Remarks: Union Pacific's Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO manifest rambles east toward a crew change at Helper, Utah. The 92 car train has a three unit mid train helper cut in that shoved the heavy MRONY from Castilla to Soldier Summit. The help will soon cut out of the train at West Helper. Utah Railway's Martin Yard is visible along a ledge in the distance.
Remarks: A Utah Railway coal train coasts downgrade along jointed rail through the center siding at Gilluly, Utah. A BNSF eastbound manifest (at right) is headed upgrade on main #2. The two trains met at East Gilluly.
Remarks: With the thousands of GE C44-9W's on the BNSF roster, it's a welcome sight to catch an EMD SD70ACe on the point of a train. Here the 9309 heads downstream along the Price River approaching Kyune, Utah. A trio of vintage GS gondolas in the train are also a welcome addition to this healthy 75 car QPVDVJ, headed east to Denver, Colorado.
Remarks: Originally a Canadian National switch engine, Savage 7107 is an SW1200RS, receiving the long hood from a CN GP9 during a rebuld. These switchers were apparently nicknamed the "sweep" since they were a kind of switcher and geep combo. The SVGX 7107 is in transit, headed west toward Nevada to perform some contact switching.
