Cutting it close. I tried to caculate how far east I would have to go to get a picture of Amtrak number 5 with the sun still up. I pulled it off with about 15 minutes to spare. At Verde on the Gre... (more)
On a cool winter night 3 Utah Railway units await their next assignment in the Midvale yard.
A GP20U 3073 sporting it failed SPSF merger paint scheme is paired with a GP35U 2922 are in local service on Cajon Summit.
Part steam charter, part necessity. Heavy winter snow necessitated that the OY Rotary be used for the first time in over a decade in order to open the line for the summer tourist season. In my 30 ... (more)
A load coal train, loaded at the Wattis mine, crosses Utah Railway's Gordan Creek trestle. The Wattis mine was closed in 1997, and the trestle was rarely used after that point. There hasn't been a... (more)
UP 8630 NS 8870 UP 8059 split the big cut just east of the town of Stockton, Utah on the L.A.S.L.
With a former Missouri Pacific caboose out front as a shoving platform. The LUE43 local shoves back into Roper Yard. The LUE43 works the industrial park on Salt Lake Cities westside. It pretty muc... (more)
My last shot of the day. The Big Boy has made it's last scheduled stop at Delta. Now for the remaining 75 mile run to Milford. Looks like another engineer is getting some throttle time.
Capturing the last sun light of the day as the Utah approaches Soldier Summit. Also it was nice to catch a pure set of grey and red Utah's.
Getting a late afternoon start out of Salt Lake City. The circus train returned to the ex Rio Grande main for the first time in years, for it's trip to Denver. Union Pacific provided a nice lookin... (more)
Utah with their road power of MK50-3 and SD50's climb Gilluly in middle section of the S with an empty IPP coal train.
K36 487 winds down from Cumbres Pass as hit heads towards Chama with the afternoon train.
After chasing this train most of the day. The last shot of the day presented it's self in the Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.
A Burlington Northern coal train with SD40-2's and C30-7's rolls past a hillside of yellow flowers.
An SD45 and a couple tunnel motor roll over the now abandon Tennessee Pass.
