Photo ID: 101027 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Brendel Thompson, UT 2627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The remains of what appear to be a traction motor (perhaps?) lays covered in dirt about 100 feet away from the tracks at Brendel. The Potash Local switches in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101026 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Sphinx Green River, UT 2648 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Just east of the siding of Sphinx, Amtrak 5 moves along the base of the Book Cliffs. They look quite good in the setting sun! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101023 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Damian Lydick Location Times Viewed Cedar Green River, UT 2371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak With the last rays of the setting sun still highlighting the Utah desert, Amtrak streaks through at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster Email Questions or Comments to the photographer Damian Lydick or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100957 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Green River, UT 2441 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Only the light from the moon reflects off the rails at the east switch of Mounds. A few of the brighter stars can be seen streaking through the night sky as they (or rather, the earth) moves during the duration of the photo. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100953 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cedar Green River, UT 2556 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak Minutes before the sun sets in the western sky, Amtrak 5 heads west through the siding of Cedar (running just about on time) under a half moon high up in the southern sky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100952 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Desert Green River, UT 2701 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak With the Book Cliffs posing as a backdrop, Amtrak 5 moves at track speed (near 80 MPH) along US-6 on its journey west. The train is approaching the siding of Desert, about 8 miles west of Green River, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100951 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Agate Thompson, UT 2695 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak It is getting late in the afternoon (around 5pm) as Amtrak 5 moves swiftly through the desert just west of Agate. The train has left Ruby Canyon behind and has sped up to track speed at 79 MPH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100947 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 3197 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The Potash Local is a weekly job that runs from Grand Junction, CO to Potash, UT (about 15 miles southwest of Moab). The train only runs on Friday's and had clear blue skies on this day as the train passes just east of Thompson, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100477 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mack Mack, CO 2827 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific With Ruby Canyon shrouded in shade, UP 4945 and crew are about to pass under I-70 heading east toward Grand Junction. The train is about half a mile west of the siding of Mack. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100476 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Westwater Westwater, UT 2340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Amtrak From the Westwater exit of I-70 (exit 225 in eastern Utah) take you down a well-maintained dirt road 7.5 miles to the tracks and the Colorado River. Companies that offer rafting tours through Ruby Canyon go down to Westwater to pick up rafters that have come downstream through the Canyon. Amtrak 6 is just about to pass that location, about 2000 feet west of the west switch of Westwater. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100475 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2984 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Approaching the east end of Thompson, the MRONY led by UP 4945 has a clear signal to continue east over Thompson Hill. Only a few non-threatening clouds are hanging around the Book Cliffs this morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100474 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Brendel Brendel, UT 2405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Four Phase-II SD70M's are pulling hard (the B40-8 is shut down) on the eastbound MRONY-11 just east of Brendel. Although clouds covered the sky early that morning, they had vanished from the desert by 10am, when this picture was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100473 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Green River Green River, UT 2353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific UP 4945 leads the MRONY-11 across American Bridge Company's vintage 1931 trestle over the Green River. The Green River has been running very wide and deep after the wet spring of 2005. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100472 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thompson Thompson, UT 2552 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Although it is well past sunrise, the clouds in the east are still obscuring direct sunlight from the MNYRO. The North Yard to Roper manifest has just come over the top of Thompson Hill and is approaching the east switch of Thompson siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100471 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 12, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sagers Sagers, UT 2188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific The conductor for the MNYRO stands next to the switch while UP 4177 slowly passes the red signal and moves over the switch at East Sagers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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