Photo ID: 100032 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 1849 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The eastbound MPVODEN passed through the yard at Helper on main one with C44-9CW 1108 in the lead. 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 2054 (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: 100022 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2403 (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: 100019 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn Lynn, UT 1961 (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: 100004 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 12, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1858 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Two BNSF SD40-2 wait patiently on the siding at Leyden for a westbound coal empty. These units are returning to Denver from helper duty on the Moffat on a westbound BNSF manifest. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1074 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal (5,750 ft) Tolland, CO 7689 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest holds the siding at East Portal to allow light power to run around the train on the mainline. A westbound coal load stalled out on the main at Winter Park and this light power was sent through the tunnel to rescue it! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1073 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 2 (MP 25.4, 516 ft) Arvada, CO 2402 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Four unpatched units (two ATSF C40-8W's and two BN SD40-2's) lead this westbound MDVSTJ out of Plain and into Tunnel 2. This was soon enough after the merger the BN/SF merger that unpatched units were still far more common that patched units! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 1072 Date Shot Photo By June 1997 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rainbow Cut Arvada, CO 2466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, Santa Fe With the UP/SP merger coming less that a year earlier, this was still a new site to see on the Moffat in 1997! BNSF trackage rights trains heading both east and west. Here, an MDVSTJ (Denver to Stockton) manifest makes its way west on the main track at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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