Photo ID: 100981 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Fairview, UT 2020 (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: 100982 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Heber City, UT 2249 (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: 100983 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Fairview, UT 1976 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Heading east on Main Two, Amtrak 6 passes some wonderful fall colors just east of the Kyune tunnels on its way down off of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Helper, UT 2327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak The scenery and the speed of Amtrak will be changing soon! Amtrak is quickly approaching Helper, the transition point between the mountain scenery of Soldier Summit (and 30-40 MPH speeds) and the Utah desert (with 60-80 MPH speeds)! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Junction Helper, UT 2128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak The Utah Railway mainline to Martin (and points east such as the Wildcat Mine) leave UP's Provo Subdivision at Utah Railway Junction. Amtrak continue east on Main Two past the Junction and toward the depot at Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100986 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 2104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 6 met the westbound Denver to Provo trackage rights train at the siding of Wash in the town of Wellington, UT. The sidings of Wellington and Wash lay right on top of one another. You can see the signals in the distance with the west switch of Wash leading directly into the east switch of Wellington. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100987 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2658 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Under partly cloudy skies, Amtrak 6 is moving at track speed (nearly 80 MPH) as it moves through the cut east of the ghost town of Thompson, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100988 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mack Mack, CO 2040 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak After traversing the Utah Desert and Ruby Canyon, Amtrak 6 is still moving quickly through the town of Mack, CO, about 10 miles (north) west of Grand Junction. Amtrak sports engines wearing the Phase Vb scheme, a bagage car sporting the Phase III scheme, and Superliners showing off the Phase IV scheme! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100989 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO 1643 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak With its station stop complete, Amtrak prepares to depart east out of Grand Junction. The Grand Junction station is in very good condition, as far as Amtrak stations tend to go. This station is far more luxorious than the Salt Lake City depot! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100990 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO 1560 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The Dining Car is the fourth car back in the California Zephyr train set these days. The car is seen here as the eastbound Zephyr departs the depot in Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100991 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rifle Rifle, CO 1994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The east switch of Rifle is located under a bridge and next to a flurry of trees that were just reaching their fall peaks on this Sunday afternoon. Amtrak is doing its best to make up some time as it works its way east to its next station stop in Glenwood Springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100992 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Gypsum, CO 1714 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Running nearly three hours late, Amtrak 5 leaves the Dotsero cutoff behind and curves west to follow the Rio Grande mainline west toward Glenwood Canyon. The track visible to the right of Amtrak is the south leg of wye connecting the Dotsero cutoff with Tennessee Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100993 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Gypsum, CO 2239 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak Number 5 meets Number 6 at Dotsero! The eastbound California Zephyr (on the right) has been waiting here at Dotsero for over a half an hour, making it now over four hours late. It was waiting for its counterpart, the westbound California Zephyr (running three hours late) to appear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100994 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Dotsero Gypsum, CO 1714 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak After meeting the westbound California Zephyr, the eastbound Zephyr departs Dotsero on a clear signal, passing some trees that at their fall peak along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.