The Deseret Power Ry. is definitely a class act. This shot of their office, shop, yard and flood loader shows why. Look how neat and clean it is: no trash, no junk, no weeds, everything neatly org... (more)

UP 8961 has finally got its feet dry on solid land at Lakeside, Utah. The past 32 miles from Little Mountain have been “at sea” crossing the Great Salt Lake. Except for 3 miles of dry land at ... (more)

The Skyline loadout at the end of the Union Pacific’s Pleasant Valley Subdivision in Utah is right at 8000’ elevation. It has a pretty stout winter and lot of snow. Normally the near daily coa... (more)

Western Pacific's "Ford Fast" train is headed west fast at Marblehead, Utah. This train of auto parts and new autos was delivered to the WP in Salt Lake City by the D&RGW. The D&RGW received it in... (more)

Notice the headlight just above the 844's cab. That's an approaching eastbound double stack train that nearly ruined this shot. Had the 4014 been just one minute later or the stack train just one ... (more)

This snazzy little 3 car inspection train, PDVSC2-26, has stopped at Helper for a crew change. Everything about this train is spotless and looks as if it was just painted yesterday. Ahead is the P... (more)

Western Pacific’s hottest train, the Ford Fast, has just left the D&RGW Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. It is now only a mile or so west of Grant Tower and about to gain home rails at WP-UP Jct. S... (more)

Almost a calendar shot. The Deseret Power Ry.'s morning train is just now getting up to track speed as it leaves the Bonanza Power Plant. These barren uplands of eastern Utah are covered with abou... (more)

Seen looking east from the top of a steep, rocky ridge right at the western shore of the Great Salt Lake is UP 8961West with a unit ethanol train. It had appeared many minutes before as a tiny dot... (more)

After topping out at Soldier Summit, #18, the Rio Grande Zephyr is now rolling downgrade at Colton, Utah. I remember that this shot was taken in the Spring as there was mud everywhere. This is the... (more)

Crew change at Helper, Utah. Scanned from a color print.

This is the well known Kaiser Unit Coal Train, Rio Grande #769, operated jointly by the D&RGW and the Union Pacific. Both railroads used pooled SD45's exclusively on this train. It ran between the... (more)

A short time after I took this shot the snow began to fall here on the desolate uplands of eastern Utah. The picture doesn’t convey the discomfort caused by the wind chill. In the background is ... (more)

This beautiful 4 unit set of all of the Deseret Power Ry’s active E60 electric’s is stopped on the line waiting for orders near MP22. MP22 is practically on the Utah/Colorado state line. Engin... (more)

I made the 80 mile trip east from my home in eastern Utah to the Deseret Power Railway’s loader in western Colorado yesterday. I was hoping to catch their freshly painted, ex NdeM unit, but it w... (more)