Running about 10 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 heads upgrade along UP's Lynndyl Subdivision approaching Erda. This perspective includes the Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Islan... (more)

In November of 1986, Amtrak's California Zephyr, Desert Wind, and Pioneer long distance passenger trains were moved from the Union Pacific depot to the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. A few we... (more)

On Christmas Eve 1989, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 takes a detour via UP's Provo Subdivision (now the Sharp Sub) west of Payson. A derailed LAAPZ stack train on the Lynndyl Sub at Warner (Tooel... (more)

Amtrak train #36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Salt Lake City UT) passes through Lambert, a "station" in eastern Anaheim, California, on January 27th, 1993. Amtrak's colorf... (more)

Pasadena was the first stop for Santa Fe trains departing Los Angeles - Trains such as The Super Chief, The El Capitan and The Chief. And, when traveling by rail from Los Ang... (more)

Running about 10 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's westbound Desert Wind train #35 glides west between the foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains and the Great Salt Lake at Lake Point. The former Wester... (more)

Amtrak's 'Desert Wind' awaits a late evening departure from Salt Lake City for Los Angeles. Amtrak purchased 20 B32-8PW units from General Electric in 1991. Today they serve primarily as yard swit... (more)

A very late Amtrak Desert Wind train #36 arrives in Salt Lake City from Los Angeles. These tracks and the triple searchlight signals have been removed and replaced by the Gateway Mall development.... (more)

Running five hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #36 skirts the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake at Lake Point, Utah. A Union Pacific mixed freight train is running parallel to ... (more)

During the middle of the day, Salt Lake City's Amtrak station at the Rio Grande depot was a great place to observe passenger train power laying over from the Desert Wind and Pioneer trains. Three ... (more)

An Amtrak Desert Wind crosses the sandy bed of the Mojave River.

Salt Lake City's Rio Grande passenger depot was a hub of activity when Amtrak's California Zephyr, Desert Wind, and Pioneer long distance trains combined into one for the journey east to Chicago. ... (more)

Pictured here is a switch move that took place in the morning when three Amtrak trains became one at the Union Pacific depot in Salt Lake City. A UP switch engine assists the inbound Desert Wind, ... (more)

In June 1988, Amtrak assigned EMD SW1 #736 to work coach switching duties at the Rio Grande depot in Salt Lake City. This pioneer EMD yard goat nicknamed ‘Lil’ Toot’ was built in January 194... (more)

This is the WB "Desert Wind" crossing the iconic culvert.