Photo ID: 112346 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG629 (Utah Railway Jct) Carbon County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After the end of coal being loaded at the Wildcat loadout on the Utah Railway, the area was repurposed and is now an oil transload facility. However, the Utah Railway now leases their yard at Martin and the main to Wildcat to UP, who facilities the oil train traffic. Here, a westbound UP oil train is loaded and waiting for a helper crew before taking joining the main at URL (Utah Railway Junction). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112347 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Following not too terribly far behind a westbound UP coal load was this BNSF coal load. This train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and is headed for the Valmy power station in Nevada. The train came over the Moffat the previous day. Since BNSF does not have a presence in Helper, the train already has six units (3x3) to make it over Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112348 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft) Utah County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A trio of BNSF SD70ACes leads BNSF's Valmy coal load west on Main 1 at Kyune. The train is headed for the Valmy power station in Nevada. That power station has plans to move to natural gas by the end of 2025, so these coal trains are likely in very short supply. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112349 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG640 (West Kyune) Utah County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Three GEs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Valmy coal load at the west switch of Kyune. These units are DPU'd and are not manned. They have been with the train since it departed Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112350 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The three SD70ACes leading this westbound coal load on Main 1 are throttling up for the final push over the top of Soldier Summit, here at 7,477 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112351 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF At the west end of Soldier Summit, you can clearly see the grade quickly dropping off to start the descent. A BNSF coal train slows as it begins that descent on Main 1. A yellow (Approach) signal on Main 2 indicates that an eastbound is coming. Considering it is only an approach, more than likely the train is still a ways off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112352 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF DPUs on the end of this coal load roll west on Main 1 at Soldier Summit. Main 2 is two the left of the train, and the siding of Soldier Summit (and two yard tracks) are tot he right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112353 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A close look at the face of BNSF 6194, the final DPU on this westbound coal load at Soldier Summit on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112354 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF From Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly, it's about five miles on US-6. The tracks, however, have to take a far less direct route, The rails follow some very clever engineering of loops to decrease the grade of the track, and it is roughly nine rail miles from Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly. Here, BNSF's Valmy coal load is descending the grade on Main 1. Far down below, above the power, you can see the bridge where US-6 crosses the track in the middle of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112355 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The engineering behind the loops around Gilluly are as amazing, if not more amazing, than Big Ten Curve in Colorado on the Moffat. Similar to Big Ten, there are spots near Gilluly where you can see both the head end and tail end of the same train in the frame. Such is the case here, as you can see the three units on the head end and tail end of the coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112356 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF 9217 is now in full dynamics, descending on Main 1 toward the east end of Gilluly. Similarly to Big Ten Curve in Colorado, the loops around Gilluly mean that, at some point, any train is going to be in fantastic light, even if for a short period of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112357 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Wasatch County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's Valmy coal load heads away from the camera on Main 1 at Gilluly. Not surprisingly, the siding at Gilluly looks pretty rusty and the ties look a bit worn. It is probably pretty infrequently that the siding is actually used these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112358 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly to Narrows (MP 661.5 to MP 672.1) Wasatch County, UT 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific As I was chasing a BNSF coal load west, I noticed intermediate signals on Main 2 were green behind me, indicating a westbound was likely on the move. I found it, a westbound UP coal empty, just east of the crossover at Narrows. Turns out this coal empty is headed for the Skyline Mine on the Pleasant Valley Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112359 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Wasatch County, UT 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific As the morning turned to afternoon, a few more clouds started to appear and as a result, I had to start playing dodge cloud a bit more often! Here, the two units leading an Intermountain Power coal empty pass by in the sunlight on Main 2 at Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112360 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG660 (East Gilluly) Wasatch County, UT 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The eastbound grade here at Gilluly is close to 2%. Fortunately, this coal train is empty, so the four units (setup 2x2) are having no problem making the climb. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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