After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

After landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul we drove directly to Duluth to see what would be running for the afternoon. A friend told us that there was an empty ore train coming off Dock 6, and we wer... (more)

Union Pacific 1983, the Western Pacific heritage unit is seen as the rear DPU on a coal train at Roper Yard in Salt Lake City.

The rear DPU pushes a coal train West out of the North Yard at Salt Lake City.

A Utah Railway local is seen passing Union Pacific's North Yard in Salt Lake City

The last of four trains we shot this morning was GSPXTC-04, a Pixley California to Tuscola, Illinois empty grain train. The train is snaking through Echo Canyon and passing Hanging Rock. This larg... (more)

Union Pacific Long Beach to Denver intermodal ZLBDV-05 is seen rolling through Echo Canyon during a perfectly timed sun hole.

Union Pacific Long Beach to Denver intermodal ZLBDV-05 is seen at Echo with a "broken wing" GE leading.

Union Pacific train GSTUCT-03 (Pixley, California to Carlton, Nebraska) is seen approaching the summit of the Wasatch grade and the ghost town known as Wahsatch. The PSR monster is symboled as a g... (more)

Union Pacific train GSTUCT-03 (Pixley, California to Carlton, Nebraska) is seen climbing out of Echo Canyon at Emory. The PSR monster is symboled as a grain train, the empty grain cars are on the ... (more)

Union Pacific Salt Lake City to Global 2 Chicago intermodal train ZSCG2-06 is seen climbing the Wasatch Grade at Castle Rock.

Union Pacific Salt Lake City to Global 2 Chicago intermodal train ZSCG2-06 is seen passing through Echo Canyon on the Evanston Sub. Steamboat Rock is towering high above the train.

In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)

In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)

In the early 1960s, The Rio Grande hired Morrison-Knudsen to build a branchline from Brendel, Utah to a potash mine South of Moab. The 35.77-mile line was completed in 1963. The scenery on the lin... (more)