A Good Start. Almost immediately after leaving the airport, I found RUT310's crew dropping a car in a customer's siding in the former Small Arms Plant area on a beautiful afternoon ... (more)

Off To The Races. Its 7:30am, and #93 is emerging from the engine house to begin the day with a trip up the valley to McGill Junction. As she heads to her train, she lays down an i... (more)

First Light. Once the sun climbed high enough to get over the buildings in the East Ely yard complex, both engines emerged from the barn. #40 would then return to her stall while w... (more)

Tucked Away. Its Sunday afternoon, and the Nevada Northern Railway's engine crews have completed their switching. With all of the line's restored rolling stock safely stashed away,... (more)

Up A Creek. #40 crosses the icy waters of Deep River Creek with a Polar Express train. In the winter months, good boots are required to obtain this shot, unless you have an unusual... (more)

Early Riser. Long before sunrise, NNRy volunteer Karl Dodge briefly pauses in between his many tasks. To his left is his charge, NN 2-8-0 #93, lettered for Nevada Consolidated Copp... (more)

Early Morning Chill. With the air still cool not long after sunrise, #40 can make a enormous plume of salt-and-pepper exhaust. Unfortunately it would warm up a bit as the day wore ... (more)

Easy Does It. While we were out on the line with engine 93, the NN crew brought out Wrecking Crane A, fired her up, and gently derailed a car. With the crowd gathered around to wat... (more)

Starting Off. At McGill Junction, #93 performs the first of the weekend's 60 or so photo runbys. Engineer Lou Bergandy and fireman Karl Dodge are in the cab, with conductor Don Pur... (more)

Interloper. A diesel occupies the yard at East Ely, while the NN's two steam locomotives sit in the enginehouse. But not to worry, steam fans - this was a Friday afternoon, and bot... (more)

Where The Zephyr Trod. Working trackage in an industrial area that used to be a government ammunition plant (and is still referred to as the "Small Arms Plant"), Utah Railway... (more)

Smoke Show. Its 7am, and #40's crew has been on duty since 3:30, building the fire in preparation for a day on the high iron. When she finally emerged from the engine house, the co... (more)

Ladies In Waiting. Nevada Northern locomotives 40 and 93 lie in wait inside the enginehouse. I arrived before sunrise to photograph the engines, and their crews were on duty long b... (more)

Rocky Mountain Eagles. A pair of former Missouri Pacific motors, now wearing faded UP colors, idle in front of imposing Buckley Mountain on a yard track in Provo.