Photo ID: 109147 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific This spring, the "green" part of Green River is definitely showing! The last DPU on a westbound oil empty just crossed over Green River and is entering the siding. It is meeting an eastbound oil load. The load will have to wait here for the Zephyr, which is currently at Mack, 90 miles to the east. Unfortunately, the next available siding for a meet, Thompson, is an hour to the east. The dispatcher does not want to risk delaying the Zephyr by releasing the oil train for a meet there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109146 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Desert to Vista Emery County, UT 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific About 12 miles west of Green River, US-6 moves to join the tracks after crossing over them west of the siding of Desert. A pair of UP DPUs brings up the tail end of an eastbound loaded oil train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109145 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Desert to Vista Emery County, UT 410 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound oil load navigates the plains of the desert between Vista and Desert along the Book Cliffs. If you look in the distance, you can see a string of open hoppers being stored in the siding of Vista. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109144 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 363 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The Book Cliffs pass in and out of the shadows from slowly forming afternoon storms as an eastbound loaded oil train accelerates on the straight track leading east. Ahead is the siding of Grassy, one of the few sidings not filled with cars currently being stored by UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109143 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The last DPU on this loaded eastbound oil train passes by the sign indicating a change in speed. The train is now free to accelerate from the 35 MPH it has been going up to 50 MPH as the train hits straighter track on the open desert along the Book Cliffs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109142 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 333 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound loaded oil train wraps around the large curve at the base of the grade that climbs up to Cedar. A pair of GEs bring up the tail end. Since there is no crew on board the DPUs, there is no need for a "buffer car" between the last tank car and the power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109141 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Looping through the curves east of Cedar, this loaded oil train descends the 1% grade from Cedar down on to the open plains of the desert toward Grassy and points east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109140 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG594 (West Cedar) Emery County, UT 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific As afternoon thunderstorms roll through the area, dumping some rain on the hills in the distance, an eastbound loaded oil train approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Cedar. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109139 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A UP crew works to get the head end power on this loaded oil train linked with the DPUs on the tail end. The crew brought the five units to Wash from Helper and put them together on the train. Once the link is complete and the air test is done, the train will depart east toward the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109138 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG604 (West Mounds) Emery County, UT 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Mounds, three tracks converge. On the far left is the mainline. The center track is actually the siding. The far right track is the Sunnyside branch, running 17½ miles out to Sunnyside. UP has replaced the signals at the west end. This is one of the few places where a dwarf is still used (on the siding). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109137 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Emery County, UT 278 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Near the west end of Mounds, we find a string of hoppers tied down and being stored in the siding at Mounds. Two empty yard tracks sit next to the hoppers. And, to the left of all of that, we see the Sunnyside branch line. UP's trash train periodically takes trash from the Salt Lake area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109136 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash Carbon County, UT 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A single DPU brings up the tail end of a long, loaded ballast train. The train just received a fresh crew at Helper and is now making its way to Grand Junction, most likely to help shore up the line around Glenwood Canyon, which has been hit hard by rock and mud slides in the runoff this spring. 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 329 (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 537 (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 345 (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.

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