This Utah Transit Authority southbound FrontRunner train is about to slow for the North Temple stop in downtown Salt Lake City where a transfer to TRAX light rail can be made. It is passing a Trac... (more)

This Deseret Ry. empty coal train is about 1 ½ miles from the end of the unloading loop at the Bonanza Power Plant. Ahead lies 32 miles of running across this stark, uninhabited and at this time ... (more)

Union Pacific's well known "Potash Turn" has just arrived at the end of the Cane Creek branch in southeastern, Utah. It will exchange empties for loads here and then return back north to a junctio... (more)

Arnolds Loop in eastern Nevada just never gets old for me. I have been going there for decades. This shot shows an empty, eastbound, iron ore train rounding the Loop. It is headed for Iron Springs... (more)

Castlegate is a large cliff-like structure of Cretaceous age sandstone that nearly blocks the lower end of Price River Canyon in Utah. The Union Pacific’s Provo sub follows the Price River downs... (more)

This Utah Ry. 5 unit, manned, mid-train helper set led by #6061 is blasting up Price River Canyon in eastern Utah. They are helping URy #5006 and 3 other head end units (see picture #321319) with... (more)

How lucky am I? Usually the worst looking, dirtiest and most beat up unit leads the trains I see and photograph; but not today. This loaded coal train has a pristine AC4400CW on the point. It is b... (more)

Here comes the UP 6791 lugging the GMGLTR-02 up the 1% grade on the east side of Nevada’s Silver Zone Pass. Maybe 4 more miles or so to go to reach the summit.

The iconic sandstone buttress called Castle Gate rises above this westbound Utah Ry coal train as it does battle with the 2.4% grades of the Price River Canyon on this gray winter day. There are 5... (more)

Union Pacific’s LUH45 Local, popularly known as the Dirt Train, is seen here sitting on the east leg of the wye at the junction the Castle Valley Spur with the main line Green River Sub. As I d... (more)

Utah Railway 3001 is being turned on the wye at the Martin, Utah yard. The wye is located on a high, narrow fill and a derailment on the tail of the wye could easily result in an overturned engin... (more)

This slightly overpowered Deseret Power Ry. work train is dumping ballast right at the Colorado/Utah state line. The topography between Mormon Gap, Colorado and Coyote Basin, Utah is this elevat... (more)

This image is a companion to my image 437310 and was taken only a couple of minutes later. This is the 6 unit manned helper set for this coal train. It is interesting to compare Utah Ry practice a... (more)

Union Pacific’s 8005, an SD9043MAC model, is easing this ballast train down the Price River Canyon grade at Castle Gate, Utah on the Provo Sub. The 72 loads in this 9500 ton train are being assi... (more)

The railfan network worked perfectly for me, as I was informed about this train in plenty of time to pick a spot and get set up. Unfortunately the weather gods didn’t treat me as well; eastern U... (more)