A quartet of Rio Grande Tunnel Motors bask in the lights of the fuel track at Union Pacific’s Helper Yard locomotive facility on the eve of July 26, 2002.

Some rearranging of Union Pacific's Salt Lake City dead line has been going on recently. The four NRE 3GS32B Gensets have been pulled out. I don't know for what. I assume they are going to be leav... (more)

UP 3052 and company roll thought the town of Tooele, Utah.

I was pretty happy to get a Front Runner, Union Pacific meet. This part of town is really changing, with apartments going up along the tracks.

Coal loads exit the twin tunnels at Thistle, catching the soft glow at dusk along the realigned right-of-way, rebuilt after a massive landslide blocked the canyon and wiped out the original D&RGW ... (more)

With their dynamic breaks howling, UP coal loads fight gravity descending the horse-shoe shaped Gilluly Loop at a crawl speed after setting off their four pack of manned helpers at Soldier Summit.... (more)

Coal loads howl up the grade through the Price River Canyon with the front end power, four pack of manned helpers, and rear DPU giving it all they've got restricted to 10mph in a grand spectacle o... (more)

It's amazing how good 40 plus year old locomotives looks with good paint.

UP 3052 rolls through Stockton, Utah in golden hour. The town of Stockton has had some rough time as of late. They had a flash flood that came down the mountain and destroyed homes, and destroyed ... (more)

I was able to catch the Salt Lake Garfield & Western grey duo wyeing their train, using the branch that goes out to the International Center.

Of the modern locomotives on Union Pacific's roster. The SD70ACe-T4 are the one's that actually gets me excited to catch. I will go months without seeing one in the lead. Union Pacific 3054 leads ... (more)

An eastbound manifest in Echo Canyon.

A westbound manifest in Echo Canyon.

An eastbound manifest exiting Echo Canyon.

As exhaust rises into the illumination of a light tower, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 rests next to the venerable sand tower at Helper, Utah, on the night of October 23, 2007. By this autumnal ... (more)