The first day of Spring was drop dead gorgeous out here on the lonely uplands of eastern Utah. What a great day to photograph this colorful and clean set of 3 E60 electrics as they pull away from ... (more)

Missouri Pacific #5051 seen here at Rock Springs, Wyoming eastbound with a soda ash train. During the UP/MP merger period in the 80’s quite a number of ex. MP units were painted like the #5051. ... (more)

Westbound Amtrak Zephyr at the east switch of Grassy siding, Utah. This is midway between the towns of Green River and Wellington, Utah. These ex. D&RGW tracks run at the base of the spectacular B... (more)

Three brand new EMD SD70Ace-T4’s coming at you in eastern Utah. Thanks to a very helpful railfan in the Denver area I got enough advance notice of this MNYRO to get into position to capture thes... (more)

SD70M #4551 brings a huge Union Pacific work train west up Utah’s Price River Canyon past the famous Castle Gate rock formation. Castle Gate just doesn’t look the same today as it did many yea... (more)

Utah Ry #5003 is slowly pulling into the yard at Martin, Utah with a strange train indeed. Normal URy unit coal trains have a lot of coal hoppers; enough to require 4 big units up front and 5 or 6... (more)

This group of Utah Ry. 6 axle units, led by an Australian built SD50, is rolling east on the ex. D&RGW main line through Helper, Utah. It is headed for the Castle Valley Spur a few miles further e... (more)

Coyote Basin, Utah. That is the vast, colorful area in the background of this photo. The Colorado state line is in the hills just behind the last line of colorful rocks in the mid distance. That d... (more)

Wildcat loadout on the Utah Ry. in eastern Utah has resumed operations after a several month shutdown. Shown here is UTAH #5004 shortly after beginning the loading process. #5004 is a very rare M... (more)

#3027, one of Union Pacific’s brand new SD70Ace-T4’s, is the lead engine on a matched set of 3 T-4’s leading the MNYRO-14 today. The train is seen here near the east switch of Grassy siding... (more)

Amtrak #6, the eastbound Zephyr, has just arrived at Helper, Utah after battling blizzard conditions over Soldier Summit. The conductor is taking care of the luggage of the single passenger picked... (more)

These 4 Utah Ry SD’s have just reached Soldier Summit, Utah with a train of empty coal hoppers. The empty hoppers must have been pulled out of storage somewhere on Utah tracks probably Martin Ya... (more)

This stretch of nearly north/south trackage on Deseret Power Ry. is one of the only places you can shoot a morning, loaded train in good light. Wouldn’t you know there was a layer of thin clouds... (more)

Utah Ry. 6060 west is bringing an empty coal train over Soldier Summit and in the process is overtaking a BNSF trackage rights manifest train stopped on track #1. The BNSF train followed the Utah ... (more)

UP4876 is seen here about a half mile east of the now non existent Cobre, Nevada. Cobre was the junction with the defunct Nevada Northern Ry. The old NN rails are still in place, but the railroad ... (more)