Photo ID: 109179 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 471 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Weather-wise, it is a perfect day in the Denver-Metro area. The apparently haze is not weather related (per se), but rather smoke from numerous wildfires burning far to the north in Canada. The jet stream is currently bringing the smoke down to Colorado as this BNSF Denver-Provo makes its way up and around Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109178 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Little Ten Curve (MP 18.7 to MP 18.9) Arvada, CO 414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF moves slowly through the siding at Rocky, passing by a track tamper that is holding on the main track. UP is currently adding new ballast in the area, and maintenance is out to work on it as time permits between trains. Note the fourth unit, a GP39-3, rebuilt from a Santa Fe GP39. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109177 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 507 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This westbound BNSF Denver-Provo has to run in and out of the siding at Leyden in order to get around some maintenance equipment that was holding the main. Indeed, you can see some of the maintenance in the distance. The train is crossing over Indiana Street on a bridge the city of Arvada is hoping to replace in order to widen Indiana Street from two to four lanes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109135 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Helper, once a mecca for tunnel motors, is now quiet most days. This Saturday offers a bit of action, a break in the quietness. Crews work on constructing a new platform for Amtrak at the depot. Crews work to put a ballast train back together after cutting out mid-trains wing helpers which sit on the yard track next to Main 1. A BNSF manifest starts the climb up Soldier Summit, a pair of DPUs bringing up the tail end of the train on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109134 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG626 (East Helper) Helper, UT 464 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo rolls through the crossover at East Helper on Main 1. If you look along the string of covered helpers, you'll note a track that branches off. This track leads to the "upper yard" at Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109129 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 658 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Most of the oil trains that run on the Moffat these days are headed to (if empty) or coming from (if loaded) this transloading facility located off the siding at Wash on the eastern edge of the town of Wellington, UT. You can see there are multiple tracks for loading oil in to tank cars here. On the siding at Wash on the left side of the shot, a BNSF manifest sits with the head end power detached. The head end power is dropping off four tank cars here at the facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109128 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF In the siding of Wash, BNSF cuts the first four cars, all tank cars, away from the rest of the train. The tank cars will be spotted at the oil transload facility located here at Wash. After setting out the tank cars, the crew will put the train back together and continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109127 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 454 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of BNSFs Denver-Provo manifest as it winds through the S-Curve east of Cedar. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109126 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest climbs west, away from the camera, toward the siding of Cedar. Although the tan colors of the desert dominate the scene, the blue mountains that represent the climb to Soldier Summit are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109125 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe and an ES44AC bring up the tail end of this Denver-Provo manifest. The head end, now out of view, is wrapping around toward the east end of the siding of Cedar. This portion of the desert has a roughly 1% climb up toward the start of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109124 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 579 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF One of my favorite shots of this particular trip to the Utah desert has BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest climbing through a long S-Curve between Grassy and Cedar, the Book Cliffs offering a beautiful and somewhat dramatic backdrop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109123 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 459 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A quartet of units leads BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest up the 1% grade between Grassy and Cedar. US-6, which has generally had the tracks in view since Whitehouse, will now lose site of the tracks until reaching the town of Wellington. You can see US-6 in the distance in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109122 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 434 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest is slowing to around 35 MPH in preparation for the multiple curves it is approaching. The curves provide for a minimal grade...around 1%...for the climb from Grassy up to the siding of Cedar and points west as the train gets closer to the real start of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109121 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF In the distance, a westbound BNSF manifest approaches a green intermediate signal between the sidings of Grassy and Cedar. The Book Cliffs offer a great backdrop further in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109120 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG567 (East Desert) Emery County, UT 455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF The siding of Desert is one of my favorite places to hang out and shoot trains in the Utah desert. First off, it is just such an appropriately named siding. Second, it is on a long, straight stretch of track where trains can get up to full track speed. Finally, it offers an amazing view with the Book Cliffs creating a perfect backdrop to the east of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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