Photo ID: 112121 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Woodside Emery County, UT 29 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The final picture of an epic trip to Utah, the westbound California Zephyr heads west on the main at Woodside toward an fantastic sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112120 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG581 (East Woodside) Emery County, UT 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Just minutes before sunset, the westbound California Zephyr, running about 40 minutes late, knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east end of Woodside in the Utah desert. The train just passed through a 30 MPH slow order and is now accelerating to get back up to track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112063 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG521 (West Sagers) Grand County, UT 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr knocks down a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Sagers. Note the new signal past on the opposite side of the Zephyr. The mast has been standing there for over two years now, but UP has not yet gotten around to adding signal heads or hooking the signal up. For now, the old Rio Grande signal continue to take charge of the control point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112062 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Along eastbound I-70, there is a very interesting Rest Area that looks over I-70 and the tracks. It makes for a great spot to get shots of eastbounds from an elevated perspective without the need for a drone. Here, the eastbound Zephyr is seen from that Rest Area. If you want to look for it, the Rest Area does not have an exit number, but it one exit west of exit 182. It is only accessible from eastbound I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112061 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brendel to Floy Grand County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr passes through some of the dirt mounds that makes the Utah desert so interesting and, in my opinion, extremely beautiful. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112058 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 23 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak As the California Zephyr comes to a stop for its station stop in Green River, a westbound UP empty oil train starts pulling west on the main track. The train had been stopped short of the grade crossing in the distance, so as not to block it. With the Zephyr now here, the train has started to pull to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112057 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 25 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr slowly pulls alongside the very nice platform at Green River. Alas, the former depot building itself, owned by UP, is locked up, fences off, and inaccessible to passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112056 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The eastbound California Zephyr is running about an hour late, partly due to some CTC issues between Helper and Green River. The train slowly approaches the very nice platform and its station stop at Green River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112052 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River to Sphinx Green River, UT 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Amtrak In the setting sunlight, the westbound Zephyr kicks up a bunch of exhaust as it accelerates to get up to track speed. The exhaust blows across the code line...no longer used, but not yet taken down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112051 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG556 (West Green River) Green River, UT 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak UP's DS-378 is doing a great job of keeping the Zephyr moving, running around a loaded coal train at Green River. With its station stop now complete, the Zephyr is re-entering the mainline to continue the charge west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112050 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak When the Rio Grande Zephyr was running, the stop at Green River, UT was considered a flag stop. Meaning the train would only stop if it was known in advance that there were passengers to drop off or to pick up. When Amtrak's California Zephyr took over for the Rio Grande Zephyr in April 1983, Green River became a regular stop for the Zephyr. That is still true today in 2025. The westbound Zephyr has just completed its stop at Green River, and is now passing a waiting coal train on the main track. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112048 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson Springs, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr overtakes a load coal train that is sitting in the siding at Thompson. Fortunately, the coal train crew has only had to wait for about 15 minutes for the Zephyr to show up, and will receive signals to depart behind it and continue west. Note the house track, largely covered in weeds, just off the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112047 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG527 (East Thompson) Thompson Springs, UT 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is running about 30 minutes late as it knocks down a clear (green) signal at the east switch of Thompson. From this perspective, you can clearly see the intermediate signal on the approach to Thompson in the distance. You can also see I-70 way off in the distance, making its way across the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112025 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palisade Palisade, CO 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak A member of the Rocky Mountaineer crew steps off the train to grab his own shot of the California Zephyr as it blasts by the head end of the "Rockies to the Red Rocks", sitting in the siding at Palisade, just east of Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112024 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, March 27, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG438 (West Palisade) Palisade, CO 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is moving at track speed (70 MPH) after having just knocked down a clear (green) signal at the west switch of Palisade, hustling along to try to remain on schedule. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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