Photo ID: 112342 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Carbon County, UT 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The control point at East Kyune has to be one of the most unique control points out there. Westbound trains pass the signal on the east side of Kyune tunnel. The switches for the siding are on the west side of the tunnel. The tunnel itself is 468-feet long on Main 1 and 410-feet long on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112341 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels to Kyune (MP 636.1 to MP 638.9) Carbon County, UT 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific After running through Nolan Tunnels, this westbound coal load left the highway for about a mile to follow along Price River. Here, the tracks rejoin US-6 at a fantastic S-Curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112340 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels (MP 636.1 (403 feet)) Carbon County, UT 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 7851 and train emerge from the 401-foot Nolan Tunnels on Main 1. This is one of the few spots on the east side of Soldier Summit where the tracks depart from US-6. The highway runs through a cut here, while the tracks follow along Price River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112339 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Four mid-train swing helpers are throttled up in run 8, helping this CWELB (Coal train, West Elk to Long Beach) make its way up Soldier Summit alongside US-6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112338 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 333 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific With four mid-train (manned) helpers cut into the train, this Long Beach, CA bound coal load is now making the climb up the 2% grade of Soldier Summit on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112337 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper (MP 626.5) Helper, UT 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The conductor for the mid-train helper set throws the yard switch in the helper yard back to Track one after four units came out of the yard onto Main 1 and have been cut in to a westbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112336 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper (MP 626.5) Helper, UT 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Soldier Summit is one of the few places left in the United States that still uses manned helpers. Heavy westbound UP unit trains, such as coal and oil, have a mid-train swing helpers cut in from the Helper Yard onto Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112335 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper (MP 626.5) Helper, UT 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific The crew on this eastbound coal empty is onboard and just about ready to start rolling east. The train will load at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. Meanwhile, manned helpers are about to cut in to a westbound coal load on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112334 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper (MP 626.5) Helper, UT 336 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific Although coal has largely declined in recent years, it has not yet disappeared completely. I actually lucked out and caught a meet between a westbound load on Main 1 and an eastbound empty on Main 2. The load is waiting for manned helpers to be cut in, and the empty is waiting for a new crew to climb onboard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112333 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG625 (Spring Glen) Spring Glen, UT 228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A single ET44AC, one of the few Tier-4 locomotives on UP's roster, brings up the tail end of this westbound coal load at Spring Glen. The coal is headed for Long Beach, CA, where it will be exported. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112332 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Maxwell to Spring Glen (MP 622.8 to MP 624.2) Carbonville, UT 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific After loading at the West Elk mine in Colorado the day before, this coal load is crossing Kenilworth Road on the approach to Spring Glen and the start of two main tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112326 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Intermountain Power Springville, UT 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sharp (UP) Union Pacific Four UP units are stopped on UP's Sharp Subdivision in Springville. It appears that the units are going to pick up a string of hoppers from the Intermountain Power yard. Intermountain Power is planning to stop using coal by the end of 2025. When that happens, it will mean a further (and more significant) decrease of coal trains on Soldier Summit and in the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112324 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (UP) Provo, UT 300 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific While patiently waiting for a crew to show up for BNSF's Provo-Denver, I noticed this interesting pair of units doing a little switch on the UP side of the Provo yard. A GP15-1 and C44ACM are out on Main 1 as they perform their switching duties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112309 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash (MP 603.9 to MP 610.1) Carbon County, UT 243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific In between the sidings of Mounds and Wash, four units are taking an empty oil train to the yard tracks at Wash. The empty tanks had been tied down in the siding at Mounds, without any power. Once dropping the train off at Wash, the UP power will return to Helper (where they originated) to tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112308 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds (8,930 ft) Emery County, UT 227 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific An empty oil train has been tied down in the siding at Mounds for awhile, without any power. On this particular afternoon, four units were sent east out of Helper to pick up the train and take it west to Wash. A UP maintenance of way train works along the Sunnyside Subdivision in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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