Photo ID: 109135 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF Helper, once a mecca for tunnel motors, is now quiet most days. This Saturday offers a bit of action, a break in the quietness. Crews work on constructing a new platform for Amtrak at the depot. Crews work to put a ballast train back together after cutting out mid-trains wing helpers which sit on the yard track next to Main 1. A BNSF manifest starts the climb up Soldier Summit, a pair of DPUs bringing up the tail end of the train on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109133 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 185 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific UP 6370 is waiting for a recrew to arrive. Once the new crew has arrived, the train will pull forward and cut off one of the two units on the tail end. The four units that served as mid-train swing helpers for the climb over Soldier Summit are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109132 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific A shot giving an overview of both the main part of town and the yard at Helper. These days, most the tracks in the yard lie empty. The "upper yard" still has a few hopper sets in storage, but not much else is found here in the yard. A ballast train is preparing to depart east after being put back together, its mid-train swing helpers now cut out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109131 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 181 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific While a crew works to put a ballast train back together after cutting out mid-train swing helpers, a foreman discusses work on the construction of a new platform for Amtrak at Helper. Note the red flag in between Main 1 and 2. The Form B protecting the work crew is only in effect for Main 2 alongside the platform. Similarly, the red board only affects trains on Main 2, not Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109130 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Union Pacific Helper is not quite as much a hub of activity as it was 20 years ago. With manned helpers replaced by DPUs, and the disappearance of coal, it is a bit more quiet. But not totally inactive. An eastbound Herzog ballast train removes some mid-train swing helpers, leaving them in the yard. Meanwhile, power from a westbound oil empty that arrived the day before sits waiting for its next assignment in the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109109 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak Siemens ALC-42 Chargers continue to be delivered to Amtrak as eventual replacements for the aging P42DC fleet. AMTK 330 and AMTK 331 both sport the newest paint scheme Amtrak has to offer, the Phase VII scheme. The Zephyr is on Main 2, approaching the platform at Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109108 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG627 (West Helper) Helper, UT 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Amtrak At the West Helper Crossover, the eastbound Zephyr proceeds on Main 2 toward its station stop at Helper. Freshly painted Phase IV heritage unit AMTK 164 leads a standard-painted P42 and a pair of brand new Phase VII Chargers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104290 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kyune Helper, UT 2257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The curves at Kyune make for some really nice rail photography. In this shot, this Utah Railway coal load is headed west on Main 2. Next to it is the siding of Kyune and on the far side in Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104289 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Willow Creek Helper, UT 2438 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A few miles west of Utah Railway Junction (or "URJ" as it is referred to on the railroad), all five of these units are in Run 8 working hard to pull the train up Main 2 on the eastern slope of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104280 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Kyune Helper, UT 2500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The gentle S-Curve at the west switch of Kyune is a great place for a shot of an eastbound in morning light. If you look close, you'll notice a clear signal on Main 1. DS-78 is preparing for a westbound coal load that has not left Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104279 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colton, UT 2089 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway A few miles east of Colton finds this colorful Utah Railway coal empty descending down the west slope of Soldier Summit on Main 2. The train is about to pass under the recently-widened overpass for US-6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104278 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 2367 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway I know it is only a matter of time before these signals at the west end of Soldier Summit are replaced. Probably not much time at that! That will be a sad day as they are such staples of this location. UR 5005 leads three sister MK50-3s and an SD50 down Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104277 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Soldier Summit Soldier Summit, UT 1983 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Union Pacific At the summit of Soldier Summit, this eastbound UP coal empty is on the move on Main 2. The train will descent the eastern slope of Soldier Summit and head for CV Spur where it can load at the Savage Loadout. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104276 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Narrows Crossover Narrows, UT 2158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway Despite the fact it has been a decade since Genesee and Wyoming bought Utah Railway, more than half the engines still wear the red and gray scheme. However, UR 5005 now sports the bright orange that is standard on most Genesee and Wyoming railroads. This eastbound coal empty is passing through the Red Narrows, specifically at Narrows Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104275 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, June 14, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rio Crossover Thistle, UT 2364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Utah Railway The summer scenery on Soldier Summit is truly fantastic! Case-in-point is this eastbound Utah Railway coal empty charging up the western slope of Soldier Summit at the crossover at Rio. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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