Photo ID: 103074 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is right around 11:30pm as an eastbound UP coal load makes its way across the Utah desert. The train is empty and will be loaded on the North Fork branch in western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103075 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2430 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is about 20 minutes before sunrise at the east switch of Solitude in the Utah Desert. The dwarf signal remains on at all times at this location, whether there is a train present or not. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103076 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The signal for the mainline at the east end of Solitude is right in between the mainline (on the left) and the siding (on the right). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103077 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Less than five minutes before the sun peaks over the Book Cliffs to the east, BNSF's Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest has a clear signal at the east switch of Solitude. This is the first train to run over these tracks since a coal empty, seven hours earlier! The desert doesn't get much action these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103078 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Scofield, UT 2339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Pleasant Valley (UP) Union Pacific Just east of the town of Scofield, UT (that's railroad east - geographically north), a coal train that just loaded at Skyline Mine heads back for the mainline at Colton. This particular coal train is headed all the way for Mojave, CA. Once climbing over Soldier Summit, the train is run via the Sharp Subdivision to Lynndyl, UT and then down the LA&SL line to California. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103079 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 643 Colton, UT 2117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF About seven miles east of the summit of Soldier Summit, an eastbound BNSF manifest (which left Provo earlier in the day) descends down the relatively gentle 0.64% grade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103080 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 639 Kyune, UT 2165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The center siding of Kyune has a couple of fantastic S-Curves that can been see quite well from the shoulder of US-6 high above. Here, a BNSF manifest heads east on Main 2 through one such curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103081 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 536 Nolan, UT 2069 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Bathed in beautiful morning light, a BNSF manifest (with a Warbonnet in the consist!) follows the Price River down Soldier Summit. The train is just 10 miles away from Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103082 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 630 Castle Gate, UT 2006 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The rather famous rock known as Castle Gate stands tall in the background as a BNSF manifest wraps through Price River Canyon on Main 2, headed east. Soon, the train will be running across the extremely hot Utah Desert toward Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103083 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 636 Nolan, UT 2055 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway A Utah Railways coal load (with leased UP power on the point) is running west on the "wrong track", about to enter the Nolan Tunnels. The "wrong track" simply means the dispatcher has decided to run the train west on Main 2 instead of Main 1. Main 1 is typically used for westbounds and Main 2 for eastbounds. In CTC, however, the dispatcher can do whatever he or she pleases! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103084 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 645 (RG645) Colton, UT 2605 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The steepest part of Soldier Summit is between Helper and the crossover at Colton. Frequently, mid-train swing helpers are cutout at Colton as the train can make it up to the top of Soldier Summit along at that point. Such is the case here, as five Utah Railways helpers have been cut out of the coal train at Colton and are returing toward Martin (near Helper) on Main 1. The tail end of the coal train can be seen departing west on Main 2 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103085 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 651 Soldier Summit, UT 2299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway 651 miles west of Denver (via Tennessee Pass and the Joint Line) you can find Soldier Summit. This Utah Railway coal load (with leased UP power) is cresting the summit right around 7,500 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103086 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 660 Gilluly, UT 2151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway When the line over Soldier Summit was being built, engineers had to find a way to gain a lot of altitude in a short distance. The loops at Gilluly were the answer. Here, a westbound coal load has come around a 180 degree curve near the west end of the siding of Gilluly. Note the defunct house track on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103087 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 672 (RG672) Narrows, UT 2170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway On the west side of Solider Summit, there is a long, straight stretch of track referred to as the Narrows. There is a crossover along this stretch of track that shares the same name. This coal load is coming through the crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103088 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 699 Provo, UT 2355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific is sending a set of three units light over Soldier Summit to Helper. Once there, they may be used as swing helpers on a coal train or perhaps as leased power with Utah Railway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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