Winter at 8000’elevation in Utah’s Wasatch mountains. In spite of the BNSF leader, this is a Union Pacific coal train. The #4501 has pulled nearly all of its empty train entirely through the l... (more)

After hiking the steep slopes of Eccles Canyon, I captured this panorama of Canyon Fuel Company's Skyline coal flood loader and conveyor system on July 6, 1998. Power for the train, originating at... (more)

Southern Pacific's TASNC prepares to load 84 Trona coal hoppers at the Skyline loader in Eccles Canyon. The image was shot Sept. 10, 1996, the last day before the SP merged into the Union Pacific ... (more)

SP's ATSNC arrives at the Skyline coal loader on D&RGW's scenic Pleasant Valley Branch.

A trio of Union Pacific engines prepare to load 84 Intermountain Power coal empties at the Skyline Mine in scenic Eccles Canyon near Cleer Creek, Utah.

The Skyline coal loadout in Utah's Carbon County is arguably one of the most scenic locations where coal is loaded into rail cars. Rio Grande train 735 is pictured loading the third of 84 Intermou... (more)

DRGW 3095,3112,3083 lead SP 7462,9189 and eastbound manifest traffic at Clear Creek in the summer of 1990. SP power was beginning to show up fairly regularly on the DRGW that summer but the Grande... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty creeps slowly along the upper reaches of the Pleasant Valley Subdivision near Clear Creek, Utah.

It's been decades since the last train of Carbon County coal departed from the small town of Clear Creek, Utah. The D&RGW held hope that the last active mine would return to service, so the Pleasa... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty creeps slowly along the upper reaches of the Pleasant Valley Subdivision near Clear Creek, Utah.

A Union Pacific SD70ACe leads a Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty through Clear Creek Canyon on Union Pacific's Pleasant Valley Subdivision.

A Valmy coal empty prepares to load at Skyline on Union Pacific's Pleasant Valley Subdivision in Carbon County, Utah.

Union Pacific's Valmy, NV to Skyline, UT coal empty has reached the end of track on UP's Pleasant Valley Subdivision not far from the historic coal mining community of Clear Creek, Utah. Soon the ... (more)

It's been a very long time since the last train of Carbon County coal departed the tipple at Clear Creek, Utah. Apparently the D&RGW had faith that one day the mine would reopen so they left the t... (more)

It has just stopped snowing at the Skyline loadout in Carbon County, Utah. In spite of the BNSF leader, this is a Union Pacific coal train. The #4501 will pull the train entirely through the loade... (more)