Photo ID: 112352 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF DPUs on the end of this coal load roll west on Main 1 at Soldier Summit. Main 2 is two the left of the train, and the siding of Soldier Summit (and two yard tracks) are tot he right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112351 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG652 (West Summit) Wasatch County, UT 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF At the west end of Soldier Summit, you can clearly see the grade quickly dropping off to start the descent. A BNSF coal train slows as it begins that descent on Main 1. A yellow (Approach) signal on Main 2 indicates that an eastbound is coming. Considering it is only an approach, more than likely the train is still a ways off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112350 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit (7,840 ft) Wasatch County, UT 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The three SD70ACes leading this westbound coal load on Main 1 are throttling up for the final push over the top of Soldier Summit, here at 7,477 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112349 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG640 (West Kyune) Utah County, UT 65 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Three GEs bring up the tail end of BNSF's Valmy coal load at the west switch of Kyune. These units are DPU'd and are not manned. They have been with the train since it departed Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112348 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune (Center Siding) (5,230 ft) Utah County, UT 67 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A trio of BNSF SD70ACes leads BNSF's Valmy coal load west on Main 1 at Kyune. The train is headed for the Valmy power station in Nevada. That power station has plans to move to natural gas by the end of 2025, so these coal trains are likely in very short supply. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112347 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 3, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Railway Jct to Lynn (MP 628.9 to MP 632.7) Carbon County, UT 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF Following not too terribly far behind a westbound UP coal load was this BNSF coal load. This train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and is headed for the Valmy power station in Nevada. The train came over the Moffat the previous day. Since BNSF does not have a presence in Helper, the train already has six units (3x3) to make it over Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112329 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castilla to Springville (MP 684.7 to MP 695.8) Spanish Fork, UT 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF When the Provo-Denver departed Provo, it was on Main 2. When the train got to Springville, DS-378 crossed the train over to Main 1. Main 1 and Main 2 do not follow the same alignment through Spanish Fork, but come back together at the throat of the canyon that leads to Soldier Summit. Here, in some of the last bit of light for the day, the Provo-Denver on Main 1 meets back up at Main 2 in Spanish Fork for the journey east over Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112328 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castilla to Springville (MP 684.7 to MP 695.8) Spanish Fork, UT 82 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF The Wasatch range stands tall in the background as BNSF's Provo-Denver moves east at track speed on Main 1 alongside some relatively new townhomes in Spanish Fork. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112327 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Finally, after sitting ready to go for over three hours, the crew on BNSF's Provo-Denver showed up at the yard at 6:30pm. After throwing a few switches, the train is pulling out of the yard, toward UP's Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112323 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Utah Railway and BNSF share a yard in Provo on the geographic west side of UP's mainline. The yard tracks are some of the only ones owned by BNSF in the entire state of Utah. Here, a Provo-Denver manifest sits on a yard track, waiting for a crew so it can depart east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112322 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ferromex, BNSF Always great to catch a visitor to change the status quo up a little bit. A Ferromex ES44AC, on lease to BNSF, sits in the yard at Provo, waiting to depart east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112321 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 6375 sits, ready for its crew to show up so it can depart the yard at Provo and head east over Soldier Summit toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112318 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 2, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Provo Yard (BNSF) Provo, UT 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver is sitting in the joint Utah Railway/BNSF Yard in Provo. Hostlers just brought out the Ferromex unit and BNSF 6375 from the servicing facility and placed them on the point of the train. The crew for the train will not be called for another 3 1/2 hours, however... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112272 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It's been a few years since I last saw a GP60M (just over five years, to be exact), so it was a bit of a treat to catch one in Denver this afternoon. BNSF has been doing some rebuild work on these units, and indeed, this unit is now designated as a GP60M-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112271 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Montana Rail Link, BNSF A number of colorful units were hanging out around BNSF's engine house this morning. Among them was this MRL SD70ACe. Now owned by BNSF after the acquisition of MRL at the start of 2024, MRL units are showing up in Denver relatively frequently. 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