Book Cliffs in the background. The Dirt Train is heading toward Banning and, eventually, Columbia Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100017 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Columbia Jct Columbia Jct, UT 1789 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) ECDC Near the final destination of the Dirt Train, this SD9 bearing the reporting marks ECDC sat, shut down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100018 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Martin Martin, UT 1880 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway Since sometime around 2000, Utah Railway has been leasing power from Union Pacific for coal train service. Here, UP 7104 leads a westbound coal train down the "mainline", right next to the main engine shops in Martin, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn Lynn, UT 1784 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF One of the advantages of having two main lines both controlled by CTC is the ability to run two (or more) trains in the same direction without worrying about speed. Here, a Utah Railway coal train (led by UP power) on main two is trying to pass a BNSF manifest on main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100020 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn Lynn, UT 2295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway Although Utah Railway often leases power for coal trains, that power tends to be reserved for head-end use. Here, six Utah Railway helpers (MK5000C+SD50 mix) is cut in near the end of a westbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100021 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Kyune, UT 1957 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A Utah Rail coal load (with leased UP power) is approaching the siding of Kyune on a yellow. If you look through the tunnel and to the right of the signal, note that the coal train is following another westbound on main one! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100022 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2177 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Main two (the track to the left in the picture) is undergoing track and time. Thus, this BNSF manifest must run through the center siding at Gilluly to meet an eastbound coming on main one. The unit in the picture is actually the last DPU unit on the train. Note US 6 running across the mountain in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100023 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway An eastbound Utah Railway coal empty, led by MK5000C 5004 is running the "wrong way" on main one due to maintenance on main two, as it passed the center siding of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 1849 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF In the foreground, the eastbound MPVODEN is approaching one of the horseshoe curves at the loops of Gilluly. The the background, a Utah Railway coal load is moving toward the MPVODEN on the opposite track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100025 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific East meets west! A westbound Utah Railway coal load sits stopped on main two (foreground) waiting for an eastbound coal empty on main one. Main two is undergoing maintenance further west, so the Utah coal trainwill wait for the eastbound to pass before crossing over to main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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