Photo ID: 112025 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palisade Palisade, CO 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A member of the Rocky Mountaineer crew steps off the train to grab his own shot of the California Zephyr as it blasts by the head end of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks", sitting in the siding at Palisade, just east of Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112026 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita Fruita, CO 102 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Due to circumstances that I was never able to find out, this eastbound BNSF loaded oil train is actually tied down on the main track at Fruita! No crew is aboard and, as of this shot, no crew had yet been called to come and get on the train to free up the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112027 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita Fruita, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Kansas City Southern, BNSF The lighting wasn't fantastic as the train was pointed directly into the sun, but you cannot pass up the chance for a quick roster shot of a Kansas City Southern Belle. Especially considering this paint scheme will be disappearing in the coming years with Kansas City Southern and Canadian Pacific merging to form CPKC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112028 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG459 (East Fruita) Fruita, CO 94 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has slowed to about 20 MPH as it enters the siding at Fruita. There is a BNSF oil train tied down on the main track, necessitating all trains coming through to run through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112029 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Shale to Utaline Mesa County, CO 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer After shooting the Rocky Mountaineer at Fruita, I had hoped to make it to Ruby Canyon ahead of the train for a shot of it coming. Alas, I arrived about two minutes too late, and had to settle with a going away shot as the train approaches a clear (green) signal at the east end of Utaline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112030 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Shale to Utaline Mesa County, CO 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer "Rockies to the Red Rocks" is making its way through incredibly scenic Ruby Canyon along the Colorado River. The siding ahead is named Utaline as the siding sits right on the line between Colorado and Utah. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112031 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson Grand County, UT 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Some maintenance of way work at Sagers resulted in the Rocky Mountaineer briefly stopped and then running through the siding. Now back on the main, the GP40-3s are throttling up as the train really bites into the 1% grade on the climb up Thompson Hill, kicking out a little exhaust for their effort. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112032 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson Springs, UT 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8020 and train cross over the currently dried up Thompson Wash in the town of Thompson Springs, UT. The town barely exists anymore, with only 104 people actually calling it home (as of 2020). That, however, is a fairly significant increase since 2020 when the population was a mere 34 people. A new RV park in town seems to be attracting more folks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112033 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Grand County, UT 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Rocky Mountaineer With the desert mainline now behind it, the eight car Rocky Mountaineer is now headed south on the track warrant controlled Cane Creek Subdivision. The tracks largely parallel UT-191, with lots of traffic headed to or leaving Moab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112034 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Grand County, UT 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The engineer on the Rocky Mountaineer "Rockies to the Red Rocks" offers up a friendly wave as the train heads south on the Cane Creek Subdivision, not far off from its final stop of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112035 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 14 Grand County, UT 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just before crossing over a greaser, which helps lubricate the tracks and wheel flanges to slow the wear and tear on the rails, the Rocky Mountaineer crosses a cattle guard. The train will pass underneath UT-191 just ahead, right near the Canyonlands Airport. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112036 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bartlett Wash Grand County, UT 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Rocky Mountaineer With only a few miles left in its run, the Rocky Mountaineer crosses over Bartlett Wash on the UP Cane Creek Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112037 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Seven Mile Grand County, UT 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Cane Creek (UP) Rocky Mountaineer At milepost 21 on the Cane Creek Sub, at a location that is, ironically enough, named Seven Mile, the Rocky Mountaineer's Rockies to the Red Rocks has completed the journey to the Red Rocks. Employees of the Mountaineer have detrained and are gathered for a briefing in advance of the upcoming season, set to start in a couple of weeks. A bus stands by to take the employees to a hotel in Moab for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112038 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson Springs, UT 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF At the grade crossing in Thompson Springs, a westbound BNSF oil train blasts through town at track speed, having just made it up and over the 1% grade of Thompson Hill. The train will now enjoy a downhill grade of around 0.7% in to Green River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112039 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers to Thompson Grand County, UT 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific This westbound UP coal train is going less that 20 MPH as it limps along, trying to tackle Thompson Hill. Some bad order units had to be removed from the train in Grand Junction, yet UP still said to send the train west, despite it being rather underpowered. For the astute observer, you might notice that there is in fact a second train in this shot! In fact, a second westbound coal load is visible to the right side of the shot and slightly up, in the shadows! This train is between Elba and Sagers, a few miles east, riding the yellows of this first coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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