The MRONY-09 passes far below at the base of Ruby Canyon shortly after sunrise. The sun came out from behind the clouds at just the right time to illuminate the canyon.
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The sun shines off of the Colorado River at the bottom of Ruby Canyon as the MRONY-09 crosses over McDonald Creek headed east.
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A very interesting patched Espee AC4400CW (now UP 6193) is the lead unit for the Potash Local.
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BNSF 4795 leads the daily Denver-Stockton trackage rights train westbound at Clifton, just a few miles east of Grand Junction.
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Amtrak 6 is just leaving the east end of Whitehouse in the Utah desert as a lightning bolt strikes the ground due to a severe thunderstorm in the distance. On this day, Amtrak had the private car the Scottish Thistle as the last car on the train.
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The Potash Local crosses the bridge just east of Whitehouse as the train moves from white fluffy clouds and blue sky to dark blue thunder clouds.
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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.
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In between the sidings of Floy and Solitude, the Denver-Stockton runs through a nice S-curve that is lines with very green folliage.
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The sun was out and the clouds were beautiful as the Denver-Stockton passes underneath US-6 at track speed. In the distance, the Book Cliffs look great in the afternoon sunlight.
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After dropping off loaded trash cars and picking up empty trash cars at "Banning" on the Sunnyside Sub, the Dirt Train is headed back to Helper between Mounds and Wash with UP 7060 leading.
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A westbound Utah Railway coal load is climing the steep 2% grade in Price River Canyon. For help, five swing helpers have been cut into the train at Martin for the 20 mile push to Colton. At Colton, the units will be cut out and return to Martin for their next assignment.
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UP 6774 leads a Utah Railway train westbound just west of Colton crossover. Utah Railway leases the head-end power from UP for its coal trains.
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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.
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With the sun nearing the western horizon, UP 6774 highballs the signal at the crossover of Narrows. The train is currently running the "wrong way", proceeding west on Main Two. The train crossed over at Gilluly to avoid maintenance on Main One.
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