These are the swing helpers on Utah5001 west. The straight section of track the locomotives are sitting on is the steepest portion of the climb for Solider Summit... A knuckle busting 2.5%! This... (more)

The straight section of track the locomotives are sitting on is the steepest portion of the climb for Solider Summit... A knuckle busting 2.5%! This heavy coal load for Intermountain Power has a... (more)

One Shot: On a cross country road trip from Maine to Montana in 2010, I decided to take a detour through Utah for two reasons. One, I had never seen the desert. And two, I wanted to shoot o... (more)

Utah 5001 climbs into the beginning of the 2%+ near Castle Gate. In a couple miles the grade will increase to a ruling 2.4%, but this Utah Load will still make excellent time with 11 high horsepow... (more)

Post UP-SP merger, the Utah Railway has become by far a trackage-right railroad. In fact, this shot, taken maybe 10 miles off UP rails is as far into UTAH territory as one can get now adays. Aside... (more)

A pair of Utah MK's shove on the rear of a BNSF train exiting the Price river Canyon.

Utah Railway's shop and adjoining offices are the closest thing to a real life model railroad I've ever seen. Not only is the complex perched on a picturesque ridge with a small yard and oversized... (more)

A 104 car Utah Railway coal empty rambles slowly along the Price River approaching Kyune. The two covered hoppers behind the power are loaded with sand, utilized by oil and gas field developers in... (more)

A pair of Utah Railway MK5000Cs bracket an SD40 and an SD50S with a long train of coal empties in Price Canyon approaching Lynn.

The impressive staccato of a Caterpillar equipped MK5000C echos off the walls of Price Canyon while passing through the Kyune gooseneck.

Gleaming in fresh paint, a Utah Railway MK5000C awaits its next assignment hauling coal through the rugged canyons of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. In two years, the 5005 would lose its Caterpillar di... (more)

A pair of Motive Power Industries MK5000Cs bracket two Australian SD50s on a Utah Railway Moapa (Nevada Power) to Wildcat coal empty emerging from tunnel #2.

A Utah Railway Wildcat coal load climbs west through Castle Gate at the Cyprus Amax Willow Creek Prep Plant. The Willow Creek load out was shut down late in 2000 when two coal miners were killed i... (more)

Appearing to be right out of the box, a Utah Railway MK5000C gleams in new paint at the IPP Railcar Service Center in Provo, Utah. The 5003 was built new by MPI as a demonstrator in Southern Pacif... (more)

Prior to purchasing the entire production fleet of six units, the Utah Railway Company tested three of MPI's MK5000Cs in coal service on Soldier Summit. They only operated for about three months i... (more)