Photo ID: 100028 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Rio Grande Tunnel Motor 5401. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100027 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Four Rio Grande Tunnel Motors move toward the west end of Helper yard, preparing to be stored for the day. They have just completed their Dirt Train run and yard work for the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100026 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3001 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande The power for the Dirt Train is found working in the yard at Helper, UT. Not much more needs to be said for this picture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100025 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific East meets west! A westbound Utah Railway coal load sits stopped on main two (foreground) waiting for an eastbound coal empty on main one. Main two is undergoing maintenance further west, so the Utah coal trainwill wait for the eastbound to pass before crossing over to main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100024 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 1881 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF In the foreground, the eastbound MPVODEN is approaching one of the horseshoe curves at the loops of Gilluly. The the background, a Utah Railway coal load is moving toward the MPVODEN on the opposite track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100023 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2245 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway An eastbound Utah Railway coal empty, led by MK5000C 5004 is running the "wrong way" on main one due to maintenance on main two, as it passed the center siding of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100022 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Main two (the track to the left in the picture) is undergoing track and time. Thus, this BNSF manifest must run through the center siding at Gilluly to meet an eastbound coming on main one. The unit in the picture is actually the last DPU unit on the train. Note US 6 running across the mountain in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100021 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Kyune, UT 1986 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A Utah Rail coal load (with leased UP power) is approaching the siding of Kyune on a yellow. If you look through the tunnel and to the right of the signal, note that the coal train is following another westbound on main one! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100020 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn Lynn, UT 2342 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway Although Utah Railway often leases power for coal trains, that power tends to be reserved for head-end use. Here, six Utah Railway helpers (MK5000C+SD50 mix) is cut in near the end of a westbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn Lynn, UT 1815 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF One of the advantages of having two main lines both controlled by CTC is the ability to run two (or more) trains in the same direction without worrying about speed. Here, a Utah Railway coal train (led by UP power) on main two is trying to pass a BNSF manifest on main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100011 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Kyune, UT 1973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Amtrak's California Zephyr (Train 5) runs through the S-curve at the east end of the siding of Kyune in the Price River Canyon. At 7:45am, the sun has not yet hit this part of the canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1026 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 31, 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 4146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande 1999 or 1979? It was great having the opportunity to capture so many tunnel motors in one place before they fell into retirement, or into the UP patch shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1018 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 31, 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande A somewhat unique tunnel motor at this point, DRGW 5345 had a rotating beacon above the cab, and a full light package on the nose. The horn, however, had been moved back to the long hood. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1017 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 31, 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3617 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Although many of its colleagues left Helper over the course of the next six years, 5390 was there up until it blew a main generator and had to be taken to Illinois to be fixed….and patched….late in 2005. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1016 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 31, 1999 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3092 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande DRGW 5385 idles quietly in the foreground, while its fellow tunnel motors wait near the engine house in the background for helper duty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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