Pulling the grade out of the valley of the Green River in the desolate landscape surrounding the Book Cliffs of Utah, SP 350 leads CTRN coal empties toward Grand Junction, CO and the North Fork Br... (more)

This Union Pacific empty coal train passing Grassy siding in Utah is on it’s way back east for a coal re-load at Bowie, Colorado. When loaded it will head back west to the large IPP power plant ... (more)

Really working their guts out. After waiting about 40 minutes. My train finally make it to me.

The best place I could think of to catch this 211 car 5 locomotive monster. The big sweeper at Jericho on the Lynndyl Sub.

Looking rather worse for wear this unit awaits assignment. Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.

Looking rather worse for wear this unit awaits assignment. Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.

Highball Saint John, Utah.

D&RGW #3077 is eastbound, in your face, at Utah Ry. Junction at the lower end of Price River Canyon. Helper Yard is about 3 miles or so ahead. Those tracks on the left are the yard leads to Utah R... (more)

UP NW2 1044, a GP9 and DRGW SD45 no. 5327 have a transfer at what I believe was the wye that connected the Rio Grande to the Western Pacific in Salt Lake City. The Rio Grande station is in the bac... (more)

UP turbines 14 & 16 A units are parked at Salt Lake City near the Union Pacific station. No. 14 was built in March 1960 and No. 16 was built in June 1960. Both were retired in February 1970 after ... (more)

This ex. Oregon Short Line 2-8-0 looks great as it approaches the end of the line at Heber City, Utah. This Heritage RR is part of the Heber Valley RR Museum and operates over 16 miles of an ex. R... (more)

D&RGW #5371 has picked up it’s loads of contaminated waste at the set-out track at Wellington, Utah and is now running east on the ex. Rio Grande main across the shale flats towards the junction... (more)

Train as far as the eye can see. One of Union Pacific's monsters. Stretching all the way back to the town of Stockton, and disappearing into Stockton Cut.

You can really see how big this one is here. As the back end wraps around the curve on the left side of the train. I counted 232 Wells or spines on this hot shot. Five locomotives. Four elephant s... (more)

A lot of trust for one locomotive. UP 7353 out in the middle of nowhere with about 80 autoracks. Granted they are empty. But of if anything goes wrong there would be a lot hassle.