UP 7704 rounds the curve with a Valmy coal train. This used to be a water shot. With years of drought all that is left is salt deposits. The Great Salt Lake has surpassed it's all time low level f... (more)

We got treated to UP 1982 bring an oil train through town today. The crew was taking the train to Helper, Utah. It was to be loaded on the Utah Railway main at Wildcat. Not sure how the logistic o... (more)

UP 7704, 6566, and DPU 8033, have really got this coal train moving on the Shafter Subdivision.

This Union Pacific officer special came into Salt Lake on the 19th, and is supposed to head out on the 21st. Word on the street is it's heading to Denver. I fired off a shot from one of the overpa... (more)

Sure nice to get to see these old geep's, earning their keep.

Once the Denver & Rio Grande main line to Ogden. The line of jointed rail is only active to Wood Cross as an industrial leads. The line was destroyed between 1983 and 1985 during flooding. Rio Gra... (more)

Getting good smoke has become a lot harder to get these days. So I was pretty happy to catch the geep's being operated by Rail Serve putting on a show. They are getting their train up and going fo... (more)

I was able to sneak out of work for a minute the other day, and catch the CNW heritage unit passing by. Thanks to the railfan community, it was some very efficient railfanning.

Feeling pretty luck on this one. On my way to work this morning. There was 3 or 4 westbounds stacked up between Smelter and Garfield. This one caught my attention, with the SD70ACe-T4 on the point... (more)

The RUT312 with a pure oil can. Has just made it's way through Roper Yard.

The RUT311 rolls slowly through Union Pacific Salt Lake City North Yard. It's been awhile since I've caught the RUT311 local. So I was happy to get it to work out for me again.

The RUT312 is a pretty good size train tonight, at this point 24 cars. GP38-3 2007, and GP40-3 3002 are on a slow roll through Murray, Utah.

A couple nice looking SD40N's 1689, 2013, lead a big SD70ACe 8434, through the Jordan Narrow. The train is a Provo to Salt Lake City local.

GP38-2 GMTX 2662 and GP9's RSSX 1590, 1633. Are banging around a pretty good sized train in the Garfield yard.

On what was a pretty crappy day with smoke and stormy skies. I stumbled across the Kennecott interchanging in Garfield yard. The sun broke through at just the right time. Couldn't have timed it an... (more)