Photo ID: 100214 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rogers Mesa Rogers Mesa, CO 1531 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad North Fork (UP) Southern Pacific The tracks cross Colorado Highway 92 just west of the 7100 foot siding of Rogers Mesa. Rogers Mesa is the only siding between Delta, CO and the mines at the end of the North Fork Branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100213 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Austin Austin, CO 1541 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad North Fork (UP) Southern Pacific Southern Pacific power is still used quite extensively as power for coal trains on the North Fork branch. This coal empty is being powered by two SP AC4400CWs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100212 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Delta Delta, CO 1478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad North Fork (UP) Southern Pacific This coal train is running parallel to Colorado Highway 92. Note the drive-in movie theater (screen) located on the right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100211 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Escalante Escalante, CO 1614 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad North Fork (UP) Southern Pacific A coal empty on the North Fork Sub is running through the canyons along the Gunnison River. The train is headed for the Bowie mine, east of Delta. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100210 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Delta Delta, CO 2055 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad North Fork (UP) Southern Pacific The Montrose Local is slowly moving into Delta on the North Fork Branch to perform switching at local industries before heading south to Montrose. On this day, the local has two Cotton Belt GP40s for power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100206 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East Portal East Portal, CO 1717 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific An eastbound coal load emerges from the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100197 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cheyenne Cheyenne, WY 1615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Southern Pacific This patched Southern Pacific SD40T-2 was in the middle of a lashup of various power on a manifest in Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100192 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 11, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Byers Canyon Byers Canyon, CO 1486 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Clouds are moving in and threaten a summer storm as this eastbound coal load passes along US 40 and the Colorado River through Byers Canyon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100166 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Springville Springville, UT 1592 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific The original manager of operations of the Rio Grande would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about this one! This coal empty is actually tied down on main one between the crossovers of Ironton and Springville. The crew stopped the train and manually applied the handbrake on the engines and several hoppers before a bus came and picked the up. DS-78 now has only one mainline to work with between Ironton and Springville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100158 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton Colton, UT 1642 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Colton is the location where the Pleasant Valley Subdivision (which runs 21 miles to the Skyline Mine) breaks off from the mainline. Here, a westbound coal load has passed the branch line, running the "wrong way" on main two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100157 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 23, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Kyune, UT 1651 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After loading at the Savage mine east of Price overnight, this westbound coal load is running through the steepest part of the climb from Helper to Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100131 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Thistle Thistle, UT 1742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Southern Pacific A strand of light engines, led by SP 274, is just about to enter the 3000-foot-long tunnel at Thistle on main two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100097 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain Arvada, CO 1688 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific Just west of the siding of Plain, an eastbound coal train is nearing the end of its trip through the tunnel district as it emerges from Tunnel 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100070 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 11, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 30 1350 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Southern Pacific A westbound coal train, led by SP 207, emerges from the last tunnel on the east side of the divide, tunnel 30. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100060 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, July 17, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 1304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific Got Power? When the power pool in Grand Junction is running a little low, UP will sometimes send "light" power west out of Denver. Here, eleven units (each no less than 4390 HP) head west out of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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