Photo ID: 112376 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF 6251 has crested the summit at the top of Soldier Summit, and is passing through the crossover at West Soldier Summit. The crew is a BNSF crew, based in Grand Junction. The crew will lay over in Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112377 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Utah County, UT 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's Denver to Provo is descending the roughly 2% grade above Gilluly. There is a nine mile stretch of track between Soldier Summit and Gilluly in which there are no sidings and no crossovers. The train has covered around six miles of that trackage, with just a few more curves and loops before reaching Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112378 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Utah County, UT 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The Denver-Provo wraps around the 180º curve, crossing underneath US-6 on Main 2. It is off of Main 2 here at Gilluly where you can find a house track. If a train had to set out a car, DS-378 could cross the train over to Main 2 (if necessary) to allow them to make a set out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112379 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detour (MP 665.3) Utah County, UT 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF At an area known as Detour, the tracks follow along the edge of the mountains, quite a little ways above US-6, which is well out of frame to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112380 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detour (MP 665.3) Utah County, UT 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The Denver-Provo is making its ways down the roughly 2% grade at the area known as Detour. There are some nice curves here, that do allow for getting shots of the train off in the distance. If you look closely, you can just see part of the train in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112381 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG677 (Rio (Crossover)) Utah County, UT 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Between Springville and Gilluly, a distance of 34 miles, there are three crossovers. At Castilla and Narrows, the crossover would take a train from running on the lefthand main to the righthand main. Rio, in between Castilla and Narrows, would allow a train to cross from the righthand main to the lefthand main. Here at Rio, BNSF's Denver-Provo is already on the lefthand main (from the train point-of-view), Main 2, as it heads west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112382 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thistle Tunnels to Castilla (MP 680.6 to MP 684.7) Utah County, UT 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The Denver to Provo manifest has passed through the Thistle Tunnels, built in 1983 after a massive mudslide buried the original tracks and the small town of Thistle. Rio Grande built seven miles of tracks on a new alignment and constructed a new tunnel in three months. The second tunnel was added shortly thereafter. The cut in the distance, for US-6, was also constructed with the highway realignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112383 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG696 (Springville (Crossover)) Springville, UT 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF I really like the area at the Springville Crossover. The tracks are right across the street from many houses. It would be a pretty great place to live to watch trains, like this Denver-Provo, pass by out your front window. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112384 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Norfolk Southern In the yard at Provo, some power has been added to the BNSF Provo to Denver. The last unit is a Norfolk Southern AC4400CW, on lease to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112385 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Three units have been added to BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest. However, before it departs, another three units will be added to the head end. No crew is rested, and in fact a crew will not be called until 0200 (2am). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112386 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest has completed its run over the (former) Rio Grande, from Denver to Provo. The train is entering the yard, a BNSF yard crew making sure all of the switches are aligned to get the train into the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112387 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (UP) Provo, UT 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific While BNSF's Denver to Provo is working on entering the BNSF/Utah Railway yard at Provo, a UP work train sits in the UP yard at Provo. This work train was working at Mounds the previous day, but has now returned to Provo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112388 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (UP) Provo, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific These interesting-looking units are both considered to be part of UP's Maintenance of Way fleet. They were built by a company named Relco in Albia, IA. They were introduced onto the roster in 2019. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112389 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Yard Helper, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific It is a quiet evening in the yard at Helper. There are no trains set to come through here in the little bit of daylight that remains. Two helper sets sit, waiting for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112390 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Yard Helper, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP does not have too many Tier-4 locomotives on the roster. And of the ones they do have, even fewer are EMD's SD70ACe-T4. The units are mechanically complex and expensive to maintain. UP 3069 is an example of one such unit. Not the long hood that does not have the slants that of a normal SD70ACe. Additionally, there are three radiator fans instead of two. 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