Photo ID: 112315 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Martin Yard (Utah Railway) Helper, UT 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway Isn't it funny how time changes all things? 25 years ago, this same shot would have been filled with coal hoppers. Hoppers either waiting to go to Wildcat for loading, or hoppers that had been loaded and were waiting to head west over Soldier Summit. Now, the yard at Martin is filled with tank cars. Cars that will go to Wildcat to be loaded with oil, or some that already have oil and are waiting to head west of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112316 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Martin Yard (Utah Railway) Helper, UT 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway The engine facility at Martin was once busy every day with maintenance activity for the Utah Railway fleet. With the demise of coal, however, Utah Railway has all but abandoned everything here in Helper. The doors on the engine facility have been closed for years now, silence filling the area. The mainline is the track immediately to the left of the engine facility. I always thought it was interesting how the mainline passed right next to the building. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112317 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Martin Yard (Utah Railway) Helper, UT 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway A closeup view of the south side of the Utah Railway locomotive shop in Martin. Unfortunately, the shop hasn't really been used in years as Utah Railway has essentially stopped running trains over Soldier Summit. It now focuses on the manifest market between Provo and Ogden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112318 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is sitting in the joint Utah Railway/BNSF Yard in Provo. Hostlers just brought out the Ferromex unit and BNSF 6375 from the servicing facility and placed them on the point of the train. The crew for the train will not be called for another 3 1/2 hours, however... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112319 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (Utah Railway) Provo, UT 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway The yard at Provo is actually pretty cool, being tucked in up against the western front of the Wasatch range. This part of the yard is shared by Utah Railway and BNSF. You can see four Utah Railway units, getting ready to be moved to be placed on a train that will depart west toward Salt Lake City and Ogden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112320 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (Utah Railway) Provo, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway If I am not mistaken, UTAH 6061 is the only remaining Utah Railway unit that has not been repainted in the Genesee and Wyoming orange, black, and yellow scheme. Here, it is one of four units waiting to head west on a train out of the yard at Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112321 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 6375 sits, ready for its crew to show up so it can depart the yard at Provo and head east over Soldier Summit toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112322 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ferromex, BNSF Always great to catch a visitor to change the status quo up a little bit. A Ferromex ES44AC, on lease to BNSF, sits in the yard at Provo, waiting to depart east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112323 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Utah Railway and BNSF share a yard in Provo on the geographic west side of UP's mainline. The yard tracks are some of the only ones owned by BNSF in the entire state of Utah. Here, a Provo-Denver manifest sits on a yard track, waiting for a crew so it can depart east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (UP) Provo, UT 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific While patiently waiting for a crew to show up for BNSF's Provo-Denver, I noticed this interesting pair of units doing a little switch on the UP side of the Provo yard. A GP15-1 and C44ACM are out on Main 1 as they perform their switching duties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112325 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo to Geneva (MP 701.1 to MP 707.1) Provo, UT 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) UTA A Front Runner commuter train, led by MP36PH-3C, pulls away from the Provo commuter station. The shot was taken from the Amtrak Platform at Provo alongside UP's Main 1 and 2 on the Provo Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112326 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Intermountain Power Springville, UT 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharp (UP) Union Pacific Four UP units are stopped on UP's Sharp Subdivision in Springville. It appears that the units are going to pick up a string of hoppers from the Intermountain Power yard. Intermountain Power is planning to stop using coal by the end of 2025. When that happens, it will mean a further (and more significant) decrease of coal trains on Soldier Summit and in the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112327 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Finally, after sitting ready to go for over three hours, the crew on BNSF's Provo-Denver showed up at the yard at 6:30pm. After throwing a few switches, the train is pulling out of the yard, toward UP's Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castilla to Springville (MP 684.7 to MP 695.8) Spanish Fork, UT 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The Wasatch range stands tall in the background as BNSF's Provo-Denver moves east at track speed on Main 1 alongside some relatively new townhomes in Spanish Fork. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castilla to Springville (MP 684.7 to MP 695.8) Spanish Fork, UT 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF When the Provo-Denver departed Provo, it was on Main 2. When the train got to Springville, DS-378 crossed the train over to Main 1. Main 1 and Main 2 do not follow the same alignment through Spanish Fork, but come back together at the throat of the canyon that leads to Soldier Summit. Here, in some of the last bit of light for the day, the Provo-Denver on Main 1 meets back up at Main 2 in Spanish Fork for the journey east over Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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