Lucky shot! Here's a meet I thought I would never, ever catch. In the foreground, Union Pacific's LJL41 local works the Tintic Industrial Lead while across the the fields of alfalfa, UP's LUL57 lo... (more)

Union Pacific called a Sunday afternoon switch job to classify cars in the flat switching yard at Provo, Utah. The steel beam and steel plate bulkhead flats will be delivered to PDM steel in Spani... (more)

Larry's is not where locomotives go to just die. There are plenty of refurbished units on the grounds in 2010. Geep 15s seem to be in vogue. Here two sit in Larry's green and orange scheme. Ta... (more)

Four UPY GP15-1's lead a westbound local into the golden evening sun just outside of Earlville. This was a surprise catch for my friends and I, as we were lucky to have heard this movement gettin... (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.

Utah Central Railway GP15-1 motors switch the former Evona Sugar Works yard at West Haven, a suburb of Ogden. Historically, this was joint Union Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande Western trackage wh... (more)

Utah Central Railway's GP15-1's work the former Evona Sugar Works yard at West Haven, a suburb of Ogden, Utah. The UCRY 1418 and 1401 were acquired second hand via Larry's Trucking & Electric by p... (more)

Utah Central Railway's attractively painted GP15-1's tiptoe across 19th West street at Wilson Lane in West Haven, a suburb of Ogden, Utah. The UCRY 1418 and 1401 were acquired second hand via Larr... (more)

Union Pacific's YRO52R 'Fourth South Switcher' waits patiently for it's turn to head west through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City. Former D&RGW caboose #01503 is utilized for several long backup mov... (more)

Union Pacific's 'Fourth South Switcher' waits it's turn to head west through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Union Pacific's YRO52R 'Fourth South Switcher' prepares to head through Grant Tower after making a set out at the SLGW interchange yard at 10th West. Former D&RGW caboose #01503 is utilized for se... (more)

Bold is a word to describe the gleaming white paint on these three fresh GP15-1's on the GCSR. The roughly 68 mile long shortline was started up in 1993 and operates former Santa Fe tracka... (more)

Bold is a word to describe the gleaming white paint on these three fresh GP15-1's on the GCSR. The roughly 68 mile long shortline was started up in 1993 and operates former Santa Fe tracka... (more)

California Northern GP15-1 101, seen on March 12, 1995 in Tracy, California, is the former Chicago & North Western 4412.

California Northern GP15-1s are hard to find now a days. All daily CFNR trains use new RailAmerica units. The GP15-1s have been sentenced to extras or when a new unit breaks down. Here is one from... (more)