Photo ID: 100460 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific While Amtrak makes a 15 minute station stop at Helper (with a surprising large number of passengers waiting to board), the MNYRO-09 (led by UP 3843) cools its jets at Helper while it waits for a new crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100459 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Helper Crossover West Helper Crossover, UT 2541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak With Soldier Summit behind, Amtrak 6 has a clear signal at West Helper Crossover. The train cars you see on the hill in the background are those of the Utah Railway. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100458 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton Colton, UT 2559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak After crossing over from Main One to Main Two at Colton, Amtrak is back up to track speed as it is about to cross under US-6 to continue east toward Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100456 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Gilluly, UT 2706 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak A VERY late Amtrak 6 rounds the 180 degree curve at Gilluly, passing underneath US-6. Amtrak is running east on Main One to avoid maintenance further west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100451 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Narrows Narrows, UT 2619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway With the sun nearing the western horizon, UP 6774 highballs the signal at the crossover of Narrows. The train is currently running the "wrong way", proceeding west on Main Two. The train crossed over at Gilluly to avoid maintenance on Main One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100450 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2567 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway Having concurred the 2% ruling grade for the 25 miles from Helper to Soldier Summit, this Utah Railway coal train is starting down the long descent on the west slope of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100449 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton Colton, UT 2454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Utah Railway UP 6774 leads a Utah Railway train westbound just west of Colton crossover. Utah Railway leases the head-end power from UP for its coal trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100448 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Nolan, UT 2563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A westbound Utah Railway coal load is climing the steep 2% grade in Price River Canyon. For help, five swing helpers have been cut into the train at Martin for the 20 mile push to Colton. At Colton, the units will be cut out and return to Martin for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100166 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Springville Springville, UT 1592 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The original manager of operations of the Rio Grande would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about this one! This coal empty is actually tied down on main one between the crossovers of Ironton and Springville. The crew stopped the train and manually applied the handbrake on the engines and several hoppers before a bus came and picked the up. DS-78 now has only one mainline to work with between Ironton and Springville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100165 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Springville Springville, UT 1769 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Chicago North Western, Union Pacific A broken air hose has caused this train to go into emergency just short of South Main Street in Springville, UT. Although the train is not moving, the crossing signals are still warning people that a train is near. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100164 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rio Rio, UT 1644 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Chicago North Western, Union Pacific This eastbound coal load is on the move at the crossover of Rio. This crossover was installed by the Rio Grande after the mudslide of 1983 permanently closed the Thistle crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100163 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 1763 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Chicago North Western, Union Pacific An unpatched Chicago North Western C44-9CW leads a loaded coal train over the last leg of the climb to the top of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100160 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton Colton, UT 2060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific This train is progressing down the 0.68% grade just east of Colton. Note that the train is not following the right-hand rule, running the "wrong way" on main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100159 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 1763 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After stopping at the west end of Soldier Summit to be crossed over from main two to main one, this eastbound coal empty is starting to accelerate. The train is actually a Utah Railway coal train, using leased UP power on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100158 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton Colton, UT 1642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Colton is the location where the Pleasant Valley Subdivision (which runs 21 miles to the Skyline Mine) breaks off from the mainline. Here, a westbound coal load has passed the branch line, running the "wrong way" on main two. 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