SP 350 and two other AC4400CWs lead an eastbound coal empty about to meet BN 7829 West at remote Floy, UT. The BNSF outfit has a cabless SD40-2 second out (a wreck rebuild) and an NS B30-7 for pow... (more)

Amtrak breaks the morning silence in the desert as new schemed AMTK 187 leads the eastbound Cali Zephyr past Floy. It's one heck of a climb to get up here but the view is great. This location, Pat... (more)

The sun is golden as Amtrak 5, the Cali Zephyr, heads west through the iconic location of Floy.

Eastbound freight train is leaving Floy.

An empty Union Pacific coal train breaks the silence momentarily at 'Floy' on a warm spring morning on the moon. What was really cool here was hiking up one of the hills in the literal footsteps o... (more)

Amtrak #5 speeds westwards through the desolate Utah desert at 'Floy' on the former D&RGW

Amtrak P42DC's #138 & #82 brings Amtrak #6 'The California Zephyr' east through the Utah desert at 'Floy'.

UP CLBWE9, empty coal hoppers, pass through Floy Utah as the sun sets on November 10, 2023.

BN 7829 with a cabless SD40-2 (rebuilt after a wreck) and an NS B36-7 are in the hole at lonely Floy, UT waiting for a meet with an eastbound on this now forlorn stretch of ex-D&RGW railroad that ... (more)

Amtrak 6 is blazing through the moon-like landscape of the Utah desert at Floy, running along the impenetrable fortress that is the Book Cliffs while thunderstorms hammer areas to the west closer ... (more)

Rio Grande SD50s 5503, 5515 and 5502 have held the main at Floy to meet an eastbound and are now underway with a consist of Coors beer and pigs. The train was soon pulled off its former Rio Grande... (more)

Before the last hurrah of the Rio Grande tunnel motors on the dirt train out of helper. There was a period of time that a pure set of Rio Grande tunnel motors could be found on the Salt Lake to De... (more)

Back when BNSF was colorful. And what a lash up on this Denver to Provo trackage right train. C44-9W 739, GP7U 1312, SD40-2 7304, 8021, SDF40-2 6968, and another SD40-2 7223. My dad Tom Ellis went... (more)

The California Zephyr heads though some wild and desolate terrain without many signs of life. This scenic area is strikingly beautiful.

The California Zephyr rolls through the barren and stark, yet beautiful countryside of scenic Utah.