Photo ID: 112110 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 88 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just west of Soldier Summit, the Rocky Mountaineer passes by a frozen pond as it starts its descent down the 2% grade. Despite being a week into spring, winter still has a bit of a grip here at the top of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112109 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The test run of the Rocky Mountaineer between Moab, UT and Salt Lake City, UT attracted a pretty good crowd on Soldier Summit. Several railfans photograph and record the train as it rolls across the grade crossing near the west end of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112108 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has made it to the top of the final pass it will run over on the way west to Salt Lake City. The train is roughly 7,470 feet (2,277 meters) above Sea Level and is still on Main 1. The siding at Soldier Summit is located alongside Main 1. There are crossovers at either end of Soldier Summit, so trains on Main 2 could crossover to access the siding as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112107 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune to Colton Utah County, UT 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just east of Colton, the Rocky Mountaineer is about to pass underneath US-6 as it continues to follow Price River around toward the next control point, Colton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112106 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Utah County, UT 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Kyune is one of three sidings located on Soldier Summit. Even though Soldier Summit has two main tracks, sidings are still occasionally necessary. If nothing else, two of them can serve as crossover between the two mains as they are "center sidings", located between the two main tracks. Kyune is the first of the sidings when heading west. The Mountaineer throttles up as the max speed increases from 30 MPH to 35 MPH. Note the very interesting signal protecting the siding. The red signals on the right side of the signal indicate the switch leaving the siding is aligned toward Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112105 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Utah County, UT 100 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer emerges from the second tunnel since departing Helper, 468-foot Kyune Tunnel. The train is already in a very long OS for the east switch of Kyune. The signals for the center-siding are located on the opposite side of Kyune Tunnels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112104 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels Carbon County, UT 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer emerge from the west portal of Nolan Tunnel. Here, the tracks temporarily depart US-6 to follow the Price River. The road runs up a steep grade, through a tall cut through the mountain, to save time and distance. This is a great place to get ahead of near any train if you are chasing it west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112103 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Unlike the Moffat in Colorado, Soldier Summit has very few tunnels. There are, in fact, only three pairs of tunnels. The first one west of Helper are the Nolan Tunnels. The westbound Mountaineer is on Main 1, approaching the east entrance to the 403-foot Nolan Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112102 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer RMRX 8020 has turned the corner and is approaching the east portal of the Nolan Tunnels, around 10 miles west of Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112101 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Gate Carbon County, UT 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The lower part of part of Soldier Summit pretty closely follows US-6 along Price River. The Rocky Mountaineer is running west on Main 1 as it passes by the very well known rockface knows as Castle Gate. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112100 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 96 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer heads west on Main 1 through Helper. The upper yard, to the left, is almost completely empty. For years, it was used to store coal hoppers. With coal largely gone as a resource in the United States, only a few strings of hoppers still remain. Seems kind of ironic that there are so many empty yard tracks here, when UP uses CTC sidings in the desert for storing cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112099 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Yard Helper, UT 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer is has eight cars, testing out expanded service set to being in 2026. The train will be rebranded from the Rockies to the Red Rocks to the Canyon Spirit. The train, for the first time, rolls by the Amtrak platform in Helper on Main 1. Main 2 sits closest to the platform, which has a couple of folks watching the passing train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112096 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Carbon County, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer rolls west on the mainline by oil transload facility at Wash, just outside Wellington, UT. If you've seen oil trains running on the Moffat in Colorado, this is where they are headed (if they are empty) or where they are coming from (if they are loaded). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112092 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer With the Book Cliffs in the distance, the Rocky Mountaineer is now on the 1.1% grade, climbing up Cedar Hill. The train only has another 35 miles or so before reaching Helper and the end of the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112091 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s lead the train west across the Green River in the oasis in the desert that is also named Green River. The eight car train is headed for Salt Lake City as part of a test run for expanded service in 2026. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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