Union Pacific's once a week Potash Turn is just exiting a deep cut through the distinctive red sandstone and mudstone so common in southern Utah. This location is right next to US Highway 191 abou... (more)

Crew change at Helper, Utah. Scanned from a color print.

This Utah Ry. empty coal train is pictured at Kyune on the eastern side of Soldier Summit. It is returning a train of empty IPPX hoppers to either the Savage or Wildcat loadouts. The Utah Ry. hand... (more)

It's 4:30 PM and Deseret Power Ry's afternoon train has just left the loadout. The morning crew had loaded the afternoon train on their return from taking the AM train to Bonanza and back. The swi... (more)

Amtrak #6 has dropped below the blizzard blowing around Soldier Summit and is now passing Kyune with its center siding. Nearby Highway US 6 has a mile long backup over the summit but #6 just blew ... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western RR, The Action Road

What is this? A Canadian National locomotive leading a coal train from a mine in Colorado on Union Pacific tracks in Utah! Taken at Mounds, Utah.

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)

Sitting side by side in front of the Helper, Utah Yard Office are these two EMD SD70ACe’s. On the right is UP 3027, an SD70ACe-T4 built in 2017 and just arrived at Helper with the MNYRO. To it... (more)

This 4-pack of Utah Ry. 6 axle units is slugging it out on the 2.4% grade in Price River Canyon, Utah. The train was loaded at the Savage loadout between Price and Wellington, Utah. Soldier Summit... (more)

BNSF 8586 has reached more gentle grades after climbing Whitetail Hill north of Caballo Jct., Wyoming with this loaded coal train. It will shortly reach Donkey Cr. Jct and the end of the Orin Sub.... (more)

About 45 miles west of Salt Lake City on the south side of the Great Salt Lake, is the siding and junction point of Delle. This is on the former Western Pacific 7th Sub, now known as the Union Pa... (more)

UP 5357 is just about finished dragging this very long stack train up to the summit of Peru Hill. The grade begins at the Green River Bridge at the west end of the Green River Yard and ends 8 mile... (more)

After driving up and then down the Colorado River road north of Dotsero, looking for trains, i encountered 1’45” late AMTRAK #6 about a mile north (RR east) of Dotsero. The sky was partly clou... (more)

Utah 5004 and 4 other UTAH head end units have just reached the, upper, more open reaches of Price River Canyon. The tracks will follow the Price River for a couple of more miles and then leave it... (more)