Photo ID: 103075 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2540 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is about 20 minutes before sunrise at the east switch of Solitude in the Utah Desert. The dwarf signal remains on at all times at this location, whether there is a train present or not. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103074 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 546 (RG546) Solitude, UT 2309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is right around 11:30pm as an eastbound UP coal load makes its way across the Utah desert. The train is empty and will be loaded on the North Fork branch in western Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101364 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita (RG461) Fruita, CO 1792 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The Landmark Local has a clear signal to continue west out of Fruita and a very clear track ahead! The local sometime heads out into the Utah Desert as far as Cisco, but on this Tuesday, its switching duties won't take it further then Mack, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101363 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fruita Fruita, CO 2364 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande This GP40-2 is without a doubt my personal favorite on Union Pacific's roster. Why? It was the very first Rio Grande unit (GP40-2 or otherwise) to be patched and added to UP's roster. UP 5234 started life as DRGW 3122. In 1997, the unit was given a patch and renumbered to UP 5245. Here, ten years later, the unit still retains the same number and leads the Landmark Local west through Fruita on its way to Mack for some switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101359 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Durham (RG452) Grand Junction, CO 1957 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific At 7:15am, the MPVNY is quickly making its way toward the siding of Durham just outside Grand Junction. Once the train reaches Grand Junction, it will stop for several hours for switching, a crew change, and maintenance crews to clear east of Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101358 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 1982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific It is very early in the morning (around 5:00am) as a westbound makes its way past the high green signal at the east end of Sagers. The train is a BNSF Denver to Stockton manifest making its way west across the Utah Desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101357 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 1875 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF The last train to pass by the east end of Sagers in daylight (well, what's left of it anyway) was BNSF's Stockton to Denver manifest. The last few hints of sunlight are rapidly fading at 9:00pm as BNSF 4861 east heads quickly toward Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101356 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers (RG520) Thompson, UT 2207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande In the last few minutes of direct sunlight, we look at the sillouhette of the signal at the east switch of Sagers. It is 8:20pm as the sun sets behind the Book Cliffs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101355 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Agate (RG497) Thompson, UT 2395 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF An extremely short Denver to Riverbank, CA manifest approaches the east switch of Agate in the Utah Desert in the rapidly setting evening light. The train has three C44-9CW's (13,200 horsepower) to take the 13 cars in tow across the desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101354 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO 1831 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF trackage rights train, the MDVRBJ (Denver to Riverbank, CA) pulles into the station track at Grand Junction (about fifteen minutes after Amtrak 5 made its departure westbound). The train will cut off some cars in Grand Junction before continuing west across the Utah Desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101343 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utaline (RG482) Mack, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The sun is just about to peak over the ridge of Ruby Canyon five minutes after 6am as the MNYPV-03 makes its away along the Colorado River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100988 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mack Mack, CO 2158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak After traversing the Utah Desert and Ruby Canyon, Amtrak 6 is still moving quickly through the town of Mack, CO, about 10 miles (north) west of Grand Junction. Amtrak sports engines wearing the Phase Vb scheme, a bagage car sporting the Phase III scheme, and Superliners showing off the Phase IV scheme! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100987 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2930 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Under partly cloudy skies, Amtrak 6 is moving at track speed (nearly 80 MPH) as it moves through the cut east of the ghost town of Thompson, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100986 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 1, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 2220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Amtrak 6 met the westbound Denver to Provo trackage rights train at the siding of Wash in the town of Wellington, UT. The sidings of Wellington and Wash lay right on top of one another. You can see the signals in the distance with the west switch of Wash leading directly into the east switch of Wellington. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101025 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 3284 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Stars swirl behind the signal at the east switch of Mounds. Note one star that is inconsistent with the rest (near the top of the photo). That is actually a shooting star streaking through the atmosphere! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture.

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