The hottest train on the Rio Grande the Railblazer, is set to depart Salt Lake Cities Roper yard. It's a late winter evening as the train prepares for it's overnight journey to Denver.
During a tour of the UTA Maintenance Facility, I spotted this Front Runner Locomotive resting on an inspection track.
A brand new GP60 9752 has arrived in the Rio Grande Roper yard.
A surprise to the local railfanning community in Utah came in the form of UP 3028, which was leading the MNPWC-09 on it's journey westbound to southern California. The train arrived in Union Paci... (more)
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. After getting a new crew at the Intermodual yard. UP 5842, 8256, CSX 951, and UP 5159 or on the move again with a K-line stack train. A Delta Airline flight is com... (more)
Union Pacific's 'Bottom End' switcher makes a move with a long cut of cars out of North Yard's "New Extension" (Yard lead) at CP Salt Lake City. It was a fun catch on Earth Day, as the ... (more)
Utah Railway's, RUT312, rolls through North Yard. Downtown Salt Lake City, and the mighty Wasatch Mountains, lay in the background.
Union Pacific's Roseville, CA to Roper, UT Manifest rolls under the C784 signal bridge. The train was rerouted via Ogden due to trackwork taking place on Shafter Subdivision. The train itself ha... (more)
A Union Pacific train heads south as it beats a thunderstorm into Salt Lake City
A Union Pacific manifest emerges out of a dark thunderstorm just north of downtown Salt Lake City
Two Chicago Northwestern SD40-2's 6919 6872 lead a train westbound on foreign rails out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Due to a wreck on the Santa Fe transcon the Santa Fe is being forced to detour their high priority trains on the Union Pacific. Due to cab controls most foreign power is unable to lead over the UP... (more)
UPY 613, built in 1979, for the Missouri Pacific, makes a shove, on the North Yard, yard lead.