Photo ID: 104279 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton, UT 2160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A few miles east of Colton finds this colorful Utah Railway coal empty descending down the west slope of Soldier Summit on Main 2. The train is about to pass under the recently-widened overpass for US-6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway I know it is only a matter of time before these signals at the west end of Soldier Summit are replaced. Probably not much time at that! That will be a sad day as they are such staples of this location. UR 5005 leads three sister MK50-3s and an SD50 down Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2049 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific At the summit of Soldier Summit, this eastbound UP coal empty is on the move on Main 2. The train will descent the eastern slope of Soldier Summit and head for CV Spur where it can load at the Savage Loadout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104276 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Narrows Crossover Narrows, UT 2232 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway Despite the fact it has been a decade since Genesee and Wyoming bought Utah Railway, more than half the engines still wear the red and gray scheme. However, UR 5005 now sports the bright orange that is standard on most Genesee and Wyoming railroads. This eastbound coal empty is passing through the Red Narrows, specifically at Narrows Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104275 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rio Crossover Thistle, UT 2442 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The summer scenery on Soldier Summit is truly fantastic! Case-in-point is this eastbound Utah Railway coal empty charging up the western slope of Soldier Summit at the crossover at Rio. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104274 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rio Crossover Thistle, UT 2641 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway MK50-3 #5005 leads an IPPX coal empty eastbound on Main 2 through the crossover at Rio. The train is headed for the Wildcat Loadout on Utah Railways own line southwest of Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104273 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Helper Crossover Helper, UT 2496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr is slowing as it crosses underneath the West Helper Crossover signal bridge (which has yet to be replaced by UP). The Zephyr is less than half a mile away from its station stop in Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104272 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnel Helper, UT 2176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr, running close to on time, is descending Price River Canyon on Main 1 as it emerges from Nolan Tunnel. At Lynn, the Zephyr will crossover to Main 2 for its station stop in Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103089 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 700 Provo, UT 2216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A Utah Railway crew works in the yard at Provo to switch around BNSF power...power that will be used on a Provo to Denver manifest the following day. BNSF 5077 will be the leader on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103088 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 699 Provo, UT 2419 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific is sending a set of three units light over Soldier Summit to Helper. Once there, they may be used as swing helpers on a coal train or perhaps as leased power with Utah Railway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103087 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 672 (RG672) Narrows, UT 2289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway On the west side of Solider Summit, there is a long, straight stretch of track referred to as the Narrows. There is a crossover along this stretch of track that shares the same name. This coal load is coming through the crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103086 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 660 Gilluly, UT 2225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway When the line over Soldier Summit was being built, engineers had to find a way to gain a lot of altitude in a short distance. The loops at Gilluly were the answer. Here, a westbound coal load has come around a 180 degree curve near the west end of the siding of Gilluly. Note the defunct house track on the right side of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103085 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 651 Soldier Summit, UT 2363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway 651 miles west of Denver (via Tennessee Pass and the Joint Line) you can find Soldier Summit. This Utah Railway coal load (with leased UP power) is cresting the summit right around 7,500 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103084 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 645 (RG645) Colton, UT 2683 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The steepest part of Soldier Summit is between Helper and the crossover at Colton. Frequently, mid-train swing helpers are cutout at Colton as the train can make it up to the top of Soldier Summit along at that point. Such is the case here, as five Utah Railways helpers have been cut out of the coal train at Colton and are returing toward Martin (near Helper) on Main 1. The tail end of the coal train can be seen departing west on Main 2 in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103083 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 636 Nolan, UT 2149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway A Utah Railways coal load (with leased UP power on the point) is running west on the "wrong track", about to enter the Nolan Tunnels. The "wrong track" simply means the dispatcher has decided to run the train west on Main 2 instead of Main 1. Main 1 is typically used for westbounds and Main 2 for eastbounds. In CTC, however, the dispatcher can do whatever he or she pleases! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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