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Photo ID: 112394
Date Shot
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Sunday, May 4, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Wash (Oil Transload Facility)
Carbon County, UT
70
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Green River (UP) BNSF
Six units sit at the oil transload facility at Wash. Interestingly, three of the units are Norfolk Southern. When I was headed to Utah from Colorado, I passed this power on an oil train at Parachute.
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Photo ID: 112386
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Provo Yard (BNSF)
Provo, UT
84
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Yard Shots BNSF
BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest has completed its run over the (former) Rio Grande, from Denver to Provo. The train is entering the yard, a BNSF yard crew making sure all of the switches are aligned to get the train into the yard.
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Photo ID: 112385
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Provo Yard (BNSF)
Provo, UT
74
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Yard Shots BNSF
Three units have been added to BNSF's Provo to Denver manifest. However, before it departs, another three units will be added to the head end. No crew is rested, and in fact a crew will not be called until 0200 (2am).
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Photo ID: 112384
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Times Viewed
Provo Yard (BNSF)
Provo, UT
89
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Yard Shots BNSF, Norfolk Southern
In the yard at Provo, some power has been added to the BNSF Provo to Denver. The last unit is a Norfolk Southern AC4400CW, on lease to BNSF.
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Photo ID: 112383
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP RG696 (Springville (Crossover))
Springville, UT
80
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
I really like the area at the Springville Crossover. The tracks are right across the street from many houses. It would be a pretty great place to live to watch trains, like this Denver-Provo, pass by out your front window.
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Photo ID: 112382
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Thistle Tunnels to Castilla (MP 680.6 to MP 684.7)
Utah County, UT
92
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Provo (UP) BNSF
The Denver to Provo manifest has passed through the Thistle Tunnels, built in 1983 after a massive mudslide buried the original tracks and the small town of Thistle. Rio Grande built seven miles of tracks on a new alignment and constructed a new tunnel in three months. The second tunnel was added shortly thereafter. The cut in the distance, for US-6, was also constructed with the highway realignment.
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Photo ID: 112381
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP RG677 (Rio (Crossover))
Utah County, UT
90
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
Between Springville and Gilluly, a distance of 34 miles, there are three crossovers. At Castilla and Narrows, the crossover would take a train from running on the lefthand main to the righthand main. Rio, in between Castilla and Narrows, would allow a train to cross from the righthand main to the lefthand main. Here at Rio, BNSF's Denver-Provo is already on the lefthand main (from the train point-of-view), Main 2, as it heads west.
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Photo ID: 112380
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Detour (MP 665.3)
Utah County, UT
97
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
The Denver-Provo is making its ways down the roughly 2% grade at the area known as Detour. There are some nice curves here, that do allow for getting shots of the train off in the distance. If you look closely, you can just see part of the train in the distance.
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Photo ID: 112379
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Detour (MP 665.3)
Utah County, UT
75
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Provo (UP) BNSF
At an area known as Detour, the tracks follow along the edge of the mountains, quite a little ways above US-6, which is well out of frame to the right.
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Photo ID: 112378
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
Times Viewed
Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft)
Utah County, UT
86
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
The Denver-Provo wraps around the 180º curve, crossing underneath US-6 on Main 2. It is off of Main 2 here at Gilluly where you can find a house track. If a train had to set out a car, DS-378 could cross the train over to Main 2 (if necessary) to allow them to make a set out.
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Photo ID: 112377
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8)
Utah County, UT
56
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
BNSF's Denver to Provo is descending the roughly 2% grade above Gilluly. There is a nine mile stretch of track between Soldier Summit and Gilluly in which there are no sidings and no crossovers. The train has covered around six miles of that trackage, with just a few more curves and loops before reaching Gilluly.
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Photo ID: 112376
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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CP RG652 (West Summit)
Wasatch County, UT
111
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
BNSF 6251 has crested the summit at the top of Soldier Summit, and is passing through the crossover at West Soldier Summit. The crew is a BNSF crew, based in Grand Junction. The crew will lay over in Provo.
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Photo ID: 112375
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Soldier Summit (7,840 ft)
Wasatch County, UT
107
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
One of the regular trains to run over Soldier Summit is BNSF's Denver-Provo (and its counterpart). Here, the Denver-Provo is just coming up and over the top of Soldier Summit, 7,477 feet above sea level. It's roughly 50 miles to go for the train to reach Provo...its final destination.
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Photo ID: 112374
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft)
Utah County, UT
71
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Subdivision
Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
Two ES44ACs and an SD70ACe lead BNSF's Denver to Provo on Main 2 alongside the Price River at Kyune. With no opposing traffic...and a second main, even if there was...the train will have a straight shot all the way to Provo.
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Photo ID: 112373
Date Shot
Photo By
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft)
Utah County, UT
79
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Railroad
Provo (UP) BNSF
BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest winds its way through the S-Curves at Kyune. The train is running on Main 2 as it heads west this morning. That's the beauty of CTC! The dispatcher can run trains in either direction, on either Main 1 or Main 2.
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