Photo ID: 109123 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A quartet of units leads BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest up the 1% grade between Grassy and Cedar. US-6, which has generally had the tracks in view since Whitehouse, will now lose site of the tracks until reaching the town of Wellington. You can see US-6 in the distance in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109124 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF One of my favorite shots of this particular trip to the Utah desert has BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest climbing through a long S-Curve between Grassy and Cedar, the Book Cliffs offering a beautiful and somewhat dramatic backdrop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109125 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe and an ES44AC bring up the tail end of this Denver-Provo manifest. The head end, now out of view, is wrapping around toward the east end of the siding of Cedar. This portion of the desert has a roughly 1% climb up toward the start of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109126 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest climbs west, away from the camera, toward the siding of Cedar. Although the tan colors of the desert dominate the scene, the blue mountains that represent the climb to Soldier Summit are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109127 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of BNSFs Denver-Provo manifest as it winds through the S-Curve east of Cedar. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109128 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF In the siding of Wash, BNSF cuts the first four cars, all tank cars, away from the rest of the train. The tank cars will be spotted at the oil transload facility located here at Wash. After setting out the tank cars, the crew will put the train back together and continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109129 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Most of the oil trains that run on the Moffat these days are headed to (if empty) or coming from (if loaded) this transloading facility located off the siding at Wash on the eastern edge of the town of Wellington, UT. You can see there are multiple tracks for loading oil in to tank cars here. On the siding at Wash on the left side of the shot, a BNSF manifest sits with the head end power detached. The head end power is dropping off four tank cars here at the facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109130 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Union Pacific Helper is not quite as much a hub of activity as it was 20 years ago. With manned helpers replaced by DPUs, and the disappearance of coal, it is a bit more quiet. But not totally inactive. An eastbound Herzog ballast train removes some mid-train swing helpers, leaving them in the yard. Meanwhile, power from a westbound oil empty that arrived the day before sits waiting for its next assignment in the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109131 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific While a crew works to put a ballast train back together after cutting out mid-train swing helpers, a foreman discusses work on the construction of a new platform for Amtrak at Helper. Note the red flag in between Main 1 and 2. The Form B protecting the work crew is only in effect for Main 2 alongside the platform. Similarly, the red board only affects trains on Main 2, not Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109132 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific A shot giving an overview of both the main part of town and the yard at Helper. These days, most the tracks in the yard lie empty. The "upper yard" still has a few hopper sets in storage, but not much else is found here in the yard. A ballast train is preparing to depart east after being put back together, its mid-train swing helpers now cut out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109133 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 6370 is waiting for a recrew to arrive. Once the new crew has arrived, the train will pull forward and cut off one of the two units on the tail end. The four units that served as mid-train swing helpers for the climb over Soldier Summit are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109134 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG626 (East Helper) Helper, UT 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo rolls through the crossover at East Helper on Main 1. If you look along the string of covered helpers, you'll note a track that branches off. This track leads to the "upper yard" at Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109135 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Helper, once a mecca for tunnel motors, is now quiet most days. This Saturday offers a bit of action, a break in the quietness. Crews work on constructing a new platform for Amtrak at the depot. Crews work to put a ballast train back together after cutting out mid-trains wing helpers which sit on the yard track next to Main 1. A BNSF manifest starts the climb up Soldier Summit, a pair of DPUs bringing up the tail end of the train on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109136 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash Carbon County, UT 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A single DPU brings up the tail end of a long, loaded ballast train. The train just received a fresh crew at Helper and is now making its way to Grand Junction, most likely to help shore up the line around Glenwood Canyon, which has been hit hard by rock and mud slides in the runoff this spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109137 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Emery County, UT 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Near the west end of Mounds, we find a string of hoppers tied down and being stored in the siding at Mounds. Two empty yard tracks sit next to the hoppers. And, to the left of all of that, we see the Sunnyside branch line. UP's trash train periodically takes trash from the Salt Lake area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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