Western Railroad Discussion > UP Evanston Subdivision (27-Oct-2025)

In Salt Lake City for business and got out briefly yesterday to Echo Canyon and up the hill towards Evanston - and it was storming upon my arrival (but the weather eventually cleared out).
Unfortunately I was met with a huge MOW effort in Echo Canyon which pretty much grinded traffic to a halt.   In a 3 hour period midday only caught 2 WBs and 0 EBs.
And, the telephone poles in Echo Canyon are infuriating - as they block pretty much any shot from the northside of the tracks and southside is pretty much inaccessible.

1-2.  Vestas trainset heading WB at Echo Canyon.
3.  UP 6603 - WB - Wahsatch - 27-Oct-2025

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4-5.  Chased UP 6603 - WB from Castle Rock Rd to Echo Canyon
6.  UP 6603 - WB - Echo Canyon - at the same spot as the Vestas trainset from a few hours earlier (not raining in this image).

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7.  UP 6603 - WB - Echo Canyon - 27-Oct-2025

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Just what is this Vestes train loaded with? I've never seen anything like this. Thank you. upkpfan

Looks like windmills generater. For Mojave CA? Over 2 weeks they had a train load of 70 cars of tubs to build the windmills. Need blades to show up.
They are unloaded at the Mojave airport.
Dennis

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Nice work, especially catching the unique cargo.

Nathan

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