Photo ID: 112382 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thistle Tunnels to Castilla (MP 680.6 to MP 684.7) Utah County, UT 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112381 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG677 (Rio (Crossover)) Utah County, UT 91 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112380 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detour (MP 665.3) Utah County, UT 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112379 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detour (MP 665.3) Utah County, UT 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. 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 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112377 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Utah County, UT 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112376 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112375 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112374 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft) Utah County, UT 72 (Add a Comment) 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112373 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft) Utah County, UT 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision 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. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112357 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly (Center Siding) (7,900 ft) Wasatch County, UT 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's Valmy coal load heads away from the camera on Main 1 at Gilluly. Not surprisingly, the siding at Gilluly looks pretty rusty and the ties look a bit worn. It is probably pretty infrequently that the siding is actually used these days. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112356 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF 9217 is now in full dynamics, descending on Main 1 toward the east end of Gilluly. Similarly to Big Ten Curve in Colorado, the loops around Gilluly mean that, at some point, any train is going to be in fantastic light, even if for a short period of time. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112355 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The engineering behind the loops around Gilluly are as amazing, if not more amazing, than Big Ten Curve in Colorado on the Moffat. Similar to Big Ten, there are spots near Gilluly where you can see both the head end and tail end of the same train in the frame. Such is the case here, as you can see the three units on the head end and tail end of the coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112354 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Summit to Gilluly (MP 651.9 to MP 659.8) Wasatch County, UT 63 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF From Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly, it's about five miles on US-6. The tracks, however, have to take a far less direct route, The rails follow some very clever engineering of loops to decrease the grade of the track, and it is roughly nine rail miles from Soldier Summit to the middle of Gilluly. Here, BNSF's Valmy coal load is descending the grade on Main 1. Far down below, above the power, you can see the bridge where US-6 crosses the track in the middle of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112353 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A close look at the face of BNSF 6194, the final DPU on this westbound coal load at Soldier Summit on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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