With a clean SD70ACe leader, UP's MPVVL 21 prepares to depart Provo for Valley yard near Las Vegas, Nevada. The snowy peak at right is 11,749 ft. Mt. Timpanogos, a central Utah icon.

On a beautiful spring morning, Union Pacific's Provo, Utah to Valley, Nevada manifest climbs west through Leamington Canyon. Visible at right is Ash Grove's cement plant at Martmar with 11,928 foo... (more)