Photo ID: 112119 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Nolan Tunnels Carbon County, UT 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF CP 8804 is about to disappear into Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. The unit is putting in some power sharing time on BNSF, currently serving on a westbound coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112118 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A Canadian Pacific ES44AC is the final DPU on a westbound loaded coal train, the front half of which has passed through Nolan Tunnel on Main 1. I actually got a shot of this same CP unit just two days earlier in Colorado on the Provo-Denver. Looks like it go to Denver and was immediately added to this coal train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112117 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF BNSF's loaded coal train, headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada, is approaching the Nolan Tunnels on Soldier Summit. Upon reaching Provo, the BNSF crew will get off the train and a UP crew will take over for the trip to Nevada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112116 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lynn to Kyune Carbon County, UT 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF coal load is taking on the 2% grade of Soldier Summit on Main 1. The train loaded in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and is now making its way west across the former-Rio Grande. It is ultimately headed for the Valmy Power Plant in Nevada. The two coal-fired generating units at the plant are scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025, so this coal train is likely near the end of its life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112115 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG662 (West Gilluly) Utah County, UT 22 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer just knocked down a clear (green) signal on Main 1 at the west end of Gilluly. This would be the final shot for me on the two-day chase of the Mountaineer from Glenwood west toward Salt Lake City. The train would continue on from Gilluly to make it to Salt Lake City by 8:30pm. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112114 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gilluly Utah County, UT 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Nearly halfway alongside the center siding of Gilluly, the Rocky Mountaineer is going around a long, sweeping, 180° curve. As amazing as Big Ten Curve in Colorado is, the loops at and around Gilluly are, in my opinion, even more amazing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112113 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Four UP units and the Rocky Mountaineer are both on the move after meeting each other here on the grade just east of the east switch of Gilluly. The units are headed to Helper to await assignment on a westbound train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112112 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer As the Rocky Mountaineer descends down the 2% grade on Main 1, it meets a quartet of UP units heading east on Main 2. Note the cut in the upper right corner of the train. This is where the Mountaineer was just a few minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112111 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 17 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer is heading geographically north as it wraps through one of the numerous S-Curve above the center siding of Gilluly. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112110 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit to Gilluly Utah County, UT 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just west of Soldier Summit, the Rocky Mountaineer passes by a frozen pond as it starts its descent down the 2% grade. Despite being a week into spring, winter still has a bit of a grip here at the top of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112109 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The test run of the Rocky Mountaineer between Moab, UT and Salt Lake City, UT attracted a pretty good crowd on Soldier Summit. Several railfans photograph and record the train as it rolls across the grade crossing near the west end of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112108 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Soldier Summit Utah County, UT 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer has made it to the top of the final pass it will run over on the way west to Salt Lake City. The train is roughly 7,470 feet (2,277 meters) above Sea Level and is still on Main 1. The siding at Soldier Summit is located alongside Main 1. There are crossovers at either end of Soldier Summit, so trains on Main 2 could crossover to access the siding as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112107 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune to Colton Utah County, UT 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Just east of Colton, the Rocky Mountaineer is about to pass underneath US-6 as it continues to follow Price River around toward the next control point, Colton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112106 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Utah County, UT 16 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer Kyune is one of three sidings located on Soldier Summit. Even though Soldier Summit has two main tracks, sidings are still occasionally necessary. If nothing else, two of them can serve as crossover between the two mains as they are "center sidings", located between the two main tracks. Kyune is the first of the sidings when heading west. The Mountaineer throttles up as the max speed increases from 30 MPH to 35 MPH. Note the very interesting signal protecting the siding. The red signals on the right side of the signal indicate the switch leaving the siding is aligned toward Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112105 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 28, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG639 (East Kyune) Utah County, UT 24 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer emerges from the second tunnel since departing Helper, 468-foot Kyune Tunnel. The train is already in a very long OS for the east switch of Kyune. The signals for the center-siding are located on the opposite side of Kyune Tunnels. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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